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LOCAL

Thursday, in the City of Newburgh the Third Annual Newburgh Barbershop Appreciation Day took place. From left is barber, Gordo who owns Faded; Gabrielle Burton- Hill, Founder and Organizer of the event, and barber, Swiss.

Barbers Continue to Give Back to the Community

By Jennifer L. Warren NEWBURGH - What started off as a series of community readings and conversations about the rich history of barbers and their...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

United States Vice-President Harris is Ready!

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Jr. We must commend and appreciate President Joseph Biden for being a quintessential leader and, perhaps, one of the best...

BUSINESS

Central Hudson’s Unacceptable Rate Increase

Senator Skoufis Statement on Central Hudson’s Unacceptable Rate Increase: “As Orange County residents face an ongoing cost of living crisis, Central Hudson’s rate increase approved...

Jacobson Blasts Social Security Office Closing

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) blasted the closing of the Newburgh Social Security office. The Social Security Administration announced it is moving the office to...

HEALTH

MISN Hosts Community Wellness Day

NEWBURGH - On Friday, July 19, from 11am- 3pm, a large, varied showing of local health agencies turned out to participate in MSN’s Community...

Rockland County Launches Leave-Behind Narcan Project

Paramedic Services emergency responders to leave behind a free Narcan kit with any member of the public when on scene for an emergency, including...

POLITICAL

Statement from Vice Pres. Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris released the following statement: “On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of...

What if Thomas Crooks Had Been a Black Man?

By Hazel Trice Edney Can you imagine what would have happened to a Black man who showed up at a Donald Trump rally acting “suspiciously”...

NATIONAL

A Snake in the Bird Cage and the Trump Assassin

By Glenn Mollette Former President Donald Trump barely missed several hissing bullets that would have ended his life last Saturday. The world watched a miracle take...

Project 2025: A Guide to Snuffing Out Democracy

By Ben Jealous What if there was a blueprint for a future presidential administration to unilaterally lay waste to our constitutional order and turn America...