Beacon History

Beacon Love Bites

The Beautiful People Of Beacon, NY

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / June 4, 2026

By Stella Hlad

Red bricks artfully displayed. Each has the letters DPBW stamped on them.

Beacon Love Bites

A Real House In Beacon, NY

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / May 28, 2026

By Sylvia Wright Roosa

A green shopfront for BJ's Restaurant in Beacon NY with neon signs advertising fish and chips.

Beacon Love Bites

Go Wash Up

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / May 28, 2026

By Marjorie Valès-Thedford

A red brick building-lined Main Street in Beacon with a glowing sunset in the background and a view from the middle of the street.

Introducing Beacon Love Bites

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / May 21, 2026

Stories of the city by the people who love it

A beautiful victorian gothic mansion with a blue sky in the ground and a woman taking a photo of the building.

Mirbeau Opens Its Doors In Beacon, NY

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / May 8, 2026

A new chapter for this historic estate and for the city

Beacon Main Street at sunset with shots either side of the road.

Beacon Love Bites

Sharing More Than A Birthday

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / April 10, 2026

By Denise VanBuren, President of the Beacon Historical Society.

Beacon Love Bites

A Lost Wallet

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / April 9, 2026

By Linda Pratt, Producer of Twice Told.

Beacon Love Bites

A Teacher’s Tale

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / April 9, 2026

By Diane Lapis, Trustee of the Beacon Historical Society.

A restaurant exterior with lilac and black awnings on a red brick building. The restaurant is called Brothers Trattoria.

Beacon Love Bites

Welcome Home

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / April 9, 2026

By Matt Bloom, author.

Beacon Love Bites

An Invisible Meridian

By Shelley Simmons-Bloom / April 9, 2026

By Kelly Ellenwood, co-founder of Beacon Bonfire Music + Arts Festival