Pine Plains, NY, native Troi Cookingham enlisted in the Army in September of 2020. “My uncle served in the Army and passed away in 2015. I knew it was something that I had to do. When I enlisted, I had this surreal, ‘What did I just do?’ type of feeling. However, I felt […]
When Claverack, NY, resident Charles K. Seymour II was a senior in high school, his class rank had dropped significantly from his junior year. Although he was accepted into the College of Basic Studies at Boston University, he was, as he puts it, “definitely not an academician,” and dropped out of school, “much […]
Pine Plains, NY, native Dan Hoysradt enlisted in the Army National Guard in 2009. He served in the state of New York for four years, and since 2013, has served in the state of Connecticut.
“At the time that I enlisted, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” Dan said. […]
Mr. Pine Plains baseball – also known as Rich Tamburrino – sat down with me last week to discuss all things Pine Plains, baseball, and what it’s like to be voted 2024 Top Nurse of the Year.
Scrubbin’ up
Rich went to college for pre-med at SUNY Cobleskill and later transferred to Cornell […]
Jacqueline Rice is Chief of Service of the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance based in Salisbury, CT. She first took the EMT class in college in 1978, and after that, she joined the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service.
“My neighbors, Michael and David Brenner were on the ambulance squad already and they encouraged me to […]
Dawn Klingner has been a member of the Amenia Fire Department since 2006. She first started as the fire district’s secretary, and after some encouragement from the fire chief, she decided to join as a volunteer member. “I started by taking the fire police class and loved it,” she says. “After that, I […]
Jeff Galm is the chief of the Milan Fire Department, which he initially joined when he was 16 years old. “I had some older friends who were members of the department and my dad had been a volunteer firefighter, so I was raised with the concept of helping others.”
Being a part […]
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, we are profiling veterans from around the area all month long to honor their service. This installment features Meghan Bornes, a recent graduate of Norwich University who is about to start her service in Washington.
Meghan Bornes is a recent graduate of Norwich University […]
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, we are profiling veterans from around the area all month long to honor their service. This installment features Les Funk, an Army veteran.
Les Funk served in the U.S. Army for three years in active duty, and then in the National Guard for an […]
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, we are profiling veterans from around the area all month long to honor their service. This installment features Brian Coons, an Army veteran.
Brian Coons retired as a Master Sergeant from the U. S. Army in 2017 after 28 years of service. A Pine […]