2023 – The Cornwall Local

Storm King Art Center holds topping out ceremony

December 27, 2023 Jason Kaplan

In a tradition traced back to the ancient Scandinavian religious rite of placing a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits…

Obituary – December 29, 2023

December 27, 2023 Editorial Staff

Helen B. Caudy of Vails Gate (New Windsor) was called home to the arms of her savior on December 11, 2023.

St. Thomas Cemetery ‘decorated’ for the holidays

December 20, 2023 Mary Jane Pitt

On Saturday, at noon, in Cornwall, several hundred community members — many of them children — gathered at St. Thomas of Canterbury Cemetery to join the national mission to place wreaths on graves of veterans buried there.

Lamb to end SKS career, just as intended

December 13, 2023 Jason Kaplan

When Jonathan Lamb took over as headmaster at Storm King School in 2015, he declared he’d eventually retire from the position which he held for nine years. He recently announced the 2023-24 school year will be his last and will step down on June 30.

Obituaries – December 15, 2023

December 13, 2023 Editorial Staff

Rose (Zanderigo) DeMure, 97, of Torrington, CT passed away peacefully, surrounded by beloved family on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at Keystone Place at Newbury Brook.

Community helps ‘deliver the spirit of Christmas’

December 6, 2023 Mary Jane Pitt

This week ten years ago, The Cornwall Local reported that Farmside Acres, a Christmas tree farm located on Angola Rd. in Cornwall had collected 200 Christmas trees to be donated to American servicemen and women and their families.

Local artist to show at Leo’s

November 29, 2023 Mary Jane Pitt

Cornwall artist Susan Minier will display her works to the community at Leo’s Restaurant, on Quaker Ave., in the weeks ahead, with an Artist’s Reception planned for Saturday, Dec. 9 from 2-4 p.m.

Obituary – December 1, 2023

November 29, 2023 Editorial Staff

Susan Baxter Bryde, daughter of the late Lynn and Isabel Baxter, passed away on November 19, 2023 at home surrounded by her husband, Carl and son Donald.

Around Town

Attention Cornwall: Prepare now for March awards ‘ball’

November 21, 2023 Mary Jane Pitt

You may have heard about a new local event … “the Cornwall Community Awards”. If you did, you may have wondered what it was, who was planning it and what the purpose was.

Obituary – November 24, 2023

November 21, 2023 Editorial Staff

Achilles Rossi, 91, entered into rest on November 9, 2023 at home in New Windsor, N.Y.