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 5, 2023 | Happenings
Dear Friends, The NYYM Sessions Committee has agreed that Summer Sessions will be held at Oakwood in 2024. The committee has not decided the exact dates and number of days to meet, but we have asked Oakwood to hold the days between July 26 and August 1....
by daisy | Aug 4, 2023 | Happenings
You have until August 26 to catch The Long View: Creativity Over Time, a group exhibit at Green Kill Gallery (229 Greenkill Av, Kingston, NY) that features works by Poughkeepsie Friend, Marcia Clark along with artwork by dozens of artists from Blue Mountain Gallery in...
by daisy | Jun 30, 2023 | Happenings
Please come to Oakwood Friends School for NYYM’s 328th Summer Sessions. We’ll be exploring the theme Re-Building Faith in Changing Times. Though the most visible change for us initially will be the new venue, other new things are likely to mean more to us:...
by daisy | Jun 13, 2023 | Happenings
Viola Hale Hathaway died on June 3, in Clare, Michigan. She was 93 years old. Until moving to Michigan in 2021, she had been a long-time resident of the Hudson Valley, having spent 26 years in New Paltz, before moving to Poughkeepsie in 2003. Her husband of 42 years,...
by Helen Waithera | May 8, 2023 | Happenings, Peace & Service
Freedom at the Finish Line Breaking Chains and Winning Parole Justice There was a rally on Monday, May 8th, in Albany, NY to celebrate how far we have come, having secured majority support for the Elder Parole (S2423/A2035) and Fair and Timely Parole (S307/A162) in...
