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The pandemic might have temporarily suspended the in-person Vassar College Commencement Exercises; however, it was unable to touch the positively profound effect the school’s imprint has had on many of the Class of 2020 recent graduates. Photo credit: Vassar College screenshots of video by Jim Sulley

Vassar College Holds 156th Graduation Ceremony

One of the many personalized, decorative vehicles of a graduate and their family that entered Newburgh Free Academy’s Main Campus front parking lot to receive a host of graduation paraphernalia with the schools insignia, as well as other goodies from administration, faculty and staff members Friday.

Love and Support Shown For the NFA Class of 2020

Red trunk photo child dancing oaxaca.

Teaching “Trunk” Goes Virtual and Brings Culture

Earlier this fall, NASA sent out to all educators to apply for climate change research position. Unfortunately, that position was already filled, but Ms. Toback impressed NASA so much, that they hired her to be an Educational Ambassador for the NASA Climate Change Research Initiative program and a liaison for the Goddard Space Flight Center Office of STEM Engagement at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in NYC.

Toback Named Educational Ambassador For NASA

Frankie Flowers, son of the late John Flowers, is working every day to carry on the Flowers legacy. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the younger Flowers to step up and provide meals for those that are experiencing financial stress during the pandemic.

Flowers’ Legacy Continues With Food Aid

A supply of face masks and hand sanitizer at the City of Newburgh Fire Department. The items were provided by Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus.

City of Newburgh Coordinates PPE Distribution

Tomas Morales Cresente

Pastor Arrested For Being a Federal Prisoner

In an effort to assist Dutchess Outreach (DO), which operates a food pantry in Poughkeepsie, Foreign Car Specialists and the Poughkeepsie Galleria held a food drive on Saturday at the mall to help replenish the organization’s pantry supplies.

Food Drive Supports Dutchess Outreach

Passing of Legislator Barbara Jeter-Jackson

Clockwise from top left: MSMC graduate, Giselle Martinez, dressed in her cap and gown, poses for a photo after her virtual graduation from Mount Saint Mary Collge; A group of Mount graduates; MBA graduate Kelvin Herrera-Hassan;A group of Mount graduates; Gabriella Cabrera of Beacon, N.Y. and Koulako Camara of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a Nurse practitioner student.

Mount Virtually Honors Their 550 Graduates

Sargent Breval of the National Guard, one of three Divisions on hand volunteering at Fridays Giving Day, hosted by Mount Saint Mary and their Ministry Outreach, hands a poultry item to one of the many clients who attended the much- anticipated and appreciated event, supplying those in need with crucial food, vitamins and health products.

Monthly “Giving Day” Held at St. Mary’s Church

Lefr: New Windsor resident, Evelyn Torres, is among a growing number of people who has extended her family with a furry friend in the wake of the pandemic. Right: Town of Newburgh resident, Joyce Pemberton Smith got her dog, Blitz, about 11 years ago, by her side all the time, and has been a priceless companion during this unsettling pandemic.

Now More than Ever, Pet Ownership a Lifesaver

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