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Students from The Art Effect, along with their Lead Artists, congregate at Garden Park on Rose Street in Poughkeepsie to unveil the Black Lives Matter Plantar Sculptures that the contingent has been hard at work on since early summer.

The Art Effect Unveils Social Justice Sculptures

The City of Newburgh is excited to offer its residents two socially-distanced Halloween events this October.

Safe Halloween Events Planned for Community

An estimated 500 people lined up around the entire city block by the Middletown Senior Center long before the polls opened at noon on Saturday.

Early Voting Brings Out Thousands in the Region

Greenwood Lake Mayor Jessie Dwyer, New York State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (AD-98), U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), New York State Senator Jen Metzger (SD-42), Rumshock Veterans Foundation Board President Bill Whetsel, Rumshock Veterans Foundation Board VP Frank Messina, Orange County Veterans Services Agency Director Christian Farrell, and Commander Tom Mulcahy of the Greenwood Lake American Legion Arthur Finnegan Post 1443.

$400k Secured for Rumshock Veterans Foundation

Police Reform Task Force is Making Moves

Sports

Army Director of Athletics Mike Buddie and Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced recently that the 121st playing of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA will be played at West Point.

Army Navy Game Will Be Played at West Point

Army Football Takes Care of Mercer, 49-3

SUNYAC Cancels Winter Sports Seasons

NYSFSSAA Cancels the XC Championships

CSAE Student-Athletes of the Month Named

Marist Names Five Captains for 2020-2021 Year

Baseball

Host Families Are Integral To Independent Teams

Marist Overcome by Liberty in Series Finale

Black Knights Fall to Air Force at Invitational

Vassar Baseball Team Heats Up in Win Over Rivier

Mount Drops Game to Albertus Magnus

Ninth Inning Rally Gives Brewers Victory Over Royals

Cross Country

NYSFSSAA Cancels the XC Championships

Jordan Jones (left) and Sara Leavens (right) were named Student-Athletes of the Month for October by Marist’s Center for Student-Athlete Enhancement (CSAE). Leavens is a junior from Avon, Connecticut who is part of the Red Foxes’ cross country and track & field teams.

CSAE Student-Athletes of the Month Named

Marist Names Five Captains for 2020-2021 Year

Onomake Nominated For NCAA Woman of the Year

David Soto Earns Cross Country All-American Status

Rylar Gould Earns Full Track and Field Scholarship

Football

Army Navy Game Will Be Played at West Point

Army Football Takes Care of Mercer, 49-3

Army Shuts Down Middle Tennessee State in Opener

Marist College Student-Athletes of the Month

Army Black Knights Fall to Navy in Rivalry Tilt

Rushing Attack Lifts Black Knights to a Home Win

Hockey

Army West Point’s Mason Krueger helped defeat Robert Morris on the road.

Army Earns Commanding Win Over Colonials

Strong Second Period Pushes RIT Past Army

Army Retains Challenge Cup at RMC

Army Hockey Drops Non-League Game

Army Blanks Air Force, 2-0

Army Falls At Air Force, 4-1

Horse Racing

Saratoga Race Course Marylou Whitney Entrance. Photo: Chris Rucker

Dedication Ceremony For New “Marylou Whitney Entrance

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) paid tribute to the nation's service members and veterans during Military Appreciation Day.

NYRA Honors Service Members and Veterans

Tracy Fenney Takes First and Fifth in Derby

Goshen Historic Track’s 107th Racing Season is Underway

Men's Basketball

CSAE Student-Athletes of the Month Named

John Thompson was the first Black coach to win the NCAA Championship. In 1984, he led the Georgetown Hoyas to victory over the Houston Cougars. In 1985 Thompson was named Coach of the Year. He coached at Georgetown University from 1972 to 1999.

Coaching Legend John Thompson Dies at 78

Blue Knights Take Season Series From USMMA

Senior Captains Lead Army Cadets to Win Over Lehigh

Marist Handles Manhattan On Play4Kay Night

Knights Edged At Manhattanville On Late Three-Pointer

Soccer

Two Newburgh Free Academy athletes, Haley Dando and Raj Patel have received the 2020 OCIAA Senior Scholar Athlete Award. The Orange County Inter-scholastic Athletic Association (OCIAA) Senior Scholar Athlete Award is given to a girl and boy in each member school.

Two NFA Students Receive Scholar Athlete Awards

Junior Hawkins Barratt Heitmann scored six minutes into the first overtime period.

Heitmann’s Overtime Goal Lifts Vassar Over RIT

Lopes Scores Game Winner To Lift Vassar

Marist Soccer Wins Senior Day Thriller

Vassar Comes Up Short Against #4 Herons

Marist Red Foxes Soccer Falls To Rider

Softball

Army Black Knights Top Charleston Southern, 9-2

Army Black Knights Drop Tight Game to Sacramento St.

