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Recognition for Mrs. Bailey

January 12, 2022 Editorial Staff

“One of my first duties back in 1993 was replacing our historian. I needed someone very, very capable to do the job and there was no one in this town that could suggest anybody better than Stella Bailey. So, I appointed her.”

Obituary – January 14, 2022

January 12, 2022 Editorial Staff

William (Bill) Servedio passed away on Monday, December 27th 2021 at home surrounded by his loved ones at the age of 78, ending a courageous 12-year battle with leukemia

JIO teacher now ‘Councilman Tompuri’

January 7, 2022 Mary Jane Pitt

In a case of ‘putting your money where your mouth is”, a face familiar to the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery community — at least to those who have had high schoolers in the last 20-plus years — is now not only a teacher, but a politician.

A Village Board meeting to start 2022

January 5, 2022 Mary Jane Pitt

will include the public until the current COVID-19 resurgence dies down.

Obituary – January 7, 2022

January 5, 2022 Editorial Staff

Lorraine Frances Ruscelli, age 64, passed away November 14th, 2021, in California, where she lived for most of her later years.

COVID-19 still rearing its ugly head

December 29, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

On Monday, Dec. 27, 26,737 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19. In Orange County on that day, 317 people tested positive, bringing the county’s active case number on that day to 70,926.

Obituaries – December 31, 2021

December 29, 2021 Editorial Staff

her brothers and sisters, by her parents, George Helms and Maryann Feiedle.

Santa Claus stopped by for breakfast

December 22, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Santa was in town last Saturday morning, at the request of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce.

King shared his positive message

December 15, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

King’s message is basically wherever you are put, no matter what you are going through — don’t give up on yourself and don’t give up on society.

A new award for Boy Scouts

December 15, 2021 Editorial Staff

The Boy Scouts of America recently launched a new merit badge, Citizenship in Society, designed to reaffirm this time-honored principle through the lenses of diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethical leadership.