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Nutrition is her main goal!

October 7, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

Parents: don’t be alarmed if you hear your kids say they’re “going to see Sasha to get a drink”!

Thanksgiving dinner still on

October 7, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner provided by Holy Innocents Church in Highland Falls is going to look a little different.

Reduce your water usage

September 30, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

The Bog Meadow Reservoir, which provides municipal water to all of Highland Falls and parts of Fort Montgomery, has dropped from 52 percent capacity on Sept. 21 to 47 percent capacity…

Speeding is a Fort concern

September 30, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

“It’s not that we don’t care, it’s just that we’re limited in what we can do.”

The Reverend Dr. Richard P. Camp, Jr., longest serving Chaplain at the US Military Academy (1973 – 1996), died at his Sarasota home from complications due to Parkinson’s Disease on September 15. He was 84.

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.

World War II has officially ended!

September 23, 2020 Editorial Staff

World War II officially ended September 1945 which makes 2020 the 75th anniversary of that event.

Obituaries – September 25, 2020

September 23, 2020 Editorial Staff

Thomas M. Avery, resident of Highland Falls, passed away on September 13, 2020 at the age of 59. He was born in Cornwall, to William and Dorothy Avery.

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.