This week we’re highlighting a group working to create a more inclusive community. Abilities First has been serving the Ozarks since 1978 when Greene County voters passed a tax levy to fund support ...

MIDDLETOWN — As Abilities First celebrates its 65th year of operating in Middletown, now is the time to remember the past and look forward to the future, said Executive Director David Hood. The ...

Decked out in balloons and overflowing with a sense of community, the Abilities First Spring Prom brought everyone in attendance out onto the dance floor at the Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge on Overocker ...

This was a year of many firsts for Abilities First, an organization supporting individuals with disabilities and their families in the Hudson Valley. Abilities First, located in Wappingers Falls, ...

For Jessica Gustafson, Abilities First in Middletown has been invaluable to her son’s development. Her son, Oliver, 7, received an autism diagnosis around four years ago, and she enrolled Oliver in ...

For the first time in its 54-year history, Abilities First has received the Cincinnati Better Business Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. Candidates for the awards were evaluated by an independent ...

An early childhood learning center in Middletown closed following two COVID-19 cases.Health officials said this is just a glimpse into their concerns for the upcoming school year.The ECLC at Abilities ...

Agency’s executive director for the last three years died Saturday. She was 64. For the last three years, what one official called “turbulent times” at Abilities First in Middletown, Jan Rosebrough ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — Jeffery Fox has been named executive director of Abilities First. Prior to joining Abilities First, Fox was chief operating officer of Autism Services Inc. in Williamsville. He also ...