Fort Montgomery News

Marty and Christin Byrnes, EMTs with the Town of Highlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps based in Highland Falls, received the state Volunteer and Rescue Association 2009 EMS Meritorious Award at an awards dinner in Albany recently.

In celebration of the 226th anniversary of Evacuation Day - Nov. 25, 1783, a time when the British evacuated the U.S. from NYC following the eight-year Revolutionary War - numerous organizations will light five beacons in the Hudson Highlands on Wednesday.

FORT MONTGOMERY - It took eight long years of war, but on Nov. 25, 1783, the defeated British finally pulled out of the United States.

ONBOARD: Hills shrouded in mist during the OnBoard Tours Fall Foliage Tour. Most of us would agree that New York is a fabulous city to live in and to visit.

Troopers charged 14 motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in weekend traffic stops in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

A two-hour fall foliage cruise on The Commander will depart from the Haverstraw Marina at 1:30 p.m. taking you north, past the Stony Point Lighthouse, Verplanck, Tomkins Cove and Iona Island.

Literacy Orange's Ride-To-Read Celebration, postponed from August, will be held Oct.

The Northern Lake Arts League isn't a household name, but Arthur Penfield Tremblay hopes it soon will be.

It's often been referred to as Fort Blunder. But Fort Montgomery, near the U.S.-Canadian border, still stands overlooking Lake Champlain in Rouses Point.

A two-car crash in the southbound lanes of Route 34 sent two people to the hospital and tied up traffic for about 90 minutes Friday, authorities said.

A pile of brush burns on the parade grounds at Fort Montgomery as volunteers spruce up the site as New York State Heritage Weekend approaches.

Fed up with the state's cold shoulder, officials with the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery School District are considering bankrupting their schools and giving the governor the keys.

The Netherlands' Prince Willem Alexander of Orange will come to the Hudson Valley in early September before any of the Quadricentennial weekend celebrations in New York City, according to the Netherlands Consulate.

James Chao's Taconic Chevrolet has closed its Yorktown dealership on Crompond Road and will depart the premises by Aug.

James Chao's Taconic Chevrolet has closed its Yorktown dealership on Crompond Road and will depart the premises by Aug.

James Chao's Taconic Chevrolet has closed its Yorktown dealership on Crompond Road and will depart the premises by Aug.

What are summer weekends all about? Barbecue and bands! Warwick Valley Winery co-owner Jason Grizzanti knows that, which is why the winery's sixth annual Blues Festival and fifth annual "Black Sunday: A Tribute to Johnny Cash" will feature both.

Taxpayers facing a 16.5 percent rise in the school-tax levy won't get relief from the state because of a veto Gov.

Bills renewing the current sales tax rates in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties sailed through the Senate in a flurry of late-night votes after a month-long power struggle ended Thursday.

Emergency responders are working at a serious crash involving two cars and a truck on the Palisades Parkway near Fort Montgomery.