Marist College News

An old winter hat, made of trusty and timeless wool. To me, as much as anything else, that old winter hat tells the story of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club Turkey Trot road race, held a week ago from Arlington High School in Freedom Plains.

FDR is digital. A public database of 350,000 pages of archival documents and 2,000 historical photographs relating to the 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, can be accessed from any computer in a virtual research room dubbed "FRANKLIN," which went live at 10 a.m. Wednesday, a spokesman for the library said.

Not even Mighty Big Blue can stop a hurricane. But. IBM and Marist College are testing a new cloud computing innovation that could help prevent disruptions in voice and data communications services caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters.

Town of Poughkeepsie resident Michael Pickett said he sometimes wonders how his drinking water is monitored.

In this Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, Gillie Waddington of Enfield, N.Y., raises a fist during rally against hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. President Barack Obama the f- word during his recent State of the Union speech nor did he mention the technology used to get it, known commonly as ... (more)

Elizabeth O'Brien , a former Newtown resident, met Scarlett Lewis, the mother of Jesse Lewis - a 12/14 victim - when Ms Lewis visited Kahalu'u Elementary School recently to discuss her new book, Nurturing Healing Love : A Mother's Journey of Hope & Forgiveness.

ACT Policing were required to respond to numerous incidents of disorderly behaviour and traffic hazards by graduating students from Marist College in Civic early this morning .

Joey Cavaccini can list the names of those buried in Middlebush Cemetery, provide details of local history during the Revolutionary War and list a timeline of events in the hamlet of Swartwoutville, which most people never knew existed.

The 20-years-old, who became the province's latest player to be capped for Ireland, has agreed a new contract to stay at the Sportsground despite considerable interest from other clubs.

It's no secret: Thanksgiving is a multi-day run of sheer gluttony. We don't just stuff ourselves on the big day; we also manage to morph into capitalist zombies on Black Friday - plus we drink like maniacs before and after.

Glass fabricator GrayGlass has named longtime employee William J. O'Bryan Jr. to succeed Christopher A. Viggiano as its president, the company announced last month.

Two major polls show New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approval ratings are high as he opens his re-election campaign, with a large majority of New Yorkers saying he deserves a second term.

A new poll suggests opposition to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas is increasing in New York, with the strongest opposition coming north of New York City's suburbs.

Caption of the Day : "And their dad, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, was in Playgirl's Top 10 list of sexiest men in 1985."

IBM and Marist College are evaluating a cloud computing technology intended to help keep communications services running during natural calamities.

"Sandy left millions of individuals and businesses in the Northeast without electronic communications for days, weeks and even months -- in some cases, data centers were literally under water," said IBM's Casimer DeCusatis.

State police say all three were shot. Police are still looking for an injured woman, but said there is no danger or threat to local residents.

When a major weather event occurs, such as last year's deadly and destructive Super Storm Sandy, data network operators may have just a few hours or even less to protect critical communications systems before disaster strikes, but moving voice and data application and services to a safe locationa process called re-provisioningtypically takes days.

Maybe this will knock back the katydids! They were still singing at dusk last night.

It's a fact. When temperatures grow cold, serious home fires tend to increase. According to data from the National Fire Protection Agency , heating equipment resulted in an estimated 57,100 home structure fires, 490 civilian deaths, 1,530 civilian injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage in 2010.