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‘Imagination & Community’

May 2, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

“When we have children’s events, we tend to talk a lot about imagination,” Highland Falls Library Director Leslie Rose told the 50 or so people gathered downstairs in the library Sunday evening. “When we have adults with us, we tend to talk about community. That’s what this afternoon is, a gathering of friends, family and community.”

A grand opening for Goldblatt’s photos

April 11, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

About 75 people attended an opening reception for Fort Montgomery’s Stan Goldblatt’s photography display at the Highland Falls Library last Thursday evening.

A special art exhibit at the HF Library

March 29, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Highland Falls Library proudly presents an exhibit by photographer Stan Goldblatt: The Appalachian Trail — Fort Montgomery Project: Portraits of Thru Hikers on the Appalachian Trail. It will open April 4, and run through October 4.

Author takes it “one day at a time”

March 22, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Nancy Vericker is a self-described “former journalist and a nice church lady”, who always thought she might write a book about the fact that at age 47 she and her husband adopted a two-year- old while in the midst of raising three teenagers.

Government

Personnel, contracts, more

March 15, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Village Board was busy on March 4, making several personnel appointments and more.

Assemblyman Schmitt toured the library

March 1, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

As he walked around the Highland Falls Library late last Thursday afternoon, Assemblyman Colin Schmitt quickly realized that the facility serves as much more than ‘just a library’; its space, staff and programs make it more of a community center for Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery.