Soon Is Now, with Eve Morgenstern and Gary Hilderbrand
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Eve Morgenstern is the founder of the Soon Is Now festival, taking place Sunday, October 1 at Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park.…
George Mansfield moves on from Dogwood and city council
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell George talks about his decision to sell Dogwood to Brendan McAlpine nearly 11 years after opening the bar. Going forward, George plans…
Twenty years of change, with Beacon beat reporter Jeff Simms
The Highlands Current recently published a series of features on the profound changes to Beacon, including demographic shifts, surging tax revenues, crime and policing, spiraling housing…
A passion for movement, with Calli Rothberg
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Calli Rothberg is the owner of Passion – The Adult Dance Studio on Main Street. Calli grew up in Beacon as part…
Singer-songwriter Noga Cabo
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Noga Cabo is a talented songwriter and guitarist who grew up in a family of dedicated musicians. She has been writing songs…
Building a pollinator highway through Beacon, with One Nature’s Blair Patterson
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell On the surface, One Nature is a landscape design business and nursery, but that doesn’t fully describe it. Its real work, as…
Building a climate movement in Beacon, with Thomas Wright and Erin Ashoka
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell In March, Beacon’s city council passed an electrification law that will eliminate the use of gas hookups in new construction. Thomas Wright and Erin…
George Atkinson, 96-year-old lifelong Beaconite
George Atkinson still lives in the same house on Locust Place where he was born in 1927. In this episode he shares memories and historical anecdotes…
Chocolatier Håkan Mårtensson (Interviewed by Alana Semuels)
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Håkan Mårtensson is a Sweden-born confectioner and pastry chef who opened his Beacon storefront Håkan in 2021. At age 15, Håkan (pronounced…
The life of Harry Van Tine, with Diane Lapis
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Diane Lapis, former president and current trustee at the Beacon Historical Society, discusses the life of a notable native son of…