2024 – The News of the Highlands

HFFD celebrated 102 years of service

May 8, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

It’s hard to forget July 9, 2023 if you live in the Town of Highlands. And, at last Saturday evening’s annual Highland Falls Fire Department installation dinner, those who had put the awful day of flooding behind them may have been forced to relive it a little bit.

This Week – May 10, 2024

May 8, 2024 Editorial Staff

You’ll find these stories and more inside this week’s edition of The News of the Highlands.

Nine honored for community service

May 1, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

Nine people who were honored by the Hudson Valley Women’s Association & Friends (HVWAF) at its 21st annual ‘People Who Make a Difference’ recognition breakfast, held Saturday at the West Point Club.

Obituary – May 3, 2024

May 1, 2024 Editorial Staff

Sandra E. Christian of Highland Falls, NY, passed away on April 27, 2024, at the Joe Rasso Hospice Residence in New City, NY. She was 84 years old.

A special honor for a special teacher

April 24, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

Highland Falls Intermediate School science teacher Andrew Krakowka says he never intended to become a teacher … he was an “angry environmentalist” coming out of college with an environmental degree.

What do you know about an iron mine in Ft. Montgomery?

April 17, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

Sullivan spoke on the topic at the most recent Sit & Chat “We are not makers of history; we are made by history.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Once a month, most of the year, at

Obituary – April 19, 2024

April 17, 2024 Editorial Staff

Jim McCormack passed away on April 9, 2024, at the age of 86, after 66 years at his home in Fort Montgomery.

THPD Chief Basile set to retire today

April 10, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

“In my 18 years as town supervisor I’ve worked with a number of police chiefs, but I have to say how much I have really appreciated your dedication and the work you have done. I really will miss you.”

Soldier to compete for ‘Best Sapper’

April 3, 2024 Editorial Staff

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Lexi West, a 2016 O’Neill High School graduate and 2021 U.S. Military Academy graduate, is slated to compete in the 17th Best Sapper Competition, to be held April 19 through 22 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Obituary – April 5, 2024

April 3, 2024 Editorial Staff

Veronica Magdalina (Graber) Filaseta, a longtime resident of Tucson, Arizona, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2023, at the age of 90.