Highland News

City of Poughkeepsie resident Doloretta Neville, who is 102 years old, has wanted to go on the Walkway Over the Hudson since she learned the bridge was being revived.

I took my children on a long weekend trip to Rocking Horse Ranch in Highland, New York, just 90 minutes from New York City.

Auerbach Family Chiropractic Center in Highland will provide free services Saturday as part of its 16th annual Community Appreciation Day.

Talent will take the stage Friday for a good cause in the City of Poughkeepsie. Vassar Brothers Medical Center will host 'Vassar Idol,' a talent show competition from 6-9 p.m. to benefit United Way of Dutchess County.

In some lines, you simply don't put all the bigwigs in one room. Think presidents and vice presidents, CEOs and stockbrokers.

On the Record features birth announcements on Page 2B on Mondays and announcements about local residents in college and the armed services on Page 3B throughout the week.

It would be easy to say Raymond Costantino was merely the supervisor at the right time and place as the Walkway Over the Hudson - the transformation of the old Poughkeepsie/Highland Railroad Bridge into a vibrant walking and bike trail - came to fruition, injecting some much-needed economic activity in his town.

HIGHLAND: Voters will have the opportunity to meet the 12 people vying for six positions in the Nov.

The Poughkeepsie Journal is doing a series of candidate profiles for the Tuesday election.

HIGHLAND - Gov. David Paterson was in Highland for a round table discussion with local government officials and business representatives today to talk about ways to help the state's green sector flourish in the coming years.

Well, gee, and I thought I was just getting away with indulging my own personal interests.

NEW PALTZ - A man and his girlfriend were allegedly robbed by knife point while walking in the village Friday, leading to the arrest of four Ulster County teens.

Fashion Cutters salon opened at 199 Route 299, Suite 102, Highland. The Southern Ulster Chamber of Commerce will host a grand opening at 10 a.m. Nov.

At peak times, the Walkway Over the Hudson attracts so many visitors the parking lot on the Poughkeepsie side can't keep up with the demand.

A 30-year-old Poughkeepsie man was arrested Tuesday for trafficking illegal guns in Ulster County, police said.

Earlier this year, millions of us got to know a remarkable family from Highland when young Michael, Avery and Nadia Cole - the Voices of Glory - thrilled audiences and impressed the judges on the NBC-TV show 'America's Got Talent.' We learned the three children began singing after their mother, Felicia, was seriously injured in 2005 in an accident ...

Less than a half-inch of snow is expected to hit the area Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

There is something very creepy about snapshots of strangers hung from a string in a dark hallway, with screams in the distance and the buzz of a chainsaw nearby.

Like a stark stretch of fishnet stocking linking the two shores, the underdeck truss bridge, built in 1888, was devastated by fire in 1974.

The crush of visitors to the Walkway Over the Hudson has prompted state park police to deploy more officers on the span than originally anticipated, leaving other state parks in the area understaffed, a police union official said today.