Highland Falls News

Bills renewing the current sales tax rates in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties sailed through the Senate in a flurry of late-night votes after a month-long power struggle ended Thursday.

Hike name: Fourth of July 2009 at West Point. Location: Everybody should know where West Point is.

The Record is looking for your photos of high school graduations for the following schools: O'Neill High School in Highland Falls, George F. Baker High School in Tuxedo, Eldred High School, Roscoe High School, Livingston Manor High School, Fallsburg High School, Tri-Valley High School, Highland High School, Ellenville High School, Delaware Valley ...

Less than three months into office, 24-year-old Mayor Brian Maher is already checking campaign promises off his list: trim the budget, work well with the manager, host a giant DJ battle.

A wilted yellow rose was taped on one of the dark panels. White chairs were set up along the walk for people to sit and reflect for a spell.

Photo credit Dave Brzywczy,West Point Directorate of Communication Guests and garrison staff watch Col.

For years, the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery School District relied on castoffs from the nearby U.S. Military Academy at West Point to boost its supply of science equipment and other technology.

When Caroline Miller was a high school freshman, her teacher warned her about West Point.

At age 99, retired Col. William H. Waugh is still a soldier. The principles of duty, honor and country are why he got up from his wheelchair and set a wreath at the statue of Gen.

Officer Michael Lewis Jr. pulled his patrol car to the side of the road about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and radioed Sgt.

Vanessa Montellese was so excited on Friday morning she woke up at 5:30 a.m., well before her alarm.

U.S. Rep. John Hall scored a private meeting with the U.S. secretary of the Army last week, by chasing him down the hall of a Senate office building in Washington, D.C. The pair attended the same meeting with West Point brass and lawmakers last Wednesday.

After dozens of calls to legislators, Highland Falls school board Vice President Roxanne Donnery finally discovered why her district is getting no - no - federal Title I stimulus dollars.

In the days and weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks, Bill Harris and crews from his Pearl River company dug in the rubble and cut steel virtually around-the-clock - first hoping to find survivors and later hoping to find anything that might give clues to investigators or solace to the families of those who perished.

PASSOVER EVENTS Passover Seders - Rhinebeck Jewish Center, 16 W. Chestnut St., Rhinebeck.

Descendants of Isaac Garrison, a local Revolutionary War soldier who fought in the Battle of Fort Montgomery, will gather to commemorate him at 10 a.m. Saturday at the visitors center of the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.

Tourism officials say the U.S. Military Academy at West Point tallies about 2 million visitors a year.

Orange County is proposing that 19 links be built among municipal water systems to help those with potential shortages, channel development and share supplies during droughts and other emergencies.

Local firefighters and state forest rangers are continuing their battle this afternoon with a stubborn brush fire that started yesterday afternoon off Route 9D near the Cold Spring village line.

Dance teacher Sharon Mitchell wants to share the great beats and movement rhythms of hip-hop dance at 1 p.m. at her studio, Mitchell Performing Arts Center, 86 Main St., in Pine Bush.