Pictured: Poughkeepsie Quaker Meeting Member Renelda Walker with DCIC Honoree Reverend Jesse Bottoms. Ten members of Poughkeepsie Friends attended the Dutchess County Interfaith Council Gala which was held at Locust Grove on Monday, October 23, 2023. Click Here to...
Friends and attenders gathered on Sunday at the New Paltz Quaker Meetinghouse, 8 North Manheim Boulevard, for silent worship, warm fellowship, a delicious lunch, and an inspiring program on the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), the conflict transformation...
The violence in Israel and Palestine has entered its third week. Israeli troops have begun conducting raids inside Gaza, and the threat of a ground invasion looms larger. More than 6,700 Gazans have been killed, and the lives of millions of...
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...
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...