Highland Falls’ Emily Green was honored by Mayor Joe D’Onofrio at the Village Board meeting on February 3. A junior honor student at O’Neill High School, she recently completed the Firefighter 1 course (over 130 hours of training) and is an active member of the Highland Falls Fire Department. Green is the daughter of Harvey and Linda Green. D’Onofrio praised her for her dedication to her community — “you are exactly what we want our young people to grow up to be,” the mayor said.
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