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…
Helping queer youth and other people, with Kk Naimool
Kk Naimool was born in Trinidad and Tobago and followed a winding path to Beacon. Kk, who uses all pronouns, has worked closely with Newburgh’s LGBTQ…
Barnaby! With Mimi Sun Longo and Mike Rasimas
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Mimi and Mike, two members of rock trio Barnaby!, talk about the band’s formation, how its sound has evolved and what it…
Beacon in 2023, With Mayor Lee Kyriacou
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell In this “state of the city” episode, Beacon’s senior-most elected official offers a preview of key issues that are bubbling up this…
Donna Minkowitz, Queer Activist and Multiple Memoirist
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Donna Minkowitz is a journalist and memoirist who has written extensively about LGBTQ politics and culture. She covered gay issues and AIDS…
Emily Murnane Channels Eliza Howland
Photo Credit: Michael Isabell Eliza Woolsey Howland was a Civil War nurse, philanthropist and historical writer who was a member of the upper crust in Beacon…