Rebuilding New York’s Economy, With Senate Candidate Karen Smythe
Image credit: JD Solden Subscribe to Beaconites! on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Karen Smythe is running for New York Senate in…
Beacon’s Hat-Making History, With Denise VanBuren
Image credit: Michael Isabell Subscribe to Beaconites! on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Denise VanBuren is a five-term president of the Beacon…
Beacon Is A Prison Town
Priscila (left) and Beacon Prison Action founding member Laurie Dick (right). Image credit: Michael Isabell Subscribe to Beaconites! on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen…
Storytelling, With Drew Prochaska and John Blesso
Image credit: Michael Isabell Subscribe to Beaconites! on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Seven months into the shutdown, live performances are coming…
Growing Food, With Green Teen’s Helanna Bratman And Jeremiah Long
For 16 years, the Green Teen program has empowered young people in Beacon to become part of the local food system. Crew members gain experience with…
Kalene Rivers And Dan Weise
Think of a public art project in Beacon over the last 10 years and there’s a decent chance Dan Weise and/or Kalene Rivers had a hand…
Schooling This Fall, With Randolph School Director Josh Kaplan
Josh Kaplan is director of the Randolph School, a pre-K to 5th grade school on Route 9D in Wappingers Falls. Randolph prioritizes outdoor education and nature…
Coworking, With Beahive Founder Scott Tillitt
Image credit: Michael Isabell Scott Tillitt is the founder of Beahive, a network of coworking spaces in the Hudson Valley. He opened his Beacon flagship in…
Rabbi Brent Spodek of Beacon Hebrew Alliance
Brent Chaim Spodek is the rabbi at Beacon Hebrew Alliance, a Jewish community that dates back to the 1920s. Rabbi Brent is a creative and highly…
Reopening, With Barber Lucky Longo
Lucky Longo is the owner of A Lucky Cut, a non-traditional barbershop that offers a wide range of services and styles – short hair, long hair,…