WOTS – Word on the Street

As concerns mount over the recent outbreak of coronavirus cases in New York, local officials and institutions have issued statements regarding proactive measures being taken to combat the flu-like sickness. New York currently finds itself second in the country in confirmed cases behind the State of Washington with 173. While the spread of coronavirus remains larger overseas in Europe and [...]

On Thursday, March 25 Hillsdale’s Conservation Advisory Council will present more than two years worth of research to town residents in the final version of their Natural Resource Inventory report. The extensive 203-page document has already been made available on the Town’s website and provides descriptions, maps, photographs, and explanations of Hillsdale’s natural features – forests, farms, fields, streams, wetlands, [...]

Violence can breed many things: anger, hatred and perhaps most frighteningly, more violence. Two World Wars brought bitterness, dissidence, genocide and a perpetual sense of xenophobia throughout Europe and across the globe. Two Civil Wars over the course of 12 years had similar effects on Liberia. Corruption from the highest levels of government gave way to regular conspiracies against the [...]

Cumberland Farms at the intersection of Route 44 Main Street and Maple Avenue was among several businesses who reportedly received counterfeit bills. Local businesses reported receiving several counterfeit bills this past week in the Village of Millerton, NY, as well as the town of North East according to several sources. Over the weekend, several of the village's businesses [...]

local firefighters fight back afternoon blaze at the four brothers plaza in Hillsdale, NY. Photo courtesy of Peter Cipkowski What began as an early afternoon fire alarm from the Hillsdale, NY Fire Company became an outpouring of social media shock for members of the Hillsdale community and beyond as a majority of the plaza that holds the Four [...]