U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan led a rally at the Regional Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Montgomery on Monday in protest of cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program. He estimated the cuts will mean two million fewer meals to families in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties. Photo by Dylan Skriloff.
U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan led a rally at the Regional Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Montgomery on Monday in protest of cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program. He estimated the cuts will mean two million fewer meals to families in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties. Photo by Dylan Skriloff.

Montgomery. Area’s congressman estimates that the food bank will distribute two million fewer meals to families in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties as a result of the cuts.

Community rallies to protest cuts to food bank funding
22 Apr 2025 | 04:21
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U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan led a rally at the Regional Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Montgomery on Monday in protest of unilateral cuts to the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) that will reduce the availability of food to needy individuals in the region.

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<b>The gravestone of Revolutionary War veteran Theodorus Polhemus in the Old Newton Cemetery is decorated as part of Wreaths Across America in December 2018. The gravestone was erected in October 2018 as part of a joint effort of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sussex County Historical Society and Old Newton Cemetery Committee to locate and mark previously unmarked graves. Polhemus was born in Haverstraw, N.Y., and served as a corporal in the Orange County, N.Y., militia. He died in Newton in 1820. (Photo by Mandy Coriston)</b>
The gravestone of Revolutionary War veteran Theodorus Polhemus in the Old Newton Cemetery is decorated as part of Wreaths Across America in December 2018. The gravestone was erected in October 2018 as part of a joint effort of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sussex County Historical Society and Old Newton Cemetery Committee to locate and mark previously unmarked graves. Polhemus was born in Haverstraw, N.Y., and served as a corporal in the Orange County, N.Y., militia. He died in Newton in 1820. (Photo by Mandy Coriston)

250th celebration begins
17 Apr 2025 | 11:19

The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday,...