Category: Mid-Hudson

BEACON – When veterans applied for a state grant to replace the windows in the aging Veterans Memorial Building in Beacon, they did not realize how long it would take for the state to release the money.  The veterans were awarded $100,000 for the project nearly five years ago, and the money was released in…

NEW YORK- Increased road patrols to combat drunk, impaired, and reckless driving this St. Patrick’s Day will begin this weekend with police agencies around the state receiving funding for the increased patrols through the  Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.  The enforcement period begins on Friday, March 15, 2024, and runs through Sunday, March 17, 2024. Drivers…

ULSTER- Ulster County Sheriffs have arrested a man and charged him with misdemeanor forcible touching following a joint investigation with the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center. According to police, Gerardo Popxl, 35, of  Eddyville, New York, had forcibly touched a seventeen year old female victim.  Police say that Popxl had forcibly touched the…

https://midhudsonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PFD-Good-Intent-03-15-24.mp4 POUGHKEEPSIE – City of Poughkeepsie police responded to a report of a body floating in the Hudson River near the Grandview/Shadows area on Rinaldi Boulevard Friday around lunchtime.  A Poughkeepsie Fire Department crew responded and launched their new Zodiac vessel with two firefighters to search from the rain-swollen river, guided by fire officials on…

DUTCHESS COUNTY – Heritage Financial Park will be the site of a season-long celebration of the Hudson Valley Renegades who began playing in the former Dutchess Stadium in 1994.  The Renegades are now the High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, with uniforms of blue and white, but the celebration includes a throwback to the…

NEW PALTZ- Ulster BOCES is hosting its first-ever hiring event on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  The recruitment fair will be held at the Ulster BOCES Jane Bullowa Conference Center, which is located at 175 Route 32 North in New Paltz. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore and apply…

GOSHEN- On Friday, a Newburgh man previously found guilty of burglary and criminal mischief was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision in connection with a crime he committed in January 2023. On January 2, 2023, a City of Newburgh resident was home alone when she heard noises coming…

RED HOOK – Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino presented her first State of the County Address Thursday evening, outlining many of her priorities for Dutchess County Government, before hundreds of residents, business and nonprofit leaders, as well as local and state officials gathered at Red Hook High School’s Performing Arts Center in Red Hook. County…

WHITE PLAINS- Westchester County Executive George Latimer delivered his 7th State of the County Address on Thursday and focused much of his speech on the need to create new housing, the economic boost that has come with the expansion of tourism, and the importance and strength of the county’s diversity. According