January 2019 – The News of the Highlands

This past weekend, DUSA spearheaded the removal of the wreaths.

Retiring the wreaths

January 31, 2019 Editorial Staff

Back in December, hundreds of volunteers spent the day decorating every grave at the West Point Cemetery with wreaths provided by Wreaths Across America.

Government

Village Board looks at old tickets

January 31, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

When the Village Board met on January 22 the majority of the meeting had to do with parking.

Joan Margaret Woodruff Smith Foley passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Jan. 16 in Clermont, Fla. Joan was born in Cornwall on Sept. 24, 1933 to the late William and Mary Ellen Fitzgerald Woodruff.

Congregation listens to speaker discussing MLK

Despite bad weather, Dr. King remembered

January 25, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Despite bitter cold temperatures and a coating of ice over everything, a ‘Celebration and Commemoration’ service of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held at St. Mark’s Baptist Church on Monday; about 20 people, including several local clergy, attended.

A frozen winter wonderland

January 25, 2019 Editorial Staff

A thick coating of ice followed a Saturday night snowstorm in the Hudson Valley…

In case families need a little extra help

January 25, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

You name it, if it’s non-perishable, the local food pantries will take it. Highland Falls has two food pantries, both operated by volunteers serving the churches.