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		<title>Beacon School Board Update May 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Zopf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Latest update from School Board President Bill Zopf.]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye To A Great Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a couple of months, but I was somehow holding out hope that the Chthonic Clash, would return. A recent email makes it clear that that's just not going to be so...]]></description>
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		<title>Beacon School Board Update March 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Zopf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Midway through the school year a large number of events have transpired with many more opportunities to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Early Morning Fire Consumes House For Second Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A house on Mountain Lane burned for the second time in two-and-a-half years and again raises questions as to the adequacy of hydrants supplying the East side of Beacon.]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview With Mayor Gold (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part two of our interview with Steve Gold, the mayor discusses economic development, the recreation department, school taxes and future development on the City's waterfront.]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview With Mayor Gold (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Gold sat down with the <em>Dispatch</em> to talk about his first weeks in office, major transitions at the top of the City's administrative infrastructure, and the City's police and fire departments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Change Is In the Wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new hosting service and an upcoming interview with Beacon's new Mayor.]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Gold Sworn In As Mayor Of Beacon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Poughkeepsie Journal reports today that Steve Gold has been sworn in as mayor of Beacon. Mayor Gold succeeds Mayor Clara Lou Gould who served as the City&#8217;s mayor for 18 years.
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		<title>Beacon Unanimously Approves Master Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Battersby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Poughkeepsie Journal is reporting tonight that the Beacon City Council has unanimously approved the new Master Plan]]></description>
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		<title>Elementary School Helps Stock Food Pantry Shelves</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Strong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What began as a fun and interesting way to answer a call for help from the community has turned into a program of pride and a way to incorporate math, science, reading, and the arts into a way to solve a real life problem.]]></description>
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