News across Greater Kiryas Joel

Managing Director at Shakespeare to Step Down
Kendra Ekelund joined HVS in 2022

Helen Hayes Recognizes Extraordinary Patients
The New York State Department of Health’s Helen Hayes Hospital recognized the extraordinary accomplishments of its physical rehabilitation patients during National Rehabilitation Awareness Week at the 126th annual Helen Hayes Hospital Honors Assembly on September 15, 2026. Eight…
Air Force veteran honored by county
BEEKMAN – Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino and the County’s Office of Veterans Affairs remembered the life and military service of U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt.) James Thomas Cartica, born in Union Vale and raised in Poughquag, who passed away in 2025, at…
City of Newburgh seeks members for Board of Assessment Review
NEWBURGH- The City of Newburgh is seeking volunteers to serve on the Board of Assessment Review to fill one vacant position and one upcoming term expiration. Individuals interested in serving must apply by October 30, 2026. Appointment to the Board of Assessment Review is by the…
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Managing Director to step down
GARRISON- Hudson Valley Shakespeare Managing Director Kendra Ekelund will step down in spring 2027 as she and her family relocate to Charlotte, North Carolina, the theater company announced. Ekelund will remain with Hudson Valley Shakespeare through the transition, working with…

Rebuilding Newburgh
Annual urban design festival begins Oct. 2

Reading to Dogs
Children gain confidence with furry friends
Access: Supports for Living launches mobile grocery to Hudson Valley communities
MID-HUDSON – Access: Supports for Living (A:SL) announced on Friday that it is launching a mobile grocery program to bring free groceries and connections to health and community resources to neighborhoods throughout Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties. The A:SL Mobile Grocery…

COUNCILWOMAN STEWART HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL SENIOR LINK DAY
Join Councilwoman Stewart for the second annual Senior Link Day...
5 Questions: Elias Bloom
Beacon resident creating litter app
M&T Bank volunteers participate in Women Build for Historic Habitat for Humanity Development in Saugerties
SAUGERTIES- A group of M&T Bank employees volunteered this week as part of Ulster County Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Week, a peer-to-peer fundraising and volunteer initiative supporting the Hope Springs Development, which will become the first Habitat-led neighborhood in…
Songs of Revolution
Historian will discuss early American music