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#26: October 2006

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Editorial: Transparency and Truth

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ 11 comments

On September 26th the Beacon Dispatch learned that we were under investigation by our Internet Service Provider (ISP) for possibly violating our Acceptable Use Policy. According to our ISP someone had contacted them stating that the Beacon Dispatch website, and more specifically last month’s editorial, included anonymous postings that were, “…offensive, defamatory, and malicious,” and [...]

Main Street’s Developing Neighborhood

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

by Karen Maserjian Shan
When Tim Buzinski and his wife Mei Ying So decided to open a wine shop, they chose to locate it in Beacon.
“We were looking for a place where we would feel comfortable and really liked to live,” said Buzinski, who, with So moved form Queens, NY to Beacon Hill this summer [...]

Arthouse on the Hudson

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Newburgh theater screens indie films and a new theater comes to Beacon
by Kate Fraher
Good news for art film lovers: you need suffer no more the long drives to Rhinebeck and Pleasantville. An independent film center has opened on the Newburgh waterfront and plans are underway to convert the old theater at 445 Main Street, Beacon, [...]

Comprehensive Plan Update: October 2006

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

by Sara PastiCo-Chair, Comprehensive Plan Committee
The April issue of the Beacon Dispatch included a summary of findings from the Beacon Basic Studies Inventory and Analysis document prepared by city planning consultants Frederick P. Clark Associates.  As indicated in that article, the Inventory and Analysis document shows where Beacon has been and where it is now [...]

Denning’s Point: A Hudson River History—A book by Jim Heron

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Book Review
by Debra Adamsons
I had a lover in Denning’s Point this summer. No, it wasn’t “Naked Guy” living on the sailboat anchored off the Bay side of the Point, nor one of the workers constructing Building One of the Beacon Institute, or any member of DPW re-capping the landfill. Neither was it anyone from [...]

Beacon School Board Update

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ One comment

by Bill Zopf, School Board President & Dr. Jean Parr, Superintendent
I appreciate the many positive comments I received in response to last month’s column.  Many people have expressed an interest in hearing more about events within the schools, so I have asked Dr. Jean Parr, the superintendent of schools, to co-author the column. As the [...]

Beacon Voices: Michelle Rhone-Collins

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

Community Builder
by Nell Timmer
On a beautiful, early fall day I sat down in the playground of the Beacon Community Center to talk with Michelle Rhone-Collins, the new director, about the past, present and future of the center.
ET: So, you are the new director of the Beacon Community Center. What is this place?
MR-C: Well, it is [...]

Highlights on the City Council

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

by Garrett Deutermann
September 5th meeting
Tuesday, September fifth, City Council members motioned to appoint Captain Glen Scofield to Chief of Police and appoint Detective Sergeant Musmeci to Detective Lieutenant. Councilman Lee Kyriacou called a point of order, referring to a section of the local charter, “My understanding is, no appointments can be made without the issue [...]

Recipe: Home Cooking, French Bistro Style

By Michael Daecher ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

by Bruce Beaty
Alas, October is here. The pool is closed, the garden and the Farm are in their final stretches as we cross the bridge between the last warm days and the first chilly ones. Quick meals made from late summer vegetables, along with all good things coming off the grill, inevitably give way to [...]

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