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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

Graduates from Mount Vernon High School and Rebecca Turner Academy walked the stage at Memorial Field on Wednesday evening, as 274 from the Class of 2025 received their diplomas.

MVHS and RTA Graduate 274 From the Class of 2025

Graduates pose with their diplomas after the Newburgh Free Academy Commencement for the Class of 2025.

NFA Bids Farewell to the Goldback Class of 2025

30 students were inducted into New Windsor School’s Clintonian Society.

New Windsor School’s Clintonian Society Inducts 30

Kingston High School Class of 2025

Thursday, at Cafe Con Leche the 26th Annual Latino Scholarship Awards Dinner took place. Here, five outstanding, area high school seniors were recognized for their contributions in the classroom, their schools as well as community. Tomas Santiago Alvarez Gutierrez (Roy C. Ketcham High School), Yaquelin Antonio- Lopez (Poughkeepsie High School), Amanda Vidal (John Jay Senior High School), Isabela Centeno (Cornwall Central High School) and Jake Calderon (John Jay Senior High School.)

26th Annual Latino Scholarship Awards Dinner

Commissioned Artist Cara Hochhalter, Oh, Freedom! Master Quilter and Commissioned Artist Anita Jones, Executive Director of The Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project Peter Bunten, Co-Founder of the Oh, Freedom! Quilting Project and Board Program Secretary of the Mid-Hudson Anti-Slavery Project Narcita Medina, Quilt-N-Queens' Quilter and Commissioned Artist who created the Juneteenth quilt being held Jacqueline Colson, Co-President of the Quilt-N-Queens and Commissioned Artist Thadine Wormly, Quilt-N-Queens Founder and Commissioned Artist Thadine Wormly, Quilt-N-Queens Founder and Commissioned Diane Pryor-Holland, Board Secretary of Diane Pryor-Holland, Board Secretary of the Mid-Hudson Anti-Slavery Project Laura Chenven, and Mid-Hudson Anti-Slavery Project Vassar Intern Helena Lume pose in front of a quilt created by the class of 2030 at The Oakwood Friends School at the "Oh, Freedom! Quilt Exhibition".

Antislavery History Project Celebrates Juneteenth

Amir Shell once again stole the Poughkeepsie’s Got Talent show with his new band.

Poughkeepsie’s Got Talent Show Wows the Crowd

Twenty-eight seniors from Mount Vernon High School, STEAM Academy and Denzel Washington School of the Arts were honored at the Board of Education meeting.

Students Honored with Edith Kaplan Scholarship

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Jay Rosser, right, received a Legislative Proclamation from state Sen. Rob Rolison, left.

Dr. Rosser Receives Legislative Proclamation

Newburgh Free Academy senior, Brady Danyluk, recently eclipsed the elusive- highly revered 1:50 mark in the 800 meter run, recording a blazing 1:49.9, enroute to capturing the New York State Public High School State Championship laurels. Holding several Goldback track and field records-in both individual events as well as part of relay teams, Danyluk, one of the areas most decorated middle distance runners in history, is headed to Northeastern University in the fall, where he will continue his running career while majoring in civil engineering.

NFA’s Brady Danyluk Closes Out High School Career

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