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Friday, the Orange County Human Rights Commission held its 25th Annual Awards Ceremony. From left are this year’s recipients; Pamela McLean (Peer Advocate at Independent Living), Michele McKeon (Chief Operating Officer of RECAP), William Kaplan (The Newburgh Armory Unity Center), Melanie Collins (BLK Hudson and LYNC Community Newburgh), Angela Jo Henze (Executive Director Mental Health Association), Executive Director of the Orange County Human Rights Commission, Inaudy Esposito, and recipient Max Cuncuas (Newburgh Armory Unity Center).

Ceremony Honors Four Transformative People

Poughkeepsie High School Principal Dr. Phee Simpson in the process of giving her welcome address.

Poughkeepsie Welcomes Class of 2024 Graduates

Newburgh Free Academy Executive Student Council members, along with the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, assemble prior to Tuesday’s 159th Commencement exercises.

Newburgh Free Academy’s 159th Commencement

Gorden Campbell (5th from left) poses with Yamaha Executives Matt Rudin and Greg Crane, Brother-In-Law Cedric Freeman, Sister Ada Freeman, Aunt Rosella Woody, Uncle Cleveland Best, and Friend Michael Corey Dandridge at The Gorden Campbell & Yamaha Drums Clinic Tour at Alto Music.

Campbell Brings Drum Clinic to Hudson Valley

Jonathan, Christopher, and Christian Recinos first became familiar with the “high seas” while students at San Miguel Academy in the rowing program. All three brothers are now Midshipmen in the Class of 2028 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Photo Provided

San Miguel Grads Inducted into U.S. Naval Academy

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The Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays Dies at 93

Jayden Ochoa, Ricardo Gunera, Osmar Torres (Coxswain), Jordy Magana, Micah Fisher pose for a photo during the USRowing National Championships.

San Miguel Competes in National Championships

Josh Gibson is Number One After Stats Join MLB

NFA Crew Team Raced at Rowing Championships

Four Brewers Named Academic All-District

Hawks End Historic Campaign in NCAA Regional

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The Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays Dies at 93

1930-31 Homestead Grays. Authorities on the Negro Leagues have made them the consensus pick as the best team ever. Standing: Cumberland Posey*, Bill Evans, Jap Washington, Red Reed, Smokey Joe Williams*, Josh Gibson*, George “Tubby” Scales, Oscar Charleston*, Charlie Walker, Jr. Kneeling: Chippy Britt, Lefty Williams, Jud Wilson*, Vic Harris, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Ambrose Reed, Ted Page. (*Hall of Fame).

Josh Gibson is Number One After Stats Join MLB

Hawks Fall to Number 1 Endicott in Offensive Affair

Brewers Garner All-Liberty League Baseball Honors

Marist Baseball Captures Series Against Siena

New Paltz Hawks Sweep Oswego, Claim No. 2 Seed

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The #20 Vassar College Women’s Cross Country team earned its first ever Liberty League Championship on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers edged #28 St. Lawrence for the title at Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Cross Country Team Makes History

Junior Gabriel Rodriguez led the men’s cross country team with a 19th-place finish at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at Twin Ponds on the Farm.

Rodriguez Leads Marist at MAAC Championships

Hawks Cross Country Team Takes Runner-up

Bard Finishes 9th at the Fred Pavlich Invitational

Mount Duo Fly Out of the Gate to Start the Season

Three Knights Shine at ECAC Championship

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More than 25 players are lined up to play for Poughkeepsie, as the Pioneers hope to grow in their second season and the third overall that flag football has been a varsity competition in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

Varsity Flag Football Grows, Bright Season Ahead

The Marist football team fell in the 2023 season final against Bucknell, Saturday afternoon. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Marist Red Foxes Football Falls In Season Finale

West Point Football Beats Holy Cross on Veterans Day

Marist Football Drops PFL Game to Dayton, 35-6

Army Defeats Rival Air Force; Biggest Win Since 1972

Marist Red Foxes Football Falls to Drake

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Army West Point hockey posts 4-2 non-conference victory at RV UMass-Lowell.

Army Hockey Posts Victory at RV UMass-Lowell

Army West Point Hockey collected its first victory of the season with a win over Canisius.

Army Hockey Picks Up Victory Over Canisius

New Paltz Field Hockey Earns 2-1 Double OT Win

Army Black Knights Hockey Suffers OT Defeat

Army West Point Blanks Bentley Behind Evenson Shutout

Lindenwood Sweeps Army West Point Hockey

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Bolshoi Ballet, who won his North American debut in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby more than two years ago, put away favored fellow Irish-bred Stone Age leaving the far turn and powered through the stretch to a decisive 4 1/2-length triumph in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer at Saratoga Race Course. Photo: Chelsea Durand

Bolshoi Ballet Danced His Way to Victory Saturday

Amidst Waves doubled up on stakes scores in Sunday’s ninth running of the $150,000 Bolton Landing.

