The parade gets bigger and bigger with each year. From watching their Facebook page, I can tell that there are many businesses who are participating with special treats. Hope the weather holds!

http://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/2014/04/beacon-barks-parade-celebration-of.html

I am an art therapist with over 10 years' experience engaging children, teens and families with a variety of life challenges, from trauma, grief and behavioral problems to issues such as divorce & difficulties in school. I look forward to serving this community from my new Beacon office! Please email me at khmlcat@gmail.com for a free consultation. 

Oak Vino was really enjoyable and delicious! Looking forward to trying my next glass...

http://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/2014/04/oak-vino-is-wine-lovers-gem-and-in.html

Last night was fantastic, if you live in Beacon and haven't been yet you are missing out on one of the gems that Beacon has to offer in the form of music, plan to make it to Joe's Irish Pub for the next Second Saturday Jam hosted by St.george and Friends in it's 12th year!!

Here is the list of players from last nights tremendous Jam!!!!!

Richard Aparicio bass, Ken Bowles guitar/vocals, Harley Fine guitar/vocals,

Glenn Sacchi…

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Some of you know A Little Beacon Blog from its early days of the "Where Is This?" contest - which is coming back btw!! Just had to have two kids first and then get back on the saddle.

I've put it in the running for a "Best Of" award in the Hudson Valley Magazine for Best Local Blog. Trouble is, the category doesn't exist yet. But that's ok!! We can write in our own category and put local bloggers on the map. Because blogging is a business too!

Beginner and Intermediate Writing Classes for adults starting Sunday, May 4, in Beacon (at Botsford Arts, on the Hudson River).  

Writing Class (Beginner level 101c) - for fiction and creative non-fiction

Sunday afternoons - 1-2:30 pm. May 4, 18, 25, June 1, 8, 22.

Class limited to 16 students



Learn to let go of your writing fears and get words on the page! This six-week class is open to writers of all levels, and…

You've probably seen the TV ads for "Start-up NY", the state program that offers tax-free (or maybe just tax-reduced?) status to businesses opening or re-locating to NY.  I checked the website, and it appears the program is geared toward very large businesses/manufacturers.  That may be a great program for the large businesses, but I think a program for small businesses could benefit towns such as Beacon.  What's to prevent Beacon from starting its own, small-scale version of this program,…

Would love to hear what changes you are making to your garden, or if something worked great and you're continuing it. Let me know on the blog!

http://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/2014/04/its-time-planting-garden.html

While buying my bread I learned the behind the scenes story of a small business challenge the owner had to go through. If you like inspirational #smallbiz reads, this is a good one:

http://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/2014/03/behind-scenes-with-all-you-knead-bakery.html

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/zip/4402608364.html