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Healthcare Hero: Melissa Taylor Ridenhour
Autumn Raulerson ECB Publishing, Inc. Melissa Taylor Ridenhour is the director of the medical team at Sanctuary Clinics Christian Treatment & Recovery Program in Monticello. She has been a registered nurse (RN)...
Veterans to benefit from 11 weeks of live music
POUGHKEEPSIE – Nearly a decade ago, now-retired Poughkeepsie High School Teacher David Laffin, an accomplished musician, began weekly music performances at the Shamrock Association social club to benefit veterans’ programming. The weekly shows went for 11 weeks between Labor Day…

Five ways to give back and get involved in your community
Channel your energy into giving back to the community.

Guest column: When cancer comes home, Putnam County shows up
Cancer rarely gives anyone time to prepare. It does not wait until there is enough money in savings, enough leave time at work or a dependable car in the driveway. It does not care whether the electric bill is due, whether groceries are running low or whether the next treatment…

United Way delivers $107K in grants to Putnam groups
Representatives of United Way of St. Johns and Putnam Counties spent Sept. 3 traveling around Palatka carrying oversized ceremonial checks, with the dollars they represent going toward real community needs. United Way representatives made three stops to recognize $107,000 in…

Brevard Community Rallies around Palm Bay Child Oakland Brooks Haber Diagnosed With Cancer
A Palm Bay family’s life was completely upended after their energetic young boy, Oakland Brooks Haber, was suddenly diagnosed with B-cell Leukemia just one week shy of his third birthday. After recovering from a routine respiratory illness, Oakland began showing unusual symptoms…
City of Ithaca Fire Department to Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
The City of Ithaca Fire Department invites public safety agencies, elected officials, community members, and the public to attend a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. Please read on for more info...

Van Nest residents clash over a bill that would recognize Little Yemen as a cultural district
Members of the Van Nest community clashed with their local community board Thursday over its support for a bill that would designate a four-block area of the neighborhood as a Yemeni cultural district. Bronx Community Board 11, which represents Allerton, Indian Village, Morris…

City of New Rochelle Partners with Volunteer New York! for 9/11 Service
Volunteer New York!, Iona University, Monroe University, and The City of New Rochelle will come together to transform remembrance into action through community-wide days of service.

Spiritual Side: “Sleeper, awake!”
Save the date St. Ann’s Catholic Parish, 26 Dogwood Trail, DeBary, will conduct a series called Catholics Returning Home on six consecutive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the church Education Building beginning Oct. 15, 2026. These sessions are for nonpracticing Catholics who are…

Friends of AARLCC to Celebrate 24 Years of Honoring Community Changemakers at 2026 Masquerade Honoree Luncheon
For 24 years, the Friends of the African American Research Library and Cultural Center has used its annual luncheon to Continue Reading

MEET LONG ISLAND ELITE
Building relationships. Impacting communities. Developing Long Island’s next generation of leaders. Written by longtime member and resident LIE historian, Adam Schwam Long Island is built on relationships. It is built by people who open doors for one another, share ideas, create…