Month: May 2020

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Around Town

Nurses share COVID-19 experiences

May 20, 2020 Editorial Staff

The lives of medical personnel working on the frontlines to help treat patients infected with COVID-19 have been turned upside down. Their personal and professional lives haven’t been the same since the pandemic hit the United States. Two Cornwall nurses, Yoriko Tange-Campbell and Matthew Aggazi-Cowton graciously agreed to share their experiences over the past three months.

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Government

Highlands Board met May 11

May 20, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Town Hall remains closed in Highland Falls, Supervisor Bob Livsey said, and meetings remain closed to the general public. That said, the business conducted in Town Hall is moving along as usual, members of the Town Board reported at a meeting on May 11, and special exceptions can be made for comment at board meetings.

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Around Town

Via Zoom, ToH Chamber met

May 13, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Despite an international pandemic, the Town of Highlands will hang it’s Military Tribute banners, as well as new First Responder banners, along Main St. in Highland Falls and Rt. 9W in Fort Montgomery this summer.

history
Features

Memorial Day, circa 1939

May 13, 2020 Editorial Staff

You may or may not be aware that the idea of a Memorial Day goes back to 1868 when flowers were place don Union and Confederate soldiers’ graves. You can learn quite a bit of interesting facts on the Internet!

obituaries
2020

Obituary – May 15, 2020

May 13, 2020 Editorial Staff

It is with heavy heart we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, Darlene “Boots” Drechsler. She passed away at her home in Susquehanna, Penn. on Saturday, May 9, 2020 surrounded by family.