If declared valid, the petition will force a referendum for voters to decide the fate of Highland Falls. Dissolving the village would mean the elimination of its governing board and employees – ...

HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- As the long Independence Day weekend winds down, it's democracy in action in suburban Orange County. Residents are petitioning to dissolve their village, ...

HIGHLAND FALLS - Voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether to dissolve the 115-year-old village of Highland Falls and turn to the surrounding town of Highlands for policing and other municipal services.

Voters soundly rejected a proposal to dissolve the 115-year-old village of Highland Falls on Monday after a months-long debate among residents and local officials over taxes, municipal services and ...

What do J.P. Morgan, Billy Joel and a pair of innkeepers have in common? A stretch along the Hudson River in the Orange County village of Highland Falls. That is where, in 1872, Morgan bought and ...

The village of Highland Falls, a military town in the shadow of West Point of about 3,700 people, has been home to a few floods over the years. Such is life when a brook feeding the Hudson River winds ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul shakes hands with first responders at the scene of flooding in Highland Falls, N.Y. on Monday, July 10, 2023. Goodwill Firefighters Jason Baird and Robert Brown pump water from Neil ...

It was as if a river had suddenly been diverted into an apartment complex in Highland Falls, N.Y. By Michael Wilson Three friends and a 5-year-old girl had just finished rolling up an old rug and ...