by daisy | Oct 7, 2023 | Happenings
Eagle Scout Project Cleanup at Beekman Friends Cemetery Boy Scout Cooper Kasin from Troop 77 in Poughquag lives in Lagrangeville near the site of the Beekman Meeting House, corner of Emans Road, and Friends Cemetery, around the corner on Pulling Road. Since he...
by daisy | Sep 29, 2023 | Happenings
Inevitable. That’s the word lawmakers are using today to describe the likelihood of a government shutdown as the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year draws closer. It didn’t have to be this way. Lawmakers struck a budget agreement in June as part of...
by daisy | Sep 22, 2023 | Peace & Service
Yesterday, Sept. 21, marked the International Day of Peace. It is a date designated by the United Nations as a time of nonviolence and universal cease-fire. Peace Day coincides each year with the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General...
by daisy | Sep 9, 2023 | Peace & Service
September has begun, and lawmakers are back at work. President Joe Biden traveled today to New Delhi for the annual gathering of the Group of 20 nations. For its part, Congress has returned from its August recess to tackle a busy legislative calendar focused...
by daisy | Sep 6, 2023 | Peace & Service
The Westheimer Peace Symposium was established in 1991 by an endowment from Charles and May Westheimer, with four rotating themes: Peace and Nonviolence; Peace and Social Justice; Peace and the Environment, and Peace and the Nature of War. It is held annually at...
