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Eight distinguished community citizens were recognized Saturday at Poughkeepsie’s Double Tree by Hilton at the Civic Center during the 104th Lincoln- Douglass Awards Luncheon.

104th Lincoln Douglass Awards Luncheon

The Ellenville Central School District (ECSD) hosted a Local Action Summit that served as a platform for key partners to come together to assess the needs of the school community.

Ellenville Accepts State’s Community Challenge

Newburgh student Eli McNair, wins regional spelling bee; headed to national competition in Washington, DC.

C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N Eli McNair, Wins Spelling Bee

The group of young participants present at the annual 2024 Youth Symposium.

Clinton Elementary Hosts 2024 Youth Symposium

In Poughkeepsie, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand highlights $1.2 Million in federal funding to expand high-quality, affordable day care for dutchess county families. Funding will allow DAY ONE early learning community in Poughkeepsie to establish new classrooms and expand offerings for students.

In Poughkeepsie, Gillibrand Highlights $1.2M in Funding

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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

Vassar sophomore Jahmilia Dennis was victorious in the triple jump. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar College School Records Fall at the CGA Invite

Marist Red Foxes Baseball Splits Doubleheader

The Bash Brothers Go Yard Three Times

SUNY New Paltz Seeking New Athletic Conference

Hawks Earn Big Doubleheader Sweep of Oswego

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Tyler Hartley earned the win for the Red Foxes in game one. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Marist Red Foxes Baseball Splits Doubleheader

The Knights baseball team (5-14, SKY 2-4) dropped a doubleheader to Purchase College (12-9, SKY 4-0) on the road. Photo: Emily Gursky

The Bash Brothers Go Yard Three Times

Bard Baseball Drops Series to New Paltz

Vassar Falls in Opener Against Skidmore

Marist Drops Series Finale Against Niagara

Mount Saint Mary Baseball Has a Tough Outing

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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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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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Sydney Waldon doubled down on the prolific pitching performance for SUNY New Paltz as she set a new single game program record in strikeouts in the 7-3 victory in game two. Photo: Monica D’Ippolito

Hawks Earn Big Doubleheader Sweep of Oswego

Miah McDonald reached 10 homers for the season and 100 RBIs for her career on Saturday. Photo: Jalen Rizzo

Marist Softball Splits Saturday Doubleheader

Red Foxes Softball Captures Series at Niagara

Hawks Collect Doubleheader Sweep of Skidmore

New Paltz Hawks Earn Doubleheader Sweep

Army Softball Falls to Boston University

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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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Vassar College School Records Fall at the CGA Invite

The Army West Point track and field teams fell to Navy on Saturday at Shea Stadium.

Army Track & Field Falls to Navy Midshipmen

Bard Track And Field Opens Outdoor Season

Army Track and Field Wraps Up Spring Break

Army Track and Field Finishes Knights Invite

Jahmilia Dennis Earns All-American Honors

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The #28 Vassar College Women’s Tennis team won for the sixth straight outing on Saturday following an 8-1 Liberty League victory over St. Lawrence. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Brewers Cruise to Sixth Straight Victory

Erin McCusker rallied for a ninth straight singles win for the Brewers. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

Vassar Tennis Cruises to Fifth Straight Victory

Army Women’s Tennis Sweeps Saturday Action

Vassar Tennis Winning Streak Stopped

Army West Point Tennis Remains Hot With Victories

MSMC Knights Can’t Overcome the Panthers

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

Vassar Earns Seventh Straight Victory in Sweep

Maggie Goodenough from Pine Bush, N.Y. and SUNY Orange sophomore, is a volleyball standout, and was recently among 20 State University of New York (SUNY) student-athletes named Scholar Athlete of the Year in their respective sports.

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

Army Volleyball Drops Star Series Heartbreak

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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

The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) at Bard College has undertaken an unprecedented transfer and enrollment project to ensure no incarcerated college student is left without the ability to complete a degree. Bard Prison Initiative Receives $4.5M in Congressionally Directed Funding. Funding will expand college-in-prisons in 7 prisons, as well as reentry and alumni programs across New York. Pictured above, a Commencement at Fishkill Correctional Facility.

Bard Prison Initiative Receives $4.5M in Funding

ANNANDALE-ON-HUSON - Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) announced that the organization is receiving $4.5 million in congressionally direct funding to deepen Bard’s college-in-prison work across...

New State Monitor Appointed Over IDA

Senator James Skoufis (D-Orange County) announced the appointment of Brian Sanvidge, Principal/Leader of Regulatory Compliance and Investigations for New York-based firm Anchin, as the...

POLITICAL

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...

Skoufis files petitions in bid for fouth term on April 4, 2024 at the Orange County Board of Elections.

Skoufis Formally Launches Re-Election Campaign

GOSHEN - Senator James Skoufis (D-Orange County) filed petitions with the Orange County Board of Elections on Thursday, formally launching his bid for re-election...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MSMC students, faculty, and staff enjoyed a solar eclipse party. Photo: Lee Ferris

Celebrating the Eclipse at Mount Saint Mary

NEWBURGH – Mount Saint Mary College students, faculty, and staff enjoyed a solar eclipse party on the North Patio of the Dominican Center on...

Actor and Activist Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. Dies

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Louis Gossett Jr., the groundbreaking actor whose career spanned over five decades and who became the first...

HEALTH

Honors go to David Raizen, President of the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Student Ashley Madden of Pleasantville; and Emil Nigro, MD, of Phelps Hospital Northwell Health.

Board of Health Presents 2024 Public Health Awards

Together with County Executive George Latimer, the Westchester County Board of Health presented the 2024 Public Health Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to public health...

World Down Syndrome Day was March 21st, a celebration of special individuals.

World Down Syndrome Day Celebrated

By Jennifer L. Warren March 21st was World Down Syndrome Day, a celebration of special individuals who possess an extra chromosome, making them extra special...

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