Army Earns Third Straight Win; Tops Georgia Southern, 7-5

Pine Bush’s Kaylee Armida Commits to Clark U

Marist Clinches Top Seed in MAAC Championship

Mount Softball Registers Split With Sarah Lawrence

Swimming

Marist Wraps up competition at the ECAC Championships on Sunday.

Marist Wraps Up at the ECAC Championships

The Army West Point men’s swimming and diving team began 2020 with a 220-79 victory over Bucknell in a Patriot League dual on Saturday night.

Army Tops Bucknell in Road Dual, 220-79

Vassar Swimming & Diving Defeat Skidmore

Mount Suffers Dual Meet Loss at Staten Island

Mount Suffers First Loss Of The Season

Open House is Held For Free Swim Program

Track & Field

Five NFA athletes win first place at the Girls Indoor Track Section IX Championships.

NFA Athletes Win First Place at Championships

Despite another record setting effort by senior Calli McMullen, the Army West Point women’s track and field team fell to rival Navy in the women’s indoor Star Meet in Annapolis on Saturday.

Four Program Records Set In Army Loss to Navy

Racewalkers Excel at Millrose Games

Mount Finishes Eighth At Utica Invitational

Mooney Breaks 200m Record in Boston

Tennis

Two NFA Students Receive Scholar Athlete Awards

The Vassar College men's tennis team defeated the University of Rochester by a 5-4 margin at the Goergen Athletic Center. Photo: C. Stockton

Vassar Tennis Posts 5-4 Win over #37 Rochester

Marist Tennis Downed At Lehigh

Tennis Club Donates Bench to Honor Former Coach

Mount Cruises Past Vaughn On Senior Day

Black Knights Wrap Up West Point Invite

Volleyball

Best Players That Have Put on a Red Fox Uniform

Chidera Udeh and Arthur Pinckney were named the Marist Center for Student-Athlete Enhancement (CSAE) Student-Athletes of the Month for September.

Marist College Student-Athletes of the Month

Army Black Knights Post Road Victory at Holy Cross

Marist Red Foxes Cruise to Victory Over Niagara, 5-1

Mount Swept At Rutgers-Newark

Army Takes Down Navy in Dramatic Five Set

Women's Basketball

Tori Jarosz Continues Professional Career in Poland

The Newburgh Free Academy Varsity Girls Basketball Team recognizes their seniors. 12th grade athletes and their families were celebrated last week before a game.

NFA Girls Basketball Team Recognizes Seniors

Vassar Falls to Ithaca in League Championship

Knights Tripped Up in Skyline Conference Semifinal

Peczuh’s Career Milestone Propels Team to Victory

Knights Thwarted On The Road Against Manhattanville

BUSINESS

Democratic State Senate Candidate Karen Smythe receiving her award with Commander Zurhellen and recent “Veteran of the Year” awardee Nate Grant.

VFW Post 170 “Local Hero” Award Presented

POUGHKEEPSIE - On Friday, Democratic State Senate Candidate Karen Smythe was awarded Vail-Wolff McKenna-Frye VFW Post 170’s “Local Hero” award by Post Commander Tom...

Baxter Builders, under the leadership of President Amanda Baxter, broke ground on a new $13 million investment in the city on Thursday afternoon.

‘The Academy’ Construction is Finally Underway

POUGHKEEPSIE – Baxter Builders, under the leadership of President Amanda Baxter, broke ground on a new $13 million investment in the city on Thursday...

POLITICAL

New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Hudson Valley Press File/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

AG James Continues Fight to Stop Health Care Discrimination

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced she has led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in continuing the fight...

Voter Intimidation Suit Brought Due to Robocalling

NEW YORK – Defendants in a voter intimidation lawsuit admitted to creating and sending robocalls to 85,000 people that inspired fear about voting by...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Kenneth Branagh in the newly released film Tenent. Photo Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon

“Tenet” Should Be Viewed on the Big Movie Screen

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Warner Bros delayed the release of Tenet during the pandemic until it could open it in theaters. It...

This month Theatre on the Road and the Old Dutch Church in Kingston have been presenting their sixth annual “living history” tours on Saturday nights in the cemetery of the church.

Sixth, And Final, Living History Tour is Added

KINGSTON - This month Theatre on the Road and the Old Dutch Church in Kingston have been presenting their sixth annual “living history” tours...

HEALTH

New Rockland Order Requires Face Coverings

NEW CITY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce a new Commissioner’s Standing Order related to...

Three Valley Central Students Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

MONTGOMERY – Three Valley Central School District students have tested positive for the coronavirus, Superintendent John Xanthis said on Thursday. In a letter to the...

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