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The Center celebrated Saturday

September 23, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

On Saturday, Sept. 19, The Center, a community resource facility on Main St. in Highland Falls, celebrated its sixth anniversary with an open house.

Honors to 13; memory of Mrs. Matthews

September 16, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

13 Town of Highlands residents were front and center last Thursday morning at a ceremony hosted by Councilman Tyrone King, honoring them with the first ever ‘Cora L. Matthews Service Award…

Ground broken for golf clubhouse

September 9, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

By the spring of 2022 there should be a new golf clubhouse in place just on the outskirts of West Point.

Schmitt honors Bear Mountain Pizza & Cafe

September 2, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Assemblyman Colin Schmitt stopped by Bear Mountain Pizza & Cafe last week to recognize it as his “small business of the month”.

Remembering Sen. Bill Larkin

August 31, 2020 Ken Cashman

Monday, Aug. 31 marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Senator Bill Larkin. To honor his memory, we have shared some of our favorite pictures from our photo archives.

Runners and walkers enjoy a “live” 5K

August 26, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

In one of the first ‘real’ races held in the lower half of New York State in 2020, the West Point-Highland Falls Rotary Club hosted it’s ninth annual Storm King Run on Sunday morning.

Methodist Church raising funds for school supplies

August 19, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

For the past twelve summers, the Hudson Highlands United Methodist Church has held a bake sale in front of the Highland Falls Library to raise funds for its ‘School Supplies’ program.

D’Onofrio addresses brown water

August 12, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

There have been several short periods in recent months when Highland Falls residents have taken to social media to show pictures of the brown water coming from the faucets in their village homes.

Lending a helping hand

August 12, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

There’s nothing like an assemblyline of dry ice…

Another library service coming soon

August 5, 2020 Editorial Staff

Beginning August 10, Highland Falls Library patrons will again have the opportunity to use the internet via computers at the library.