Nov 22, 2024 · A century ago, at 7 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge opened to the public. At the time, it was the first bridge to have a concrete deck, the first crossing over the Hudson River south of Albany and the world’s longest suspension bridge, with a main span of 1,632 feet and an overall length of 2,255 feet.

Jan 3, 2025 · Halvey will buy Libby, which will close. “This is the merging of two great legacy funeral homes in the city of Beacon,” said Libby owner Matthew Fiorillo and General Manager Joseph Schuka in a statement.

Jan 3, 2025 · Catskill Aqueduct will provide villages’ water. With $2.5 million coming to Cold Spring from New York State to help fund repairs to the Upper Dam at the village reservoirs, the Catskill Aqueduct is about to become critically important because it will be the source of drinking water during the project.

Nov 22, 2024 · Reduces property taxes to lowest level in 15 years. The Beacon City Council on Monday (Nov. 18) adopted the city’s 2025 budget, a plan that includes $26.2 million in general fund spending, along with $5.4 million and $4.3 million for …

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Sep 27, 2024 · Spending includes Hudson Line upgrades. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday (Sept. 25) approved a $68 billion capital plan that runs through 2029 and will shore up Metro-North’s Hudson Line to better withstand the effects of global warming. “The board is pretty proud of this plan,” said Neal Zuckerman, a Philipstown resident who represents Putnam County on the board ...

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Nov 22, 2024 · Agency hopes to see housing complex at site. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority anticipates awarding development rights to convert a parking lot at the Beacon Metro-North station into a housing complex with hundreds of apartments in the third quarter of 2025.

Jul 26, 2024 · Federal, state funds pay for fixes. Neighbors armed with buckets and wheelbarrows helped clear water from Lisa Sabin’s basement and yard in Cold Spring after two July 2023 storms that caused severe flooding.

Nov 18, 2024 · Emil D. Sjoholm, 94, a longtime resident of Beacon, died Nov. 16 at the New York State Veterans Home in Montrose, where he lived for the past three years.