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US Military Academy at West Point

Warwick, NY
Readers Choice
Best Historical Site/Museum In the Hudson Valley In 2024: West Point Museum Best Historical Site/Museum In the Hudson Valley In 2024: West Point Museum
Best Historical Site/Museum In the Hudson Valley In 2024: West Point Museum We are thrilled to announce that the West Point Museum has been named Best Historical Site/Museum in the Hudson Valley in the 2024 Daily Voice Readers' Choice Awards! According to the West Point Museum’s website, this institution is the nation’s oldest federal museum, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich military history of the United States.  The museum’s mission, per its website, is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret historically significant artifacts related to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Army, and the Profession of Arms, and visitors—admis…

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by Daily Voice
Poughkeepsie, NY
Politics
Election 2024: Winner Projected In Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District Election 2024: Winner Projected In Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District
Election 2024: Winner Projected In Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District With the votes counted, Democratic incumbent Pat Ryan defeated Republican challenger Alison Esposito in New York's 18th Congressional District, according to the New York State Board of Elections. The 18th District includes all of Orange County and most of Dutchess and Ulster counties. The district consists of Newburgh, Beacon, Kingston, and Poughkeepsie. According to the NYS Board of Elections, Ryan beat Esposito 194,237 votes to Esposito's 149,002 votes. Ryan, 42, of Gardiner, is a fifth-generation Hudson Valley native of Kingston, a Kingston High School alum, and the first US Military Ac…

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by Kathy Reakes
Highlands, NY
Schools
Highland's West Point Ranked As Top 10 National Public College Highland's West Point Ranked As Top 10 National Public College
Highland's West Point Ranked As Top 10 National Public College The US Military Academy at West Point moved up one in the Top Public Schools category to No. 2 in the 2025 Best Colleges Rankings by US News & World Report. The rankings, released this week, showed the Orange County college in the town of Highlands also ranked as No. 8 in Best National Liberal Arts College, the magazine said. The rankings were based on statistics, the top-ranked schools provided ample classroom resources for students and faculty; conferred bachelor's degrees at high rates; and produced graduates who entered the workforce with manageable debt and worthwhile starting sala…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mahopac, NY
News
Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River
Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River A ceiling collapse caused significant damage at a historic mansion and museum in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened in Putnam County in the hamlet of Garrison at Boscobel House and Gardens, which overlooks the Hudson River. On Tuesday, April 16, the plaster ceiling in its historic library collapsed without warning, causing major damage to the room, its contents, and adjacent rooms, according to Boscobel.  No one was in the building when the incident happened. Boscobel said it is "working diligently alongside a team of engineers, art conservators, and local officials to ass…

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by Joe Lombardi
Newburgh, NY
Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris Will Be First Woman To Deliver Graduation Address At West Point Vice President Kamala Harris Will Be First Woman To Deliver Graduation Address At West Point
Vice President Kamala Harris Will Be First Woman To Deliver Graduation Address At West Point Vice President Kamala Harris will serve as commencement speaker at the US Military Academy at West Point later this month, the first woman to do so. The White House announced that the Vice President will speak during the 2023 graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 27. This marks her first visit to the academy located in Orange County in the town of Highlands and the first time in West Point’s 221-year history that a woman will serve as commencement speaker, West Point officials said. “We are honored to have the Vice President as our commencement speaker,” said Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland, US …

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by Kathy Reakes
Franklin Township, NJ
News
West Point Cadets ID'd As Six Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says West Point Cadets ID'd As Six Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says
West Point Cadets ID'd As Six Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says Six cadets from the US Military Academy at West Point have been identified as the college students on spring break in Florida who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, according to a new report. Two of the Cadets are in critical condition, NBC Miami reported late Friday afternoon, March 11. The spring breakers were found inside a vacation rental home in Florida after using cocaine that was laced with fentanyl, leaving one in critical condition in Fort Lauderdale, authorities said.   One of the six has been treated and released from the hospital, the report said. The Cadets ar…

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by Joe Lombardi
Newburgh, NY
News
West Point Cadets ID'd As Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says West Point Cadets ID'd As Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says
West Point Cadets ID'd As Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says This story has been updated. Several cadets from the US Military Academy at West Point have been identified as being among the six male college students on spring break in Florida who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine on Thursday, March 10, according to multiple reports. Two of the Cadets are in critical condition, NBC Miami reported late Friday afternoon, March 11. Earlier report: Authorities Issue Alert For Fentanyl-Laced Drugs After Six College Students On Spring Break OD The Cadets were reportedly found inside a vacation rental home in Florida after using cocaine that was laced with…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brookfield, CT
News
FBI Issues Nationwide Alert For Missing College Student From New England FBI Issues Nationwide Alert For Missing College Student From New England
FBI Issues Nationwide Alert For Missing College Student From New England A nationwide alert has been issued by the FBI for a college student from New England who mysteriously disappeared nearly two decades ago. Maura Murray was a 21-year-old UMass Amherst nursing student in 2004 when she went missing minutes after crashing her car off Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Investigators said that Murray was last seen on surveillance footage on the day of her disappearance on Feb. 9, 2004, at an ATM machine wearing dark jeans and a jacket, prompting the FBI to create a Violent Criminal Apprehension Profile for her near the 18th anniversary of her going missing. …

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by Zak Failla
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor
Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor UPDATE: A single-engine plane that drew a pair of Air Force fighter jets when it inadvertently strayed into temporarily restricted airspace over the GWB during the UN General Assembly was being flown by an Army instructor pilot from West Point. The soldier was conducting a "civil and mechanical engineering" flight lab for cadets, an academy spokesperson said, when the aircraft "briefly violated" a Temporary Flight Restriction Area around 2 p.m., following President Joe Biden's address to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The West Point Civil & Mechanical Engineer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Westchester Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney Takes Leading Role In House Impeachment Inquiry Westchester Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney Takes Leading Role In House Impeachment Inquiry
Westchester Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney Takes Leading Role In House Impeachment Inquiry Maybe you were at work and unable to tune into, watch or listen to Wednesday's opening day of public testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.  Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, whose 18th Congressional District includes northern Westchester County and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was there. As part of the House impeachment inquiry, Maloney questioned William Taylor, chargé d’affaires and now acting ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, two witnesses subpoenaed by the House Perman…

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by Jon Craig