The Highlands Current
The Current is a nonprofit weekly newspaper and website that covers Beacon and Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison, North Highlands and Continental Village) in New York's Hudson Highlands.
- A state judge has ruled that a Putnam legislator accused of an ethics violation by the county attorney can choose her defense attorney instead of using one on the Law Department’s list of vendors.
- The Garrison school board will have two seats on the May 19 ballot, and information packets for candidates are available now online.
- Carmel became the second Putnam County town after Brewster to reject the Stabilization Center, delivering what may be a fatal blow to an idea championed by County Executive Kevin Byrne.
- Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican whose district includes Philipstown, says he plans to hold town halls in each county he represents, including Putnam, although only one has taken place or been scheduled.
- A Beacon resident who is a well-known museum director resigned his position on Tuesday (Feb. 3) at the School of Visual Arts in New York City following the release of his correspondence over many years with Jeffrey Epstein.
- For the Haldane girls’ tennis team, which won a league title this past fall, the biggest challenge may not be its competition but its home courts.
- Brett Yarris, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully in November for the seat on the Putnam County Legislature, filed with the state Board of Elections to challenge County Executive Kevin Byrne.
- Sarah Bower Terbush got into generating hydroelectric power because she had a knack for selling shoes. Thirty-four years ago, she was managing a shop in Poughkeepsie’s Galleria Mall when she sold Harry Terbush a pair of shoes. They’ve been together for 33 years and married for 13.
- John Sullivan, a former FBI official who lives in Rockland County, said that he is no longer in the race for the Democratic nomination to oppose Lawler.
- This week's "5 Questions" is with Paul Eldridge, who just retired as Putnam County’s personnel officer after 49 years.
