Beacon
A city in Dutchess County, New York — population 13,930 as of 2020.
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News in Beacon
The Highlands Current
September 115 Questions: Elaine Leinung
Beacon author who lost son on 9/11
Creatives & Arts
The Highlands Current
September 11Beacon Council Back to Business
City tackles zoning, parking, rentals
Government & Civic
The Highlands Current
September 4Judge Tim Pagones (1963-2025)
Beacon native was former city judge
Obituaries
The Highlands Current
September 4Notes From the Beacon School Board
School tax bills mailed out
Education
Mid Hudson News
September 2Tractor-trailer on fire on I-84 carries 30,000 pounds of explosives for the Defense Department
BEACON – The rear brake and axle area of a tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on I-84 near exit 41 in Dutchess County Tuesday morning caught fire and when the Beacon Fire Department got to the scene in five minutes, they found the truck was transporting some 30,000 pounds of…
Public Safety
The Highlands Current
September 1Beacon Firefighters Avert Disaster
Burning trailer carried explosive materials
Public SafetyIn and around Beacon
See & do
+55 more on the mapEat, drink & stay
- 424 Main St Beacon Llc
- Acesuoshun
- All You Knead Artisan Bakers
- Base Camp Bed & Breakfast
- Beacon Barking Frog
Shops & services
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Beacon by the numbers
- Area
- 4.74 sq mi (12.27 km²), 0.14 sq mi water
- Median age
- 42
- Households
- 6,507
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $107,859
- Median house value
- $471,600
- Office
- CITY ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 1 MUNICIPAL PLZ, BEACON, NY 12508