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The 2026 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest winners from the Beacon School District with their specially presented certificates at Monday’s King Celebration at Springfield Baptist Church.

47th Annual Rev. Dr. King Birthday Celebration

The newly elected CMF President Bishop Jeffrey C. Woody delivered the Welcome Address at the 58th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.

58th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Students enrolled in the Smart Scholars Early College Performing Arts Academy participated in a two-week summer bridge program last month.

Program Exposes Students to College Experience

Saturday, July 25, 2025, at the Beacon- Newburgh Waterfronts, the 22nd Annual River Swim took place. Photo: Alan Thomas

22nd Annual Hudson River Swim

Mr. Kevin Douglass Greene, great- great grandson of historic trailblazer Frederick Douglass hands out books to high schoolers who attended the Celebrating the African Spirit Program, on his relative’s legacy.

Fourth Annual Frederick Douglass Day Honors Legacy

Bilingual Master of Ceremonies, Nayelli Chavez-Geller and Jenifer Hernandez, led the audience through performances from various regions of Mexico during La Guelaguetza 2025.

18th Annual Guelaguetza Festival Celebrates Culture

Six Mount Vernon High School students recently returned from a cultural excursion to Costa Rica with Señora Dulce Nunez, Spanish teacher at MVHS.

Students Explore Culture With Visit to Costa Rica

For two months this spring, an interactive survey gave City of Poughkeepsie community stakeholders an opportunity to convey what they believe should be the guiding objectives and goals for the Poughkeepsie City School District as it forms its next strategic plan.

School Leaders Discuss Strategic Plan and Feedback

Balmville School's first poetry day, called Just Different: First Annual Poetry Representation. Photo: Danielle Sarita

Just Different: First Annual Poetry Representation

Principals Kate Berardi (Chambers), Melissa Jamieson (JFK), and Kathleen Sickles (Crosby) took their turn on the roof to support the cause..

KCSD Principals Raise the Roof for Project Santa

Together with the Westchester County Board of Legislators, Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins is proud to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation signed into law on July 26, 1990.

35th Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act

Assemblyman, Jonathan Jacobson holds the $250,000 check monies he helped to secure which greatly assisted with the purchase of the ambulance (pictured in background) that will add to the ability of the Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp to efficiently respond to their increasing number of annual calls.

Jacobson Delivers For Beacon Ambulance Corp

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