Month: January 2020

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MLK march

January 9, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

The community is invited to again gather together at 11 a.m. on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (Monday, Jan. 20) to march in memory of the slain Civil Rights leader.

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Take a ‘virtual’ hike

January 9, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Interested in scaling the area’s icy mountains and crossing frozen lakes, but you don’t really want to leave the comfort (and safety!) of a chair? Then you’re going to want to take a virtual hike through the local woods with Fort Montgomery State Historic Site educator Peter Cutul on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. at Fort Montgomery.

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All about Mrs. Gallagher’s goats

January 2, 2020 Editorial Staff

Mrs. Gallagher was famous for her pink house and her scramble of goats, living in the loafing shed beneath her modest home in the north end area of Highland Falls. The home was located on the North side of Homestead Avenue, and was the first residential structure on that street; and yes, it was painted a very bright shade of pink.