Highland Falls News

HIGHLAND FALLS - Randy Jurgensen seemed exceedingly uncomfortable, constantly clearing his throat today as he tried to muster up some response to all those who had gathered to honor him with a Purple Heart - &#8201more than a half century after shrapnel pierced his helmet on Pork Chop Hill in one of the deadliest battles of the Korean War.

Reporters are coming in of a structure fire on Ondaora Parkway. Mutual aid from neighboring fire departments is being requested.

A 51-year-old woman who worked in the dean's office at the United States Military Academy at West Point admits defrauding the government out of nearly $3 million.

West Point Military Academy is located at 415 Main Street in Highland Falls, NY.

Recent visitors to the Vernon Drug Store in Museum Village in Monroe were intrigued as they browsed the glass cases full of old medicinal bottles and surgical instruments or gazed upward at the huge wooden ceiling fans attached to pulleys and once operated by hydro power.

Col. Bill McArthur looked out at the auditorium full of kids at Highland Falls Middle School.

The local leader of the NAACP says the City of Newburgh has a problem with racial discrimination and has done little to deal with it.

WEST POINT - Nearly 200 people gathered before the rock honoring the legendary Buffalo Soldiers, dedicating a wreath and a remembrance for the black service men who served in this nation's earliest wars in segregated units.

The Buffalo Soldiers Association of West Point will hold its 48th annual ceremony to honor the legendary black soldiers tomorrow at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

A motorcyclist on Route 218 who fell 200 feet from a ledge after hitting a wall is being treated for injuries by emergency workers, police officials say.

Fed up with the state's cold shoulder, officials with the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery School District are considering bankrupting their schools and giving the governor the keys.

Despite efforts aimed at countywide consistency, a late Labor Day has caused opening-day confusion in mid-Hudson schools.

Share + Aug 6, 2009 9:27 am US/Eastern WEST POINT, N.Y. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 A West Point cadet holds his diploma near the end of graduation ceremonies on May 26, 2007, at West Point Military Academy in Highland Falls, N.Y. Julie Jacobson/AP Close numSlides of totalImages West Point is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes ...

Share + Aug 6, 2009 9:27 am US/Eastern WEST POINT, N.Y. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 A West Point cadet holds his diploma near the end of graduation ceremonies on May 26, 2007, at West Point Military Academy in Highland Falls, N.Y. Julie Jacobson/AP Close numSlides of totalImages West Point is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes ...

Share + Aug 6, 2009 9:27 am US/Eastern WEST POINT, N.Y. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 A West Point cadet holds his diploma near the end of graduation ceremonies on May 26, 2007, at West Point Military Academy in Highland Falls, N.Y. Julie Jacobson/AP Close numSlides of totalImages West Point is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes ...

Share + Aug 6, 2009 9:27 am US/Eastern WEST POINT, N.Y. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 A West Point cadet holds his diploma near the end of graduation ceremonies on May 26, 2007, at West Point Military Academy in Highland Falls, N.Y. Julie Jacobson/AP Close numSlides of totalImages West Point is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes ...

Brandon Cutrell, the host of the weekly "After Party" who was also seen in the all-star Pippin benefit concert, plays The Castle on the Hudson in Tarrytown, NY, Aug.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating and placed the following Assured Guaranty insured issues on Rating Watch Evolving.

A little more than a year ago, the Cornwall Community Co-op was just a vague idea some people had to bring fresh, healthy, locally-grown produce to the greater Cornwall area.

Congressman Maurice Hinchey received a hero's welcome when he showed up to a meeting of Local 2367 American Federation of Government Workers at James O'Neill High School in Highland Falls on Monday.