Amidst Waves Prevails in $150K Bolton Landing

Casa Creed Doubles Up in Fourstardave Handicap

White Abarrio Surges Clear to Win G1 Whitney

Long Shot Yo Yo Candy Delivers First Spa Victory

Big Invasion Tallies Sixth Consecutive Victory Sunday

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Freshman guard Jadin Collins of the Marist men’s basketball team was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Championship Team. Collins averages 15.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 3.0 rebounds. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Collins Named to MAAC All-Championship Team

Hawks knock off No. 5 nationally ranked and top-seeded Oswego Lakers, 85-80 in conference finals. Photo: Oswego State

First SUNYAC Championship Secured By Hawks

Small’s Helps Secure Fourth Consecutive Win

Barnett Beats Buzzer, MSMC Knights Win

Hawks Secure No. 2 Seed in SUNYAC Tournament

Vassar Closes Season With Win Over Ithaca

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The Senators played Suffolk back on September 2nd in their second game of the season and lost 5-1.

Ulster Falls to Suffolk in the Regional Semi-Final

In the last home game of the regular season the Mount Saint Mary College Knights triumphed over St. Joseph’s University Brooklyn, 6-0. Photo: Lee Ferris

Mount Saint Mary Blue Knights Top Bears, 6-0

Army Mens Soccer Falls to American 3-0

New Paltz Hawks Fall in SUNYAC Quarterfinals 1-0

Marist Soccer Powers Past Canisius In Away Match

Army Moves Into First Place After Colgate Win

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The SUNY New Paltz Hawks beat Centenary, 7-2, but fall to MIT, 7-1 to end their NCAA Tournament run. Photo: Monica D’Ippolito

Hawks End Historic Campaign in NCAA Regional

NFCA Honors Haley Ahr, Peyton Pusey, Miah McDonald, Alyssa Grupp, Maddie Pleasants, and Kiley Myers.

Marist Red Foxes Softball Sets Program Record

MSMC Softball Falls to Old Westbury

New Paltz Hawks Secure Spot in SUNYAC Final

Marist Softball Season Came to an End Friday

Army Falls to Lehigh in Softball Championship

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Rippon and Wiener post runner-up finishes as the Vassar College Women’s Swimming and Diving team closed out the 2024 Liberty League Championship in fourth-place. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Brewers Swim to a Fourth-Place Finish

Red Foxes win conference record 13th MAAC Title in program history. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Marist Red Foxes Capture MAAC Championship

Bard Drops Dual Meet At William Patterson

Jauregui Breaks 100-Yard Butterfly School Record

Vassar Brewers Swim Hard Against RPI

Bard Swimming Competes at St. Lawrence

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Vassar Sophomore Jahmilia Dennis set the new school record mark in the triple jump on Friday night and now ranks in the top 25 nationally in the triple jump at 11.83 meters. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Jahmilia Dennis Sets Triple Jump Record

MSMC Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams wrapped up their 2024 season at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship hosted by Stevenson University

Season Concluded at ECAC Championship

Vassar’s Haley Schoenegge Sets Two Meet Records

Kevin Lee Breaks 49-Year-Old Long Jump School Record

Brown, Haggerty Finish First to Lead Track & Field

Bard Track & Field Competes at Vassar Twilight

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The Vassar College Women’s Tennis team had four student-athletes recognized for their work both on and off the court last Tuesday afternoon.

Four Brewers Named Academic All-District

Vassar College Women’s Tennis team suffered a hard fought 5-3 loss to second seeded Skidmore Sunday. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Brewers Battle In Hard Fought Defeat to Skidmore

SUNY New Paltz Tennis Sweeps Hartwick

Eleventh Straight Victory for Brewers

Vassar Brewers Cruise to Sixth Straight Victory

Vassar Tennis Cruises to Fifth Straight Victory

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The #8 Vassar College Men’s Volleyball team completed an incredible comeback after being down two sets to one and defeated #7 NYU. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Punches Ticket to National Championship

Ramsey buries career-high 21 kills, Brewers will take on NYU in the Final Four. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Volleyball Punches Ticket to Final Four

Vassar Earns Seventh Straight Victory in Sweep

Goodenough Is SUNY 2-Year VB Scholar Athlete

Vassar Sweeps Both Lancaster Bible and Messiah

MSMC Knights Celebrate Seniors With a Victory

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Hawks can’t overcome a poor shooting night and fall to Yellowjackets, 65-42 in the Hawk Center. Photo: Isabel van der Veen

SUNY New Paltz Women Fall in NCAA Second Round

Despite a valiant effort, the Mount Saint Mary College Knights (18-9) fell to Baruch College (17-11) by a score of 55-49 in the semifinals of the ECAC Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament. Photo: Lee Ferris

Knights Exit ECAC Tournament in Semifinals

Knights Fall to Mount Saint Vincent in Semifinal

Mount Takes Final Win Over St. Joseph’s

Vassar Brewers Get Back On Track With Win at Ithaca

Army West Point Wins Star Matchup Over Navy

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BUSINESS

Justice Chambers is President of NY Bar Foundation

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POLITICAL

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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HEALTH

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