Category: Mid-Hudson

CARMEL – The Carmel Board of Education conducted a marathon meeting Tuesday night that didn’t end until 3:01 am. Wednesday — a session that started nine hours earlier. School trustees were questioned and criticized regarding the county’s largest school district’s deficit of some $6 million — a number reduced in half due to reductions in…

MONTICELLO – A last minute public hearing Wednesday on the Sullivan County Legislature’s plan to require vaccinations against several viruses for all camp goers and staff this coming summer drew a large crowd. The campers and staff will have to show written documentation that they received shots against diphtheria and tetanus; Hepatitis B; measles, mumps…

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Poughkeepsie Common Council’s time dealing with a non-binding resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza has expired after the bill was rejected during a vote Tuesday night.   The resolution has been the cause of heated debates among the public at council meetings, with many of the speakers focusing on the resolution that…

by Albert Neubert The worst thaw in eastern skiing history finally ended this past weekend but not without leaving a lot of casualties in its wake.  Southerly ski areas dropped like flies with the meltdown last week.  Temperatures rose into the low 70s for several days and it only cooled down to the mid-sixties over…

WAWARSING – Tuesday night’s blaze that destroyed the Winter Chalet building at the once-popular Nevele Resort in Wawarsing/Ellenville continued to smolder well into Wednesday. Ellenville Fire Chief Jody Krom said the flames were seen for miles. “People calling, calling saying they see flames. We put the fire out, but it kept smoldering. I have to…

GOSHEN – Presidential Primary Day will take place on Tuesday, April 2, and poll sites throughout Orange County will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Both Democratic and Republican parties have this primary election and only voters who are enrolled in these parties are eligible to vote in this election. In addition to the…

POUGHKEEPSIE – A 37-year-old Poughkeepsie man was arrested Wednesday on drug charges when members of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at his Main Street apartment.  Tyrone Moye was the subject of a months-long investigation into drug sales in the area of Main and South Clinton Streets. According to Dutchess County…

To the Editor: I’m writing in opposition to the NY HEAT Act, S.2016A/A.4591A proposed in the legislature as well as the “Affordable Gas Transition Act” proposed in the Governor’s budget.  Both of these bills purport to advance the state’s environmental “justice” goals created under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) yet this justice…

PEARL RIVER- If you are searching for an answer from a federal agency and can’t get a timely answer, the first place to turn for help is the office of your Representative.  Congressman Mike Lawler’s office recently closed its 3,000 constituent service case. “I’m thrilled that our team has closed over 3,000 cases in just…

MONTGOMERY – Montgomery Village Trustee Mike Hembury won the mayor’s race in an election on Tuesday that saw a large voter turnout. Hembury received 635 votes to challenger Randy Picarello’s 511. The mayor-elect ran on a platform of keeping the village’s safe and quaint character. Read the full article here