2019 – Page 33 – The News of the Highlands

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.

Government

Town increases most user fees

January 25, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

As it worked on the 2019 budget all fall, the Town Board was forced to look at creative ways to stay under the mandated New York State tax cap.

Mock-up of proposed O'Neill field improvements

O’Neill project is moving forward

January 18, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District is scheduled to open bids on its multi-faceted $23.4 million O’Neill High School capital project on January 22.

March Mania update

January 18, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The organizers of the 2019 March Mania basketball tournament — The Center, the Hudson Valley Womens Association & Friends and the Town of Highlands Recreation Department — are looking for three things from the community right now.