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Poughkeepsie Journal
Local farm ensuring Beacon school kids in need get Thanksgiving dinner
Backpacks bursting with harvest-themed produce will be given to Beacon City School District children with the greatest need to ensure they not only have Thanksgiving dinner, but a holiday spread to remember. This is Common Ground Farm's "Holiday BackPack Distribution." For Thanksgiving 2026, 80 or more Beacon City School District children, grades K-12, and their families, will receive backpacks on Nov. 19 filled to the brim, according to Liz Craig, the finance and operations manager at Common Ground Farm. From sweet potatoes and carrots to onions and garlic, as well as apples, potatoes, honey nut squash, celery and herbs, everything you'd expect on the holiday table is in the backpack, including 10 pounds of produce per bag, Hailee Salvesen, the backpack coordinator at Common Ground Farm, said. Common Ground Farm could have given instant mashed potatoes or canned pie filling, but the fresh foods give these families the flexibility, Salvesen said, to make their mashed potato recipe, their grandma's apple crisp or, if they don't celebrate Thanksgiving, an abundant bag of food that can last. Fixings like canned cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and local bread will also be found inside the bags, worth about $45 each, while allergy and dietary
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Times Herald-Record
Section 9 girls indoor track and field scores, schedule for the 2026-27 season
Section 9 girls indoor track and field scores for the 2026-27 season To report 2026-27 Section 9 girls indoor track and field scores (Section 9, OCIAA and MHAL members): Coaches or team representatives are asked to send scores and highlight information for both teams (first and last names, please), win, lose or draw, as soon as possible by emailing sports@th-record.com . Please include a name and contact number. The roundups will be listed below by date. See upcoming schedules following the most recent roundups. You can find scores from Section 9 winter sports here ( overall link ): Boys basketball | Girls basketball | Boys wrestling | Girls wrestling | Gymnastics | Boys indoor track and field | Girls indoor track and field | Boys swimming | Nordic skiing | Alpine skiing | You can find scores from Section 9 fall sports here: You can find scores from our Varsity 845U Mid-Hudson winter collegiate sports here: Men's basketball | Women's basketball | Army hockey | Army wrestling | You can find scores from our Varsity 845U Mid-Hudson fall collegiate sports here: Men's soccer | Women's soccer | Women's volleyball | Women's field hockey | kmcmillan@th-record.com X / Twitter: @KenMcMillanTHR Roundups