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Save the Tioronda Bridge for Pedestrian Use

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ 8 comments

Letter to the Editor
The decision regarding one of Beacon’s oldest treasures, the Tioronda Bridge requires more than just intellect. It requires common sense and historical appreciation.
For those unfamiliar with the bridge it was built during the Civil War period and is one of two remaining in the United States. It crosses the Fishkill Creek in [...]

Mountain Memories

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ 4 comments

Mount Beacon in the 50s and 60s
by Jack Sine
All
great cities have unique settings that help define them. New
  York has its skyline. San
  Francisco has the Golden
  Gate Bridge. Chicago
has its lakeshore. And Beacon has its mountain. Granted, Beacon is a very small
city, but its getting bigger everyday. And, at least from an arts [...]

Fiction: Young Again

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

by Tanya Merrill
“Oh to be young again,” the old man says looking at his watch, as if expecting time to go backwards, expecting the hands to reverse.
He sits alone at his aged, wooden table but keeps talking, he answers to himself.
“To be young again, that’s nothing, that’s not what you should want”.
“Of course [...]

Beacon Voices: Pete Seeger

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ 4 comments

by Michael Daecher
Last year, when I was fortunate enough to interview Pete Seeger for the first issue of the Beacon Dispatch, I had half an hour to sit with one of the most influential songwriters and political activists of the past hundred years. And all it took was a phone call. I explained that we [...]

Nightboat Books: Navigator of the Written Word

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

by Ellen Timmer
A little over one year ago a small group of concerned citizens sat down to discuss the possibility of a format for covering issues of interest to the people of Beacon.  This informal meeting ended with the formal doling out of responsibilities and a list of potential names for this (ad)venture.  Out of [...]

BAU Wow!

By Michael Daecher ⋅ July 7, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Friday Night Jazz heats up the night at BAU in Beacon
by Jeffery Battersby
If the way a musician handles an interview is any indication
of the musical ride you’re about to take, then Marvin Bugalu Smith promises to be something akin to a musical Mr. Toad’s
Wild Ride. Within ten minutes of sitting down for a pre-gig meal [...]

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