A Little Beacon Blog is a local media news source with an eye for detail and discovery, which we deliver to a broad audience. We are a storyteller of the history of this area, and of the news and events happening here now as well as nationwide.

We help the people who live here, and the folks who are visiting, know about insider things to do, learn, shop and eat. We stop to smell the roses, enjoy a drink or snack, and do bouts of shopping!

We dedicate time to researching developing stories about people and local/nationwide news, and publish deep deep dive articles to keep all informed.

A Little Beacon Blog welcomes all advertisers. We are proudly and bravely Pro-Palestinian,

Pro-Jewish, Pro-Muslim, Pro-Black, Pro-Brown, Pro-LGBTQ, Pro-Vegan, Pro-Carnivore, Pro-Choice.

Zionists will not feel comfortable here, but we wish them to have a nice day. When they stop genociding and oppressing, they are welcome to return.

If our business philosophies align, then we welcome your business and readership.

Thank you for your consideration.

Meet the Team

Katie Hellmuth

Publisher, Writer, Designer
Katie is a writer, designer, mama, and business owner. She started A Little Beacon Blog in 2011 just before her first child was born. Katie and her former husband moved to Beacon from the upper upper west side of Manhattan in 2010, just before the big 3-day power outage in January - and they were not the camping types, so did not know how to light the gas stove! Much was learned from neighbors.

Upon moving here, Katie was overcome with scattered information about Beacon. Being a blogger by nature, and a website designer by trade, and a digital marketing strategist, she couldn't help but develop this blog to highlight the people and businesses in this town, as well as provide a central source of information for everyone to know what is going on.
Twitter: @alittlebeacon
Instagram: @katiejamesinc @alittlebeacon @tinshingle
Other Websites: Tin Shingle & Katie James Inc.

Allie Bopp

Designer of Things To Do In Beacon Guides and Adds
With a name like Allie Bopp, it's no surprise she creates the cutest logos around! Allie is the talented designer for the Things To Do In Beacon Guide's logos that you see here on A Little Beacon Blog as well as the print flyer around town. She lives on Main Street, Beacon, NY, and currently working full-time as a graphic designer for a company in Elmsford, New York, and is a lead designer at Katie James Inc., our sister design agency. She's taking her associates degree that she earned at the Art Institute in NYC and making great designs.
Website: www.alliebopp.com

Contributors

Izdihar Dabashi

Contributing Writer
Izdihar is a Beaconite who writes about human interest stories, art and culture around us. She is studying Psychology and writes for her school newspaper. She loves fiction novels and writing poetry. When she is not writing, she is reading a novel with a strong heroine and drinking tea in a faux fur coat.
Articles by Izdihar >
Instagram: @__izdihar__

Catherine Sweet

Editor of The Second Saturday Guide
Copyeditor
Contributing Writer
Catherine Sweet is an editor and writer. When she’s satisfied that all of the commas have been placed just right, she might be found cooking, gardening, working on her old house, chilling out in the yoga studio, or surfing at the beach with her two dogs. A San Diego native, she landed in Beacon in 2008 and is amazed by the changes, big and small, she saw around town every day. That's right, "saw." Catherine moved back to her native town of San Diego in 2016, but her obsession with Beacon continues, and we are happy to have her clever wordsmithing and researching! Catherine has worked at The Journal News and Wine Spectator, and most recently serves as Managing Editor for San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine.
Instagram: @catherinecsweet