Category: Mid-Hudson

SUFFERN – State Police arrested two Connecticut men following a traffic stop on the Thruway in Suffern on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17 and the discovery of weapons. The Troop F Community Stabilization Unit stopped a 2024 Kia and found two ghost AR kits, two AR pistol grips, six high-capacity AR magazines, two P-80…

GOSHEN – A 38-year-old Unionville man faces up to nine years in state prison when sentenced in May following his guilty plea in Orange County Court to burglary while in possession of a weapon. District Attorney David Hoovler said it was alleged that on May 10, 2023 at about 12 noon, Jesse Frank kicked down…

PORT EWEN- The Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Center’s Phoenix Academy has become a hub for fostering empathy, a quality not commonly associated with activities like 3D printing or designing signage. However, at the Phoenix Academy, empathy isn’t just a concept–it is also actively shaping the school environment and enhancing student engagement. The 33 young…

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Poughkeepsie City School District is proposing a $140.1 million budget that maintains student programming and staffing despite anticipating a $1.4 million decrease in state aid, according to Superintendent Dr. Eric Rosser. Poughkeepsie is among more than 300 school districts in New York anticipating a drop in aid for 2024-25. “It’s disappointing that the…

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…

NANUET – ALJ Home Improvement of Nanuet has an extensive history of fall hazard violations which resulted in officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHA) fining the company $687,536 in 2022 for violations at a New Jersey worksite.  One week before a scheduled trial litigated by the department’s Office of the Solicitor…

ALBANY- For the fourth consecutive year, the State Senate has approved a bill this week that will help governments to install carport solar arrays on parking lots in public parks.  According to the bill’s sponsor, State Senator Peter Harckham, the move will help the state meet its ambitious goals included in the Climate Leadership and…

PORT JERVIS – The Rumshock Veterans Village project in Port Jervis will move forward in the months ahead as Congressman Pat Ryan (D, NY-18) secured $1 million to bring it closer to reality. The congressman will formally announce the grant this weekend. The money will be used to build 10 tiny homes for veterans on…

ALBANY – A coalition of environmental organizations is supporting a state senate bill – the Stop Climate Polluter Handouts Act – that would repeal tax code provisions that exempt fossil fuel companies from paying sales and use tax and petroleum business tax for certain uses of greenhouse gas-emitting fuels. The group said the current law…

ALBANY – February job growth in Sullivan County topped all other area counties with a 5.2 percent increase, the State Labor Department reported on Thursday. Regionwide, there was a one percent increase in new jobs year-over-year. Greene County was second with 4.8 percent new jobs while Ulster County came in third with 2.7 percent job…