Soffiyah Elijah (at right), executive director of the Alliance of Families for Justice, spurs on supporters during a 143-mile march from Harlem to Albany designed to protest abuses in state prisons and jails. The marchers stayed at St. Mary’s Church during a stop in Cold Spring on Aug. 15; the next morning,the First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown hosted a teach-in on alternatives to solitary confinement. The marchers expect to arrive in Albany on Sept. 13.
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Michael Turton has been a reporter with The Current since its founding, after working in the same capacity at the Putnam County News & Recorder. Turton spent 20 years as community relations supervisor for the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Ontario before his move in 1998 to Philipstown, where he handled similar duties at Glynwood Farm and The Hastings Center. The Cold Spring resident holds degrees in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo, in education from the University of Windsor and in communication arts from St. Clair College.
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