WOTS – Word on the Street

Annual Festival remains one of the most anticipated in the area. Beginning on Saturday, November 23, Noble Horizons in Salisbury, CT will open its doors once again to members of the surrounding community for a season-long holiday celebration that remains one of the most anticipated in our area. Each year the Auxiliary at Noble Horizons presents its Festival of Trees in honor of the upcoming holiday season, a two-week long event culminating in [...]

Village Board with Blueprint for Renovations. For more than a century, Eddie Collins Memorial Park in Millerton, NY has stood as a testament to both the village of Millerton, and the town of Northeast’s resilience to economic hardships and enduring communal bond. Now, after years of adapting to the surrounding communities' changing trends and desires for the recreational park, Millerton’s village board has advanced a plan for the park’s complete overhaul. The ambitious [...]

New Legislation Clears the Way for Early Voting. With elections a week away, New Yorkers are approaching the polls a bit differently this time around thanks to a bill passed in January which authorized “early voting” for the first time in New York State. State lawmakers and champions of the bill say the change to the state's voting process will increase voter turnout and shift the way political hopefuls structure their campaigns in the [...]

Taconic Hills Offers Students Free Breakfast and Lunch through Federal Program. In September, Taconic Hills began its first year under its new meal program when the school debuted under the Community Eligibility Provision or Program (CEP). For a school that has seen its breakfast and lunch participation decrease in recent years, the federal and state funded program could not come at a better time. The CEP program is a non-pricing meal service option [...]