Howland Public Library is honored to receive grant money from the Beacon Teacher’s Association (BTA) for the 2013 Summer Reading Program, “Dig into Reading!” Teacher, Donna Snowden, presented the library’s Head of Youth Services, Ginny Figlia, with a $500 check to enable the important literacy-based summer programs to continue in spite of continuing cuts in ...
Beacon’s first annual Pirate Picnic takes place on June 30th from 4 – 7 PM at Sargent Downing Garden. Come dressed in your finest pirate attire for an evening of storytelling, music, shanties, folklore, food and fun!!! Featuring storytelling and songs by the Hudson River Ramblers, music by The Stone Fleet and Beacon lore from ...
On May 15th, Stewart Cahn visited the Howland Public Library in Beacon to carry out the will of his mother, the late Sadie Jane Effron Cahn, by delivering a $10,000 check to support the library’s print collections. Mrs. Cahn, a Beacon resident for 74 years, passed away on July 4, 2012 at the age of ...
