The strange history of Pollepel Island and Bannerman Castle, with Neil Caplan
Photo credit: Michael Isabell While living in Brooklyn in the early 1990s, Neil Caplan saw a drawing of Bannerman’s Castle on Pollepel Island – situated between…
The two sides of Curtis Harvey
Photo credit: Michael Isabell Curtis Harvey’s creative work has played out on two parallel tracks. As a musician, he helped define a certain 1990s post-rock sound…
Are the little kids alright? With pre-K educator Meredith Hairston
Early childhood learning is pretty fraught at the moment. The lingering effects of Covid-era learning challenges, an epidemic of teacher burnout, and a rise in autism…
Ordinary Devotion, with Kristen Holt-Browning
Photo credit: Michael Isabell Kristen Holt-Browning is a poet, editor and (now) novelist. Her debut work of fiction, Ordinary Devotion, juxtaposes the lives of two women…
Sam Anderson
Photo credit: Michael Isabel Sam Anderson is a master of the essay form whose work spans a huge range of human experience and culture. As a…
Q&A: Dan Aymar-Blair on Beacon’s housing crunch and his run for Dutchess Comptroller
City council member Dan Aymar-Blair is running for Dutchess County Comptroller, hoping to unseat Republican Greg Poliver, who currently holds the seat. If you’ve been following…
Meet Yvette Valdes Smith, the Democrat trying to flip NY State Senate District 39
Yvette Valdes Smith knows firsthand how spiraling housing costs have made Beacon unaffordable to many. Yvette and her husband rented in Beacon for years, but moved…
Beacon Occultism! With Amy Wilson, owner of Otherworldly Waxes
Amy Wilson is the owner of the Otherworldly Waxes spell making shop at the old high school building, where she offers a variety of occult services.…
America vs. Amerikaland, with author Danny Goodman
Danny Goodman is the author of Amerikaland, a new novel that presents a twisted mirror-image of America and New York City. It centers on two characters,…
Firefighters Of Beacon
Fire Chief Tom Lucchesi and Pat Kelliher In this joint interview, fire chief Tom Lucchesi and veteran firefighter Pat Kelliher talk about fires and firefighting in…