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LOCAL

City of Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Jay Rosser visit students at the Early Learning Center last Monday.

Mayor and Superintendent Form New Partnership

POUGHKEEPSIE - City of Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Jay Rosser announced they are partnering to launch the Poughkeepsie...

More than 450 people turned out for the Orange/Sullivan Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Orange and Sullivan

MONTGOMERY - More than 450 people turned out for the Orange/Sullivan Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery on Saturday,...

BUSINESS

City of Newburgh staff Todd Venning, Alexandra Church, and Stanley Merritt outside City Hall.

City of Newburgh Welcomes Several New Staff

NEWBURGH – The City of Newburgh has welcomed many new staff members in 2019. In February of this year, Todd Venning was appointed as...

Computer generated image of what the entrance to Legoland will look like.

Legoland Set to Open on July 4, 2020

GOSHEN – Legoland New York has announced its opening date – July 4, 2020. Construction is well underway on the resort, which will feature 50...

HEALTH

Pink Night Honors Those Who Battled Cancer

NEWBURGH - The Newburgh Enlarged City School District participated in a Pink Night celebration in honor of those who have battled cancer. Participants from...

MSLC Hospital Named A Great Place to Work

NEWBURH - Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) has been certified as a great workplace for the third consecutive year by the independent analysts at...

POLITICAL

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was briefed last Monday at the Stewart Air National Guard Base about the ongoing problem of water contamination from the base.

NY Senator Gillibrand Briefed on Newburgh Water

NEWBURGH – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was briefed last Monday at the Stewart Air National Guard Base about the ongoing problem of water contamination from...

New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Hudson Valley Press File/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Plants

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 30 states and local governments, filed a motion to intervene in...

NATIONAL

Stop the U.S. Congress from Raising Air Travel Taxes

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. NNPA NEWSWIRE - Working families in the African American community and beyond have a hard-enough time keeping up with...

Akwaaba! Homecoming Celebrations; NAACP led a delegation of nearly 300 African Americans, ranging in age from 4 to 90, on a transformative journey from Jamestown, VA to Jamestown, Ghana to reconnect with their African roots and commemorate the Year of the Return – a landmark spiritual and birth-right journey.

NAACP Helps Commemorate the Year of Return

BALTIMORE, Md. - NAACP led a delegation of nearly 300 African Americans, ranging in age from 4 to 90, on a transformative journey from...