It might be strange to see people dressed up as Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, or an elf, especially late at night or in the wee hours of the morning, but that’s how a group of about 65 adults participated in this year’s SantaCon.
If you value learning, doing research and getting involved in meaningful projects, how do you show your appreciation? Three students at Storm King School have come up with an answer. They’re creating a scholarship so someone else can have the opportunities they’ve enjoyed.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – inside Sands Ring Homestead anyway. Members of the Cornwall Historical Society and the Friends of Sands Ring were busy decorating the homestead, on Monday, in preparation for this Saturday’s Shop Hop and the upcoming holiday tours on Dec. 3.
For the second year in a row, third grade students at Willow Avenue Elementary School sold homemade goods at their marketplace to raise money for Ryan’s Well Foundation.
More than 500 tickets have been sold for tonight’s dinner at Anthony’s Pier Nine. The event, a fund raiser for the National Purple Heart of Honor, is likely to net more than $150,000 (including donations).