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LOCAL

Students at Clinton and Smith elementary schools will beautify and harvest from their outdoor gardens and learn how to cook using those ingredients.

Farm Project Teaches Students Gardening, Cooking

POUGHKEEPSIE - This fall, students at Clinton and Smith elementary schools will beautify and harvest from their outdoor gardens and learn how to cook...

Saturday, on the Mount Gulian Historic Site’s grounds, the Revolutionary War Muster Day took place, featuring vivid, realistic reenactments by the 5th New York 15th Regiment of Foot Mott’s Artillery, along with Lamb’s Artillery Company.

Revolutionary War Muster Day Brings History to Life

By Jennifer L. Warren BEACON - “Kids need this.” Anthony Procko, a 12 year old Hudson Valley resident with a fiery passion for history, affirmed this...

BUSINESS

From left, Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle Interim President Sheldon Pride, Board Vice President Tim McChristian, Board Treasurer Nicole Bell-Simon and Board Corresponding Secretary Jacquetta Hogan.

Boys and Girls Club Has Elected New Leadership

NEW ROCHELLE – The Board of Directors of Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle has elected new leadership and added a new member,...

Moody Completes SUNY Black Leadership Institute

MIDDLETOWN – Likkia Moody, director of SUNY Orange’s Newburgh campus, recently presented a capstone research project about strengthening the College’s Eastern Orange County campus’s...

HEALTH

AG James Defending Services For Domestic Violence Survivors

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James last Wednesday led a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing to block unlawful...

Gillibrand Addressing Racial Disparities In Health Care

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently announced the introduction of the Health Access Innovation Act, legislation to fight racial disparities in health outcomes by...

POLITICAL

A spirited crowd filled the headquarters of Sussman’s campaign in the City of Newburgh as the early-voting kickoff event brought together the Democratic and Working Families Party slate with palpable energy and purpose. Photo: Marlon Ramos

OC Dems Kick Off Early Voting With Full Slate

NEWBURGH – A spirited crowd filled the headquarters of Sussman’s campaign in the City of Newburgh as the early-voting kickoff event brought together the...

Attorney General James Announces Election Protection Hotline

NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James Friday announced that the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) will make...

NATIONAL

We Have Now Crossed the Very First Tipping Point

By Ben Jealous My parents’ marriage was against the law in Maryland in 1966, so they moved west. By the time I was born in...

The Fight For Freedom and Equality Are Unfinished

By Ben Jealous In my house, two legacies face each other. On one wall hangs a reproduction of The Spirit of ’76, painted by my cousin...