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Highland Falls project updates

September 1, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Village awaits word on several grants

Obituary – September 3, 2021

September 1, 2021 Editorial Staff

Our beloved mom passed away peacefully on August 24th in her Parry Avenue home, surrounded by her loving family.

911 officials spoke in Highlands

August 25, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Orange County Emergency Services Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner for 911 and 911 Director of Operations were at Monday’s meeting of the Highlands Town Board to explain the services offered by Orange County’s 911 program.

What will ‘back to school’ look like?

August 25, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

“Our goal is to have 100 percent of our students in school 100 percent of the time.”

HFFD gains two firefighters

August 18, 2021 Editorial Staff

The Highland Falls Fire Department has two new exterior firefighters after the August 11 graduation of the county’s Firefighter 1 training program.

Government

Village Board, experts talked about finances, debt

August 18, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

Mayor Joe D’Onofrio started Monday’s Village Board meeting by introducing three financial experts who serve the village…

Obituary – August 20, 2021

August 18, 2021 Editorial Staff

Charles Thomas Fitzgerald of Voorheesville, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2021, at home, surrounded by his family.

Local group had a really good time at Roe Park!

August 11, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

You may have wondered what was going on at Roe Park in Highland Falls last Saturday.

The elephant in the room…

August 11, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

At two different meetings on Monday evening, Ben Syden, the vice president of Laberge Group, which is doing consulting work for the Village of Highland Falls on the dissolution process, urged residents of both Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery to “not let this destroy you as a community”.

Obituary – August 13, 2021

August 11, 2021 Editorial Staff

Vincent J. “Jimmy” Servedio passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 85 years old.