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Twenty years ago, at their 30th class reunion, Kim Baty Kosteczko and Ruth Pettine Hall, reunion co-chairs, held a memorial service dedicating a Red Bud tree and memorial plaque in loving honor and …
Happy birthday to Janis Green from Ryan, Molly and Cora on Oct. 14! A Look Back: Jerry Jacobowitz and the Thruway Plaza A huge thank you to Mr. Jerry Jacobowitz for sitting down with me to …
The Valley Central Scholarship Council will hold its annual Duck Derby on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 60 Bachelor St. in Montgomery. The race begins at 2 p.m. Adopt a single duck for $5 or get a “6 …
Trivia Tidbit: Here are your 5 words for October. Let me know if you have ever heard of or used them. Yclept=an archaic word meaning “named”; Yen=a deep, passionate desire or craving; Zarf=a …

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School News & Sports
Pine Bush quarterback Ryan Curtin throws the football during a recent game.
The visiting Pine Bush Bushmen spoiled Kingston’s annual festivities Friday night, scoring 27 unanswered points in the first half before holding off the Tigers, 34-20, in a Section 9 Class AA …
Photo provided Wallkill’s girls tennis team finished the season 8-2 and captured its third consecutive Mid-Hudson Athletic League championship.
Wallkill’s girls tennis team finished the season 8-2 and captured its third consecutive Mid-Hudson Athletic League championship. The Panthers’ 8-2 record was the program’s best in more …
Pine Bush’s Jace Robinson runs the football as teammate Jaden Christope blocks Newburgh’s C.J. Hines.
The Pine Bush Bushmen got off to a huge start. They outran their own penalties, marched 80 yards on 12 plays in a drive that chewed nearly 8 minutes off the game clock. Ruben Simpson carried the …
Members of the American Legion Post 1308 and other veteran organizations, together with a few local students who completed Boy’s State this past summer.
Last June, the Pine Bush American Legion Post 1308 and its ladies auxiliary sponsored 11 students to attend the AL Boys State at SUNY Morrisville and the ALA Girls State at SUNY Brock Port. Fast …
The Wallkill Girls Tennis Team celebrated Senior Night with a win over Onteora.
Wallkill volleyball sweeps Marlboro Wallkill defeated visiting Marlboro in three sets, 25-16, 25-17 and 25-18, in Mid-Hudson Athletic League action. Bella Martinez led the Panthers with three kills, …

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Briefs
Fall 2026 enrollment at SUNY Orange grew 6.3 percent, aided by strong student retention, while part-time students make up the majority of the College’s 4,674 students (51.5 percent) for the first …
District administrators outlined goals for improving the learning paths of elementary school students at the October 13 meeting of the Pine Bush school board. They introduced the following …
Assemblyman Brian Maher, R-C-Walden, is applauding the Trump administration’s decision not to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 …
Orange County Health Commissioner Dr. Cortland Lohff is urging residents to get their 2026-27 flu and COVID-19 vaccines before respiratory viruses begin spreading more widely. Nearly 27,000 New …
On October 19 at approximately 10:11 a.m., the Plattekill Fire Department and other agencies responded to a structure fire at 438 Plattekill Ardonia Road in Wallkill. The cause of the fire is …

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