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3 days ago | buff.ly | Chip Rowe |Chip RoweEditor

Nat Prentice and Ned Rauch won the two Democratic lines on Tuesday (June 24) for the Philipstown Town Board on the November ballot, setting up a three-way race. Rauch, who was endorsed by the Philipstown Democratic Committee, will appear on the Democratic and independent Philipstown Focus lines. He edged John Maasik by 26 votes for the Democratic line. Ben Cheah, the other candidate endorsed by the Democratic Committee, also will appear on the November ballot on the Philipstown Focus line.

3 days ago | highlandscurrent.org | Chip Rowe |Chip RoweEditor

Nat Prentice and Ned Rauch won the two Democratic lines on Tuesday (June 24) for the Philipstown Town Board on the November ballot, setting up a three-way race. Rauch, who was endorsed by the Philipstown Democratic Committee, will appear on the Democratic and independent Philipstown Focus lines. He edged John Maasik by 26 votes for the Democratic line. Ben Cheah, the other candidate endorsed by the Democratic Committee, also will appear on the November ballot on the Philipstown Focus line.

1 week ago | buff.ly | Chip Rowe |Chip RoweEditor

Editor’s note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. A Matteawan judge fined three drunken young men from Newburgh $25 [about $730 today] for throwing coal at pedestrians. According to the Matteawan correspondent for The Cold Spring Recorder: “This village is a very peculiar place and most miserably governed. Our people support over 60 gin mills — most of which are running full blast on the Sabbath.”A Fishkill Landing resident was selling his trotting stallion, Nicotine.

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Chip Rowe |Chip RoweEditor

John Cox, the flagman at Garrison’s station, was suspicious of banks and paper money. On a Thursday night, while John was at work, five masked men pushed through the door and bound Mrs. Cox and the couple’s two sons, ages 14 and 20. After ransacking the house, they left with a box of silver and gold coins valued at $1,100 [about $32,000 today].

Nov 5, 2024 | highlandscurrent.org | Chip Rowe |Chip RoweEditor

U.S. HOUSE (DISTRICT 18)The contest for the House district that includes Beacon, pitted ex-Army officer Pat Ryan against ex-police officer Alison Esposito.Ryan, the incumbent, was born in Kingston and graduated from West Point in 2004. After serving two tours in Iraq, he earned a master’s degree in security studies at Georgetown University and was elected Ulster County executive. Esposito, from Orange County, studied at SUNY Delhi, the City University of New York and the FBI National Academy.