Author: Mid Hudson News

MAYBROOK – One girl was seriously injured when she reportedly fell out of a school bus after a tire blowout while it was traveling on Interstate 84 Wednesday evening at around 7:30. A yellow school bus with Hebrew lettering on the side could be seen in the eastbound lanes just before the Maybrook exit for…

NEWBURGH- Triplet brothers Christopher, Christian and Jonathan Recinos of Newburgh have been accepted to the US Naval Academy. The three young men, who are 2020 graduates of San Miguel Academy in Newburgh, reported for Induction Day on Thursday when first year midshipmen begin a summer of physical and academic training before the start of the…

BEDFORD – A senior at Fox Lane High School in the Bedford School District died Tuesday on the eve of his graduation following a horrific car crash in northern Westchester. Bedford Police identified the victim as 18-year-old Joshua Martinez-Arana. Police Lt. Jeffrey Gulick said Martinez-Arana and another senior from the Class of 2024 were traveling…

PORT JERVIS- A bomb threat received by Bon Secours Community Hospital just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening brought Port Jervis Police Department and multiple other law enforcement agencies to the East Main Street location, where they remained on site for several hours. Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden said the threat was made via a…

POUGHKEEPSIE – A small amphibious plane that landed in the Hudson River Tuesday afternoon resulted in panic at Waryas Park, where people began calling 911 to report a plane that had crashed into the river between the Mid-Hudson Bridge and Walkway Over the Hudson. The plane, a Seamax M-22, is registered to 90 Knots LLC…

BREWSTER- Summer is an especially busy season for SPACE on Ryder Farm, a non-profit program that combines artist residencies and organic farming in a unique way. Ryder Farm is one of the oldest family-owned farms on the East Coast and was established in 1795 located on the ancestral land of the Wappinger people on the grounds of a…

POUGHKEEPSIE – DPW staffers were working on Soldiers Memorial Fountain on Friday, to keep the memorial to Union soldiers who died during the Civil War, in working condition.  The fountain, one of four in existence, was dedicated to the City of Poughkeepsie on July 4, 1870. The fountain, capped by the Goddess Demeter, features 24…

ESOPUS – Ulster County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday said the train versus car crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon about 400 meters south of the Esopus Avenue railroad crossing in the Town of Esopus occurred when the driver of the 2022 Chevy Equinox intentionally drove the SUV onto the tracks. He fled the scene and the train…

NEWBURGH- Regional Economic Community Action Program (RECAP) has secured $4.9 million of grant funding for its Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP).  RECAP’s competitive application was approved for the Fresh Start Apartments project located in the City of Newburgh.  Fresh Start Apartments aims to address the pressing need for permanent housing solutions for vulnerable populations.  This…

HYDE PARK – An FD Roosevelt High School student was killed in a crash on South Quaker Lane in Hyde Park on Wednesday, around noontime.  His front seat passenger was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital in critical condition while two back seat passengers sustained lesser injuries, police said. Their names were being withheld because of…