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On far left, Jill Marie, The Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, stands with her “family team” who participated in Sunday’s 25th Annual Walk for Housing, starting at Washington’s Headquarters in the City of Newburgh.

25th Annual Habitat for Humanity Walk for Housing

Left to right, Nikolai Marzouka, Constituent Services Liaison, 39th Senate District; Paul Brothe, Board President of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh; Jill Marie, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh; Fr. Gregoire Fluet, Interim President of Mount Saint Mary College; Torrance Harvey, Newburgh Mayor and Mount alumnus; Robert McLymore, Newburgh City Councilman; Kevindaryán Luján, Orange County Legislator; and Harry Porr, Deputy Orange County Executive. Photo: Lee Ferris.

The Mount Donates Two Liberty Street Properties

City Now Eligible for Lead Pipe Replacement Funds

Community Leaders, spiritual leaders and elected officials at the groundbreaking for Mt. Hope Plaza.

Breaking Ground for the New Mount Hope Plaza

Poughkeepsie High School teachers Katie Livermore and Laura Tietz present as chaperones for Learn, Play, and Create event at Bounce.

Learn, Play, Create Program Enriches Local Youth

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Caitlin Clark (left) is in talks to ink a deal with Nike for a signature shoe and it’s sparked a discussion about the lack of Black women in the WNBA who have received similar opportunities.

Clark May Ink a 8-figure Signature Sneaker Deal

Tatiana Barnett (pictured above) helped secure sweep with strong doubles play. Photo: Monica D’Ippolito

SUNY New Paltz Tennis Sweeps Hartwick

Eleventh Straight Victory for Brewers

Vassar Volleyball Punches Ticket to Final Four

MacDonald Dominates in Dolphin Sweep

Red Foxes Split Doubleheader Against Manhattan

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Brian Yetter earned the win for the Red Foxes.

Red Foxes Split Doubleheader Against Manhattan

The Knights took an early 2-0 lead in Game One with an RBI single from outfielder Aidan Marshall, pictured, and first baseman Tyler Van De Bogart. Photo: Photo: Dave Janosz

Doubleheader Split For The MSMC Blue Knights

Brewers Take Down #RV/25 Ithaca Twice

Army Secures Doubleheader Sweep at Lafayette

SUNY NP Baseball Clinch Series Win Over Oneonta

Marist Red Foxes Baseball Splits Doubleheader

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The #20 Vassar College Women’s Cross Country team earned its first ever Liberty League Championship on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers edged #28 St. Lawrence for the title at Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Cross Country Team Makes History

Junior Gabriel Rodriguez led the men’s cross country team with a 19th-place finish at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at Twin Ponds on the Farm.

Rodriguez Leads Marist at MAAC Championships

Hawks Cross Country Team Takes Runner-up

Bard Finishes 9th at the Fred Pavlich Invitational

Mount Duo Fly Out of the Gate to Start the Season

Three Knights Shine at ECAC Championship

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More than 25 players are lined up to play for Poughkeepsie, as the Pioneers hope to grow in their second season and the third overall that flag football has been a varsity competition in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

Varsity Flag Football Grows, Bright Season Ahead

The Marist football team fell in the 2023 season final against Bucknell, Saturday afternoon. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Marist Red Foxes Football Falls In Season Finale

West Point Football Beats Holy Cross on Veterans Day

Marist Football Drops PFL Game to Dayton, 35-6

Army Defeats Rival Air Force; Biggest Win Since 1972

Marist Red Foxes Football Falls to Drake

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Army West Point hockey posts 4-2 non-conference victory at RV UMass-Lowell.

Army Hockey Posts Victory at RV UMass-Lowell

Army West Point Hockey collected its first victory of the season with a win over Canisius.

