Category: Mid-Hudson

POUGHKEEPSIE – A series of lawsuits by individuals determined to block development on the site of the Pelton Manor in Poughkeepsie received the final ruling from Judge Maria Rosa on Friday; the developers can move forward with their plans to construct apartments and a community center.  The case had all been decided in favor of…

NEWBURGH – A body was discovered in Crystal Lake in Newburgh on Friday afternoon and police are investigating the discovery.  A person fishing at the lake called 911 to report seeing a body on the shoreline of the lake at approximately 4 p.m. on March 22. City police and fire personnel, along with Empress EMS…

NEWBURGH – It looks like the popular Newburgh Illuminated Festival won’t happen this summer for the second year in a row. It went down to the wire last summer when the city and organizers could not come to terms on certain issues. Now, it appears it will not happen again because the city and Illuminated…

MOUNT HOPE – A driver was seriously injured Sunday night when the person’s car flipped over at 640 Shoddy Hollow Road in the Town of Mount Hope. The driver’s arm was caught in the wreckage with firefighters called in to free the person. Police said a tourniquet was applied to stop the heavy bleeding before…

TOWN OF NEWBURGH – The Town of Newburgh Emergency Medical Services (TONEMS) has initiated a plan to establish an Advanced Life Support division (ALS).  The new ALS division comes at a time when many ambulance services throughout the region are experiencing staffing shortages and are bogged down by responding to 911 calls that do not…

To the Editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank Senator Bill Weber for penning a Guest Op-Ed titled “NY HEAT Act bad for New York.”  In the piece the Senator said “activism is and always should be part of politics because it leads to discussions of new public policy topics,” and I appreciated…

GOSHEN – State Senator James Skoufis (D, Cornwall) and Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R, Deerpark) Friday pledged to fight Governor Hochul’s proposed cuts to education aid in the state’s 2024-25 budget. The two lawmakers were joined by school superintendents in Orange County at Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School in Goshen. Skoufis’ message was simple. “Really over our…

MONTICELLO – Following much discussion among Sullivan County legislators, camp operators and parents of attendees, the lawmakers approved a vaccination policy before the summer season. The adopted policy was modified from that which was initially proposed, which would have included all camp goers and staff. Catherine Scott, the chairwoman of the health committee was not…

WASHINGTON – The Hudson River Protection act, Congressman Pat Ryan’s (D, NY-18) bill that would ban barges from parking on the Hudson River in the region, has passed in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. That paves the way for a vote by the full House in the coming months. The measure would remove any…

BEACON – Thirty-four-year-old Jerami Davis of Beacon is facing multiple felony drug charges after being arrested by agents from the Dutchess County Drug Task Force on Friday.  The arrest follows an investigation related to the sale of dangerous drugs in Beacon that began several months ago. Davis was identified as a cocaine dealer as a…