Munger Cottage – Page 2 – The Cornwall Local

Historians take a trip to the fire house

March 24, 2017 Jason Kaplan

The Cornwall Historical Society will be going on a little field trip, on Monday. The monthly meeting will be held at the Highland Engine Company firehouse, rather than Munger Cottage.

Honor Flight volunteers prepare for Korean vets

March 17, 2017 Editorial Staff

The next honor flight will take off from Stewart International Airport on April 8. For the first time, a majority of the passengers will be veterans of the Korean War.

Chapter shares Tuskegee memories

February 3, 2017 Editorial Staff

Glendon Fraser remembers the first fund-raising events for the local chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Some of the original airmen would attend. They were good dancers, despite their age. And they were wonderful story-tellers, who would sometimes embellish their tales.

Pizza record, menorah lighting & news bites

December 30, 2016 Editorial Staff

Prima Pizza shipped more pies this month than ever before to customers all over the United States. During a five-day period before Christmas, the restaurant prepared 124 pizzas for overnight delivery via Fed Ex.

Town Recreation program has its own personality

September 9, 2016 Ken Cashman

“It’s got its own personality,” Shannon Wolfrum said as she explained PiYo while pushing her son Robert on a tire in the playground.

Society learns from WWI letters

July 8, 2016 Ken Cashman

The Cornwall Historical Society had a special interest in its guest speaker on Monday night, June 25. For years, the society has tried to document Cornwall’s involvement in America’s wars.

St. Thomas in the lead

June 28, 2016 Ken Cashman

After the first seven hours of today’s primary, St. Thomas of Canterbury School had seen the most voters.

Holiday visitors kept waiting at the gate

December 7, 2015 Ken Cashman

The Town Recreation Department hosted its annual bus trip to the holiday show at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre in West Point on Dec. 6. But the passengers spent more time in the bus than at the theatre.

Kids Korner

November 12, 2015 Ken Cashman

Katherine DiLillo won the Cornwall Lions Club Peace Poster contest with Quinn Andrews the runner-up. Both girls are in the seventh grade.

Query seeks support for community workshop

January 30, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Richard Query, a retiree living at the Idlewild Creek Apartments, has a workshop in his garage full of woodworking tools and equipment.