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Cadets visited the NYS State Capitol

March 30, 2022 Editorial Staff

Assemblyman Colin Schmitt and Senator James Skoufis both paid tribute to a group of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy during the annual West Point Day on Thursday, March 24, held in the State Capitol in Albany.

New church opened last Sunday

January 26, 2022 Mary Jane Pitt

This past Sunday, January 23, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Highland Falls opened its doors to its congregation for the first time.

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.

WPES welcomes its new principal

October 6, 2021 Editorial Staff

Helen Balilo, the Department of Defense Education Activity community superintendent for New York and Virginia, has announced Angelo Barcinas as the new principal for the West Point Elementary School.

Crowd gathered at West Point to witness history

September 15, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

he sun was shining. People were smiling. World-class music was played.

As the Long Gray Line expands…

May 19, 2021 Mary Jane Pitt

In the spring of 1958, Elliott G. Fishburne III, a native of Waynesboro, Va., was getting ready to go to college. He applied to Brown, Trinity, the University of Virginia and West Point.

Army Corps improves historic cemetery, for the living

March 31, 2021 Editorial Staff

West Point Cemetery, located on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York is America’s oldest military post cemetery and a national historic landmark.

Storm King Golf Club sale will benefit Army golfers

December 29, 2020 Editorial Staff

The sale of Cornwall’s Storm King Golf Club, to the Hudson Valley Golf Foundation, was completed on Dec. 10. While avid golfers may be looking ahead to spring, they won’t be able to use the course anytime soon.

Reservoir level still remains an issue

November 11, 2020 Editorial Staff

“We are in the ‘drought alert’ level of the EPA standards,” D’Onofrio said. “The last measurement (Water Superintendent Jack Sibley) took was Friday at 10 a.m. and the level was 43 percent then.”

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.