🌱 How Highland is honoring Mindy Brugger after a devastating tragedy.
Highland, New York Patch AM: a 4 min readHey there, Highland! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Highland is honoring Mindy Brugger after a devastating tragedy.
- Highland resident faces contempt charge in latest Mid-Hudson arrest roundup.
Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 55.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘She deserved more': Friends remember Mindy Brugger for service, kindness and humor (timesunion.com) — Friends and colleagues are mourning Melinda “Mindy” Brugger, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her home in the hamlet of Highland, as described by Ulster County authorities. Community members remember her decades of emergency-service work, her devotion to family, and are planning tributes and awareness efforts around domestic violence in her honor. 
• Mid-Hudson Valley arrests report: Aug. 26, 2026 (dailyfreeman.com) — Local law enforcement agencies released recent arrest reports, including a Highland resident charged in the Town of Lloyd with second-degree criminal contempt related to an order of protection. Other entries detail larceny, unlicensed driving, and a rollover crash near the Mid-Hudson Bridge, with all defendants presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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★ Featured events ★
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Jay Medal Soirée →
Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
5:30 pm
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
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Vet2Vet of Ulster County- Veteran Coffee Hour (Highland NY) →
Highland Public Library, 14 Elting Pl, Highland
10:00 am -
Kaal Rock Park Concert Series →
Kaal Rock Park, Poughkeepsie
4:00 pm -
Judi Silvano's Garden Winds →
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie
8:00 pm -
Walkway Connections: Three Centuries, Three Cultures on Historic Huguenot Street →
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, 87 Haviland Rd, Highland
2:00 pm
Friday August 28
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Board of Education Meeting/public hearing Code of Conduct/BOE Retre
Spackenkill Union Free School District Orville A Todd Middle School, 11 Croft Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 126
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Board of Education Meeting
Spackenkill Union Free School District Orville A Todd Middle School, 11 Croft Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 126
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BOE Meeting - DO →
Hyde Park Csd Hyde Park Central School, 11 Boice Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, US
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8th Annual Sunflower Festival →
Barton Orchards, 63 Apple Tree Ln, Poughquag
11:00 am -
Sé Tu Propio Jefe (Poughkeepsie)
Women's Enterprise Development Center Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, 3 Neptune Road, Suite A21, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
6:00 pm -
Community Schools Bar-B-Que →
Hyde Park Csd Hyde Park, NY 12538
2:00 pm -
Board of Education Regular Meeting →
Poughkeepsie City School District 11 College Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
6:30 pm -
Financial Wellness for Entrepreneurs
Women's Enterprise Development Center 580 White Plains Rd, 580 White Plains Rd NY 10591, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Saturday August 29
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Poughkeepsie
- Adams Fairacre Farms' Orchid Festival Brings Summer Fun, Sales & Workshops (hudsonvalleypost.com)
- BREAKING: Commission recommends ouster of City judge for 'shocking act of retaliation' (midhudsonnews.com)
- Deaf West Theatre Announces Full Cast for Whistle Down the Wind Concert Presentations (newyorktrendnyc.com)
New Paltz
- Ensuring equity in New Paltz schools (hudsonvalleyone.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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