2020 – Page 16 – The News of the Highlands

Fort Montgomery Elementary School

Pre-kindergarten registration opens

January 15, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Attention parents of Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery children who will be four years old by December 1, 2020.

Coffee, cupcakes & music

January 15, 2020 Editorial Staff

O’Neill High School’s Newspaper club, with the help of the Literary Magazine club, hosted the first JIO Coffee House on Friday, Jan. 10.

Obituary – January 17, 2020

January 15, 2020 Editorial Staff

Cipriano “Papi” Roman Pascual, of Highland Falls, passed away Saturday, Jan. 11 at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh. He was 77 years old.

At the Wintermarket

January 9, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

“Happy New Year everybody! After a short break over the holidays, we are busy again as we gear up for the first Wintermarket of 2020, on Saturday, Jan. 11.”

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.

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.

Highland Falls has never forgotten Dr. King

January 9, 2020 Editorial Staff

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that named the third Monday in January as the official observance ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday’.

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.

Around Town

Chamber meeting

January 1, 2020 Editorial Staff

The first Highlands Chamber of Commerce meeting for 2020 will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 8-9 a.m. at The Center (274 Main St.) President Jim Modlin said this week.

Year: 2020