Army Hockey Picks Up Victory Over Canisius

New Paltz Field Hockey Earns 2-1 Double OT Win

Army Black Knights Hockey Suffers OT Defeat

Army West Point Blanks Bentley Behind Evenson Shutout

Lindenwood Sweeps Army West Point Hockey

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Bolshoi Ballet, who won his North American debut in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby more than two years ago, put away favored fellow Irish-bred Stone Age leaving the far turn and powered through the stretch to a decisive 4 1/2-length triumph in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer at Saratoga Race Course. Photo: Chelsea Durand

Bolshoi Ballet Danced His Way to Victory Saturday

Amidst Waves doubled up on stakes scores in Sunday’s ninth running of the $150,000 Bolton Landing.

Amidst Waves Prevails in $150K Bolton Landing

Casa Creed Doubles Up in Fourstardave Handicap

White Abarrio Surges Clear to Win G1 Whitney

Long Shot Yo Yo Candy Delivers First Spa Victory

Big Invasion Tallies Sixth Consecutive Victory Sunday

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Freshman guard Jadin Collins of the Marist men’s basketball team was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Championship Team. Collins averages 15.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 3.0 rebounds. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Collins Named to MAAC All-Championship Team

Hawks knock off No. 5 nationally ranked and top-seeded Oswego Lakers, 85-80 in conference finals. Photo: Oswego State

First SUNYAC Championship Secured By Hawks

Small’s Helps Secure Fourth Consecutive Win

Barnett Beats Buzzer, MSMC Knights Win

Hawks Secure No. 2 Seed in SUNYAC Tournament

Vassar Closes Season With Win Over Ithaca

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The Senators played Suffolk back on September 2nd in their second game of the season and lost 5-1.

Ulster Falls to Suffolk in the Regional Semi-Final

In the last home game of the regular season the Mount Saint Mary College Knights triumphed over St. Joseph’s University Brooklyn, 6-0. Photo: Lee Ferris

Mount Saint Mary Blue Knights Top Bears, 6-0

Army Mens Soccer Falls to American 3-0

New Paltz Hawks Fall in SUNYAC Quarterfinals 1-0

Marist Soccer Powers Past Canisius In Away Match

Army Moves Into First Place After Colgate Win

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The Mount Saint Mary College Knights softball team earned two big Skyline Conference wins against the University of Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Dave Janosz

MacDonald Dominates in Dolphin Sweep

The Mount Saint Mary College softball team earned a hard-fought split in their doubleheader against the Saint Joseph’s University Brooklyn Bears on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Emily Gursky

The MSMC Knights Split Doubleheader

Hawks Earn Big Doubleheader Sweep of Oswego

Marist Softball Splits Saturday Doubleheader

Red Foxes Softball Captures Series at Niagara

Hawks Collect Doubleheader Sweep of Skidmore

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Rippon and Wiener post runner-up finishes as the Vassar College Women’s Swimming and Diving team closed out the 2024 Liberty League Championship in fourth-place. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Brewers Swim to a Fourth-Place Finish

Red Foxes win conference record 13th MAAC Title in program history. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Marist Red Foxes Capture MAAC Championship

Bard Drops Dual Meet At William Patterson

Jauregui Breaks 100-Yard Butterfly School Record

Vassar Brewers Swim Hard Against RPI

Bard Swimming Competes at St. Lawrence

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The Knights Track and Field team powered through the elements at the RPI Under The Lights Invitational Friday.

200-Meter Record Crushed Under Lights

Schoenegge shattered the school record in the 5000-meters with a time of 16:32.59 for a third place finish among Division I competition and broke the record of Aubree Piepmeier’s time of 16:41.93 in 2014. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Schoenegge Shatters 5000-Meters Record

Vassar College School Records Fall at the CGA Invite

Army Track & Field Falls to Navy Midshipmen

Bard Track And Field Opens Outdoor Season

Army Track and Field Wraps Up Spring Break

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SUNY New Paltz Tennis Sweeps Hartwick

Ananya Krishnan pushed her singles winning streak to 10 matches and improved to 13-2 on the season with a 6-4, 6-0 victory at the fourth position on Saturday. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Eleventh Straight Victory for Brewers

Vassar Brewers Cruise to Sixth Straight Victory

Vassar Tennis Cruises to Fifth Straight Victory

Army Women’s Tennis Sweeps Saturday Action

Vassar Tennis Winning Streak Stopped

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Ramsey buries career-high 21 kills, Brewers will take on NYU in the Final Four. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Volleyball Punches Ticket to Final Four

