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Pine Plains Resident Rich Tamburrino Voted Top Nurse
Critical care nurse Rich Tamburrino, of Pine Plains, was named the 2024 Top Nurse of the Year at a celebratory dinner on May 1, hosted by Hudson Valley Magazine. Tamburrino stood out among 20 recipients of the magazine’s Excellence in Nursing Awards for his significant impact on patient care. A panel of judges, consisting of instructors from Mount Saint Mary’s College School of Nursing, selected the honorees.
Chronicles: The Night the Mountain Fell
Norman Osofsky was sound asleep. Earlier that evening during the summer of 1952, he set his alarm to rouse him at 5 o’clock, when he would begin his chores and the morning milking on the family dairy farm in Boston Corner, N.Y. Afterwards he would board the school bus for the ride to Roeliff Jansen Central School, where he was a sophomore.
Catskill Music Parent Student Association: Community S.O.S Fundraiser!
The Catskill Music Parent Student Association (CMPSA) is hosting a Catskill Community Fundraiser Party on Friday, May 10th from 6:30pm-11pm at Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds, NY. The purpose of the event is to thank the community for the amazing support they have given our teachers, students, and high school principal, while fundraising to continue to support our music department and students.
Kingston (NY) Firefighters Free Two Teens Stuck in Baby Swings at Park
Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y. May 7—KINGSTON, N.Y. — Kingston Fire Department firefighters and paramedics were called in for an unusual rescue at Block Park on Monday night, May 6, according to the department’s Facebook page. The post said firefighters were called to the park on Abeel Street...
Sojourner Truth statue to be exhibited in Kingston, Newburgh
NEW PALTZ – “Sojourner Truth: First Step to Freedom, 1826,” a bronze statue of the 19th century civil rights activist with deep Hudson Valley roots, will be temporarily exhibited at Kingston City Hall later this year, and then a site in Newburgh that will be named at a later date, before being installed permanently on the SUNY New Paltz campus in 2026.
HenHud teachers see a perilous future for our schools. Why doesn't our board of education?
This past December, a five member majority of the Hendrick Hudson Board of Education voted to 5-2, for the second time in three years, to re-organize the district’s three elementary schools. This decision was an incredibly bad one — it will reinstitute systemic inequality in regards to race and socioeconomic status in our schools, will allocate taxpayer money improperly, and was made in direct dismissal of the opinion of the teachers who do the job of teaching and nurturing the students of the Hendrick Hudson School District. ...
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