Recently the City of Beacon "sold" the old Highway Department property on Fishkill Creek to a developer for $150,000. That's right, the same type of creekside property that has luxury lofts for sale and luxury apartments for rent. Link

You might have asked yourself why the City of Beacon would do this. Do they not know the value of the property? Do…

Facebookers of Beacon have suggested that the several hours of close helicopter activity on or around Mt Beacon on the evening of Monday August 4th was related to NY State Police playing Army. One person said they hiked up to see what was going on and was confronted by a state police officer in military garb who told them to get lost and mind their own business.

Does anyone have any facts surrounding this event?

Does anyone know what is being built on Mt Beacon right now? There have been a lot of construction materials brought up Mt Beacon Monument Rd recently, like cinder blocks, concrete trucks, dirt or rock in dump trucks.

Has anyone tried to get HDTV channels using an antenna? Before spending money on an antenna to experiment, I am hoping someone here has tried and can report on their success or failure.

Info on VHF/UHF reception in the area would also be interesting, but I'm primarily focused on digital TV signals OTA.

For years the residents of East Main Street and Mountain Lane have endured ATVs illegally traveling on public roads. These vehicles are unlicensed and not street legal. In addition to the illegality of this traffic, it is a legitimate safety concern as they typically travel above posted speed limits around dangerous curves and past residences where children are prone to play in front of their homes.

Once these ATVs leave the streets they are illegally occupying private property owned…