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You’ve got some more time to think!

July 24, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

The Highland Falls NY Forward ‘open call for projects’ has been extended to Friday, Aug. 9. There has been low interest in the program so far, Mayor Joe D’Onofrio said at the most recent Village Board meeting.

New ownership for The News, The Cornwall Local

July 19, 2024 Editorial Staff

It has been announced that The Times Hudson Valley Media group will expand to five publications later this month; that’s due to the company’s acquisition of The Cornwall Local and The News of the Highlands.

Beautiful photos on display at the library

July 17, 2024 Editorial Staff

If you walk into the Highland Falls Library’s Community Room in the weeks ahead, please note that the photographs on the walls are the work of David Nicholls (l) and Karen Parashkevov (r) Nicholls’ images

Watch out for the ‘Fast & Furious’ runners

June 19, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

Warning: watch out for the pink-shirted girls running in the July 4th Firecracker 5K in Highland Falls!

13 local teens honored for leadership attributes

May 22, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

“In this district we have kids who are doing great things every single day; they are probably our most important resource.”

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.

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.

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

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.”

These ladies do ‘great things’ in their communities

March 27, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

There was one common thread as the eight women that Assemblyman Chris Eachus was honoring on Saturday spoke: They all took more time thanking those who have helped them along their way in becoming “extraordinary women”, as Eachus said, than they did talking about themselves.