☁️💗 SCOOP! Beacon’s maybe first slime shop is prepping to be open this Saturday. Located in the Little White House we blogged about earlier, Up In The Clouds Beacon from Tina and Mike Lentini is putting the finishing clouds on the walls and windows. It will be like Toppings but with slime and don’t eat it :)
Last week ALBB reported that the Mexican food eatery, Dulce Cielo MX, located inside of the Hudson Valley Food Hall, was going week to week after their relocation deal dissolved. Their last day was this past Sunday, and breakdown began on Monday. Another vendor is set to move in, as she was so close to signing the deal with the backing of the SBA and commercial loan from a local bank.
Owner Cristhia Acevedo is actively looking for another location, and one of her employees has been absorbed by fellow food-stall neighbor, Trina Mazumder of the Bangledeshi/Sri Lankan Tara Fusion.
After waiting to see what would happen after the June 4th deadline of the first round of layoffs at Rite Aid corporate, it has been determined that the Rite Aid in Beacon will close in July. Rite Aid declared bankruptcy twice after losing in court settlements demanded from the opioid crisis. The FingerLakes1 has confirmed that Beacon’s location is on the closing list.
Customers with prescriptions are encouraged to act now to transfer them. The independent and locally owned pharmacy across the street, Beacon Wellness, has been accepting Rite Aid transfers. Vogel Pharmacy, who used to be in Beacon next to what used to be Homespun but moved to Wappingers across from the stadium, is also accepting prescription transfers.
The liquidation sale in Beacon might start June 12th. The shelves are more stocked than usual because the corporate warehouses needed to empty out. Beacon’s Rite Aid doesn’t yet know if their sale will be 50% or 75% off. It’s a good time to wait to buy hair care products, makeup and sun screen until the sale starts.
The Rite Aid in Wappingers on Rte 9 has a small poster outside that reads 50% off in hand-written black Sharpie.
It is not known yet what will happen with the building property.
Rose Story, former and long-time chair of the Spirit of Beacon Day, told A Little Beacon Blog readers that she wants the Beacon Police to sit up in the cemetery driveway on Washington Avenue like they used to, she said.
Traffic safety and slow-down mechanisms are underway from recommendations from the Traffic and Safety Committee, which are in front of the City Council now and include the completion of a 4-way stop at Washington Avenue and Tillot Street.
In his presentation to the City Council in May, Ben Swanson, Secretary to the Committee said that there have been several requests for Stop signs along Washington Avenue. A Stop sign was discussed at Grove Street, but ultimately Tillot Street was decided upon. “Tillot Street was eventually the preferred option by the Committee because it is a primary school crossing area there's nearby bus stops. It's kind of where the character of the neighborhoods are changing along Washington Avenue becoming more dense residential, so it's kind of seen as a safety improvement to add the Stop signs to make this a four-way stop,” Ben said.
A Public Hearing is set for this stop sign addition, where the public can come to Town Hall or call in to voice their opinion.
People can submit traffic requests to Beacon’s Traffic and Safety Committee.
A little while back, a search was on for a lawnmower repair person in ALBB’s “Lawn Services” section of the Business Directory. Verplanck Auto recommended three sources in Newburgh, and a local person in Beacon who had a sign on Washington Avenue near the cemetery. Being a fan of yard signs as effective and endearing marketing, we opted to find the person on Washington Avenue.
Having memories of that sign, it was nowhere to be found. So a video was made to put out to seek such person. A Beacon community member named Melissa wrote in to say that Joe had passed in December 2024, and was a positive person. According to his obituary, he was 63 and passed away peacefully at home. He went to Beacon schools and was married to Kathy J. Grove, who survives him. His parents are Stella (Knapp) Heady and the late Richard W. Heady Sr..
Expressed in his obituary: “Joe enjoyed life; he enjoyed being outdoors and the company of his friends & family. He will be greatly missed.”
The City of Beacon has announced their annual free trashing dumping is open now through the 3rd week of September for residents up to 250 pounds.
In a Facebook post, they wrote: “The City's annual free bulk garbage program is open for the summer season once again. Residents who are up-to-date on their taxes are eligible to bring up to 250 pounds of bulk garbage over the course of the summer to the City's Transfer Station (until the third Saturday in September). The Facility is open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.”
The Transfer Station is located at 90 Dennings Avenue.
Tonight’s 6/2/2025 City Council Meeting is open to the public, in that the public can come to speak on any topic for up to 3 minutes at the beginning and end of the meeting. Meeting begins at 7pm and is at Town Hall. The agenda has been republished to ALBB here.
Tonight’s meeting consists of 3 Public Hearings concerning the following. A Public Hearing means that the City Council needs to hear from the public on this specific subject before voting on proposed legislation.
Accessory Apartment Requirements, to make those easier to apply for and build.
Drought Emergency Plan.
Loitering Law with Marijuana removed from it in order to match New York State’s law (ALBB wrote on that here).
Five laws are up for vote:
2026-2030 Capital Program Proposal (a vote to pass this budget on major purchases and infrastructure upgrades).
Traffic and Parking (ALBB wrote on that here)
Appointing Justine Bienkowski to the Tree Advisory Committee
Appointing Brian Donnelly to the Tree Advisory Committee
Self-Storage Facilities and Warehouse Storage Changes to law to address how they would not front on the street (must be set back). This is a reversal to an earlier proposed full out ban.
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In a detailed set of Track Changes, the Beacon’s City Council at its 5/19/2025 Meeting agreed to set a Public Hearing to possibly Accept the proposed change in Beacon’s Loitering law in order to match New York State’s legality of marijuana and cannabis use in public spaces of streets and sidewalks, but not city parks, which Beacon has made such usage location illegal (listen to ALBB’s podcast episode about that law). Streets and sidewalks, however, the City of Beacon is proposing to deem legal in order to match New York State’s law.
The City’s Attorney Nick Ward-Willis explained: “The City's current loitering law says that if one is using marijuana, then they are deemed to be loitering. This would remove that from your from your law. Marijuana or cannabis use is permitted except where prohibited. So it can't be used in the city's parks, but it can be used in other public ways such as the road or the sidewalks. And that's permitted by New York State, so this makes the City's loitering law consistent with New York State law.”
The Public Hearing is set for the June 2nd City Council Meeting.
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