Story and photos by BJ Greco For the 15th consecutive year, staff and students at William O. Schaefer showed their huge community spirit to the Meals on Wheels Program by once again preparing “Blizzard Boxes” (formally called Covered Cupboards), for distribution to the elderly in the local community. Spearheading the entire Schaefer project were Special […]
Abbie Ice pitched in to support the Town of Haverstraw’s 400th anniversary as the company’s sculptor fashioned this beautiful ice statue in front of Haverstraw Town Hall.
The Helen Hayes Hospital Pharmacy Department was presented with two top awards for excellence in pharmacy services at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas, NV on December 6, 2016. Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS), the nation’s leading provider of pharmacy management services, named the Department the 2016 Clinical Site […]
Remembered as a friend to veterans and loyal servant to all constituents BY KATHY KAHN Dutchess County native Ben Gilman served his country and the Hudson Valley his entire life, a full life which ended on Saturday morning, December 17. A former lawyer, New York Assemblyman and 30-year Republican veteran of Congress, . Gilman was born in […]
The Westchester Collectors have been hosting gun shows on and off since the early 1980s at the Westchester County Center. Ever since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012, the county stopped scheduling them. Next month, they will host their first one in four years, featuring a 350-table sportsman firearm and knife show and sale […]
Largest December rise in national average gas price in six years as OPEC cuts oil production FROM GAS BUDDY As millions of Americans take to the road to celebrate the holidays, many are being forced to dig deeper in their wallets. Nationally, gas prices have seen their largest December rise in six years and are […]