Today is New York Gives Day, when residents are encouraged to donate to nonprofits. It continues through 11:59 p.m.

Many readers do not realize that The Highlands Current, which is provided free to the community, is a nonprofit enterprise supported by advertisers, grants and the generosity of its readers.

During our annual appeal, every tax-deductible gift of up to $1,000 given to support the newspaper through the end of the year will be doubled through NewsMatch, a program by the MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation the Democracy Fund, and then tripled by a generous supporter.

Behind The Story

Type: News

News: Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.

Articles attributed to "staff" are written by the editor or a senior editor. This is typically because they are brief items based on a single source, such as a press release, or there are multiple contributors, such as a collection of photos.