2021 – Page 8 – The News of the Highlands

Board of Education

New AP, facilities director appointed

June 9, 2021 Editorial Staff

The Board of Eduction has appointed O’Neill High School English as a Second Language teacher Christine Susskind as the high school’s assistant principal for the 2021-22 school year.

It was up on Canterbury Road ….

June 2, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Did you know there is an author living near Canterbury Rd. in Fort Montgomery?

Board of Education

Retirees, tenured teachers honored

June 2, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

The hour-long May 27 Highland Falls-Fort Mont-gomery Central School District Board of Education meeting was a very busy one…

Obituaries – June 4, 2021

June 2, 2021 Editorial Staff

Norman Roland Brahm passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, after a long illness.

HF-FMCSD expects full reopening in September

May 26, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

“Our goal is to return to school, 100 percent in person, on September 1, 2021.”

Board of Education

On meetings & mask-wearing

May 26, 2021 Editorial Staff

When will the Board of Education go back to traditional in-person meetings?

Obituary – May 28, 2021

May 26, 2021 Editorial Staff

Carmelina Messina passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021, at her residence in Fort Montgomery, NY. She was 68 years old.

As the Long Gray Line expands…

May 19, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

In the spring of 1958, Elliott G. Fishburne III, a native of Waynesboro, Va., was getting ready to go to college. He applied to Brown, Trinity, the University of Virginia and West Point.

Help needed for July 4th planning

May 19, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Last year the community’s July 4th celebration consisted of a drive-by parade and lots of little fireworks displays set off by residents that were mostly illegal since New York banned fireworks by private citizens several years ago.

Obituary – May 21, 2021

May 19, 2021 Editorial Staff

Anna C. Monahan, 96, of Midline Road, Amsterdam, NY; passed away Thursday morning, May 6, 2021 at home after a brief illness.