February 2019 – Page 3 – The News of the Highlands

Marzella Rhodes spoke to the Board of Education

Learning about one another

February 14, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

On January 18, Highland Falls Intermediate School seventh and eighth graders — in an activity planned relating to Martin Luther King Day — spent a day participating in activities about different forms of prejudice.

James I. O'Neill High School

O’Neill graduation change

February 14, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

New ceremony date is Tuesday, June 25 The date for O’Neill High School’s Class of 2019 graduation ceremony has changed, due to West Point’s R-Day. State-wide, high school testing and graduations are late this year,

Obituary – February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019 Editorial Staff

Mark Christopher Julian, 60, of Henrico, Virginia, a wonderful brother, uncle, cousin and friend, was surrounded by family as he went to be with the Lord after a sudden brief illness on Thursday, January 31, 2019.

Rep. worries about USMA projects

February 8, 2019 Editorial Staff

Representative Sean Patrick Maloney is cautioning that a national emergency declaration could threaten $252 million worth of funding already allocated for construction projects at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Government

Village explores erecting a cell tower

February 8, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Village Board has voted 4-1 to allow Homeland Towers to begin the exploratory process of putting a cell tower in Highland Falls.

The Pentagon Federal Credit Union building is soon to be torn down.

Big changes coming to Main St.

February 8, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Two large buildings which could be considered ‘anchors’ of Main St. in Highland Falls are soon to come down, according to Mayor Joe D’Onofrio.

At the FMFD, it’s a family affair

February 8, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Like in many volunteer fire departments across the country, the family service to a community runs deep.

Their first formals

February 8, 2019 Editorial Staff

Just a few of the pre-kindergarten through second graders who attended a ‘Daddy-Daughter’ formal…

Two McCutchens and a snowperson!

February 8, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Ice Skating party on Garrison Pond.

Linda Irie with her grandchildren Brooklynn and Jace

If you do nothing else today, #putitdown

February 7, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Nearly two years ago, on March 18, 2017, Aleena Olivia’s world turned upside down.