Spackenkill News

In Lujan, Argentina, 14 young boys work rigorously from dawn to dusk, completing the never-ending chores on their farm.

Red Hook Town and Village Justice Jonah Triebwasser recently participated in a constitutional seminar at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York City.

There was some frenzy mixed with camaraderie in the early morning hours as Black Friday shoppers followed up their Thanksgiving feast with a trip to the malls to gobble up doorbuster deals.

Gai Sher had 18 assists, 10 service aces and two kills for host Spackenkill in a 25-6, 25-12, 25-11 Mid-Hudson Athletic League triumph over Ellenville on Tuesday.

The Evergreen Chorus, Sweet Adelines International, recently welcomed two new members into the organization.

Brian Busby was the top individual finisher, taking first place in 17 minutes, 8 seconds, to help the New Paltz High School boys cross country team beat Spackenkill, 15-48, Coleman, 15-50, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 18-39, at Vassar Farms on Tuesday.

Michael Valkys Poughkeepsie Journal Principal Lisa Thompson scooted through Samuel F.B. Morse Magnet School's packed front hall - greeting students, meeting parents and seeing to it everyone got to where they needed to be on the first day of classes.

Staff at Hagan Elementary in the Spackenkill Union Free School District were on hand this morning to greet and assist students on their first day of the 2009 to 2010 school year.

David Sharps balanced on his noggin a Chinese vase big enough to house a small tree.

MILLBROOK - Spackenkill High School scored a season-opening boys' golf victory over Millbrook, 202-216, on Wednesday at the par-36 Millbrook Golf & Country Club.

Depending on whom you ask in the Town of Poughkeepsie, it was either the deal of the century or one of the more ill-conceived proposals to come along in years.

Cheers, tears and laughter filled the air Saturday as nearly 2,000 students graduated from local high schools.

A Westchester County developer's plans to construct hundreds of homes off Route 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie remain mired in litigation.

Spackenkill seniors said goodbye to high school with a bit of the usual and a bit of the unusual Saturday morning.

MOST LOCAL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS ARE HOLDING THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS WEEKEND.

Poughkeepsie High School juniors Justin Nesheiwat and Joshua Shapiro hosted a Fill A Cart food drive at Stop & Shop on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie on May 31.

The girls from New Oaks Community Girl Scout Troop 10261 of Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson made and collected more than 500 cards that they delivered to the residents at Castle Point Veterans Hospital during Memorial Day weekend.

IBM has filed a formal notice it intends to have a layoff - of one employee. The WARN notice, for Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification, said one employee would be cut as of Aug.