This past week, I was gifted with four endearing photos celebrating graduating Confirmation Classes of the Middle Hope Methodist Church which has long vanished from our community. The location of the ...

This month I lingered over a thought-provoking article entitled “The Age of Reading Is Over” in The Atlantic Magazine. No old librarian like me can pass by a title like that at a newsstand. The ...

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Town of Newburgh Recreation Dept. Seniors enjoyed a memorable trip on July 16, aboard the ...

Orange County’s 2026 Freedom Fest, originally scheduled for July 18, was postponed because of the threat of severe weather and rescheduled for Sat., July 25 at Thomas Bull Memorial Park, 211 Route ...

The Highland Central School District Board of Education officially began the 2026-27 school year during its annual reorganizational meeting on July 2, reaffirming its leadership team and welcoming ...

Runners of all ages, get ready to taste victory (and confections) at Bishop Dunn Memorial School’s Eighth Annual Cupcake 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, Sept. 20. The event, featuring a race for adults and ...

On July 7, the Walden board of trustees adopted an introductory local law requiring residents to clean hydrants on or near their property. The board seeks to ensure that firefighters can quickly ...

School of Excellence by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, recognizing the school’s commitment to academic achievement ...

The two men who led the City of Newburgh through a period of fiscal turnaround have both moved into new positions since leaving city government earlier this year — one launching a private advisory ...

A Plattekill student is among six finalists in the Ulster County Board of Elections’ sixth annual “I Voted” sticker design contest. Gabriel Jorge-Martinez, a sixth grader at Plattekill ...

For more than a decade, artist Barbara Masterson has been documenting the lives and labor of migrant farm workers who plant, tend and harvest the crops that help bring local fruits and ...

Town of Highlands Ambulance Corps members Bryanna Torino, Genesis Melo-Perez and Esmelin Germosen are coordinating a back-to-school school supply drive – the three are asking for donations of new ...