For travel editor Maria Hart, there’s always been “a certain magic about the Hudson Valley.” So when she and her partner, David, started thinking about moving out of New York City, she found herself thinking about “how the light hits Mount Beacon feels like a painting come to life.”Her search for the right town focused on the towns easily reachable by Metro-North, especially along the Hudson River Line. Tarrytown and Wappingers Falls were on their short list, but the couple fell head-over-heels in love with Beacon. They bought their dream home in 2022.