Highland Falls

Around Town

What was your nickname?

March 4, 2020 Editorial Staff

Nickname: Originally, the Middle English word “eke” (also) was joined with the word “name” — to form “ekename”, or literally “alsoname”. Through the years it morphed into the word “nickname”.

Around Town

It’s a parade!

April 19, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The annual Little League/Ponytail League/Coach Pitch and T-ball parade will take place on Main St. in Highland Falls on Saturday, April 27, stepping off at 10 a.m. The rain date for the event is Sunday, April 28.

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Government

No love for the new egg timer

February 15, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

At the most recent Village Board meeting Mayor Joe D’Onofrio had an egg timer on the table in front of him. He reminded, per the printed rules on the back of the meeting agenda, that speakers using the ‘public comment’ portion of the meeting must keep their remarks to three minutes.