Washingtonville Scout Seeks Volunteers to Assist with Eagle Project Sunday, May 20 Tree Planting Project Aims to Restore Moodna Creek Bank On Sunday, May 20, Eagle Scout candidate Chaz Cella of Boy Scouts of America Troop 16, Washingtonville, will complete his Eagle Project, a stream-bank restoration along the Moodna Creek, behind Weir’s Ice Cream Stand [...]

Recently, Newburgh Free Academy Junior ROTC students participated in a community service initiative at Downing Park in Newburgh. The twenty-five year long tradition, to help keep the park clean, involves cadets participating in one cleanup event in the fall and one in the spring.  For each clean-up, cadets volunteer their time to help beautify the [...]

Recently, members of the IBM Spectrum DNG, a Black Diversity Network Group within IBM for the East Fishkill and Poughkeepsie IBM sites, visited students at the Newburgh Free Academy North Campus. Drs. Carla Bailey, Percy Gilbert, Kelly Malone, Jochonia Nxumalo, Akil Sutton and Edem Wornyo, discussed the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans in IBM [...]

Mayor Kennedy to Participate in Habitat’s National Women Build Week Mayor Judy Kennedy will support Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh and National Women Build Week by participating in the construction of 29 Liberty Street in Washington Heights on Friday, May 11 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. The house, sponsored by EpiscoBuild, is being readied for its [...]

Welcome ‘New York’s Spare Seat Kayak Expedition’ to Dutchess! I Love New York invited world-renowned British kayakers, Richard Harpham and Glenn Charles, to kayak 500 miles from Buffalo’s Erie Canal Harbor to the Statue of Liberty. They’ll make history while chronicling the Erie Canal, then paddle south on the Hudson River. The month-long expedition highlights [...]

The application deadline has been extended for the Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation at New Paltz Scholarships. The new deadline is Friday, May 18, 2012. The Chamber will award two (2) $1000 educational scholarships 2012. As an expression of gratitude to Joyce Minard for her decades of service to the New Paltz Regional Chamber of [...]

The Ann Street Gallery is delighted to present its newest exhibition Gendered Object: Barbie as Art, with an Artist Reception on Saturday, May 19 from 6 – 9 pm. This event is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. It seems the entire world knows who Barbie is and in Gendered Object: Barbie [...]

Builders Association of the Hudson Valley Coming Events OSHA Training and Wetlands Presentation in Orange County The Builders Association of the Hudson Valley will host an OSHA 10 hour construction site safety class on Tuesday, May 8 & Wednesday May 9, from 9:00am to 2:00pm each day in their training room at 1161 Little Britain [...]

The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill is pleased to announce the launch of its first Spring Online Auction.  The Auction opens for bidding on Earth Day, April 22, 2012 at 8:00 AM and will run through May 6, 2012, 9:00 PM EST. Executive Assistant Maureen Benedict, who organized the auction, says “thanks to our generous [...]

The children’s travelogue Jackson & Auggie: Adventure in the Hudson Valley: A “Tail” by Two Sisters is set in the beautiful Hudson Valley region of New York. The story and brilliant illustrations will delight young readers, while providing a lasting impression of this very beautiful geographical area. One day a curious Siamese cat and a [...]