Gavin Akoto finishes with five kills and six block for the Brewers. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Earns Seventh Straight Victory in Sweep

Goodenough Is SUNY 2-Year VB Scholar Athlete

Vassar Sweeps Both Lancaster Bible and Messiah

MSMC Knights Celebrate Seniors With a Victory

Blue Knights Fall in Final Regular Season Matchup

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Hawks can’t overcome a poor shooting night and fall to Yellowjackets, 65-42 in the Hawk Center. Photo: Isabel van der Veen

SUNY New Paltz Women Fall in NCAA Second Round

Despite a valiant effort, the Mount Saint Mary College Knights (18-9) fell to Baruch College (17-11) by a score of 55-49 in the semifinals of the ECAC Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament. Photo: Lee Ferris

Knights Exit ECAC Tournament in Semifinals

Knights Fall to Mount Saint Vincent in Semifinal

Mount Takes Final Win Over St. Joseph’s

Vassar Brewers Get Back On Track With Win at Ithaca

Army West Point Wins Star Matchup Over Navy

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BUSINESS

Oprah Winfrey Donates WeightWatchers Shares

This Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates Oprah Winfrey and her impactful donation of WeightWatchers...

Ulster Savings Bank graduates 22 women from the bank’s Financial Literacy Program.

Ulster Savings Bank Launches New Financial Literacy Program

KINGSTON - Ulster Savings Bank launched its first community-based Financial Literacy Program in collaboration with the Center for Creative Education and their SPICE program....

POLITICAL

Senator James Skoufis (D-42nd District) and Chris Eachus (D-99th District) welcomed cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday, April 9, as they visited the Capitol to commemorate the West Point Day, an annual tradition.

Cadets Honored at the Capitol on West Point Day

ALBANY - Senator James Skoufis (D-42nd District) and Chris Eachus (D-99th District) welcomed cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point...

Wagstaff Files 3x The Required Signatures to Run

WHITE PLAINS - Westchester County District Attorney Candidate William O. Wagstaff III has filed over 6,000 signatures to seek the Democratic nomination, more than...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny in Civil War.

Unimpressed With the New Film “New Civil War”

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire (**) It’s like someone set a house on fire, then hid behind a bush to see what the crowd’s reaction would...

Beacon Litfest@Howland Cultural Center celebrates National Poetry Month with “Five Poets” on Sat April 27th, at 7 pm.

Howland Celebrates National Poetry Month

BEACON - Beacon LitFest at Howland Cultural Center and Live Writing, announce Five Poets, an event that will feature five award-winning New York poets...

HEALTH

Steven Kelley, CEO of Ellenville Regional Hospital is chairing the 2024 Hudson Valley Heart Walk on April 27th. The event will celebrate the American Heart Association’s Centennial.

American Heart Association Centennial to be Held

POUGHKEEPSIE - In January, heart disease became personal for Steven Kelley, President and CEO of Ellenville Regional Hospital, and past three-term chair of the...

Assemblymember Aileen Gunther visits Samaritan Daytop Village’s Ellenville Residential Treatment Program. Pictured from left to right: * Deirdre Rice-Reese (Samaritan Daytop Village, Assistant Vice President of Residential Treatment) * Quetcy Alexander-Young (Samaritan Daytop Village, Program Director at Ellenville Residential Treatment Program) * Mitchell Netburn (Samaritan Daytop Village, President & CEO) * Assemblymember Aileen Gunther (Assembly District 100) * Michelle DeMott (Samaritan Daytop Village, Vice President of External Affairs) * David Osorno (MirRam Group, Vice President) * James Hollywood (Samaritan Daytop Village, Vice President of Residential Treatment and Recovery Services)

Gunther Visits Ellenville Treatment Program

ELLENVILLE - Assemblymember Aileen Gunther visits Samaritan Daytop Village’s Ellenville Residential Treatment Program. Assemblymember Gunther engaged with Samaritan’s staff about their work to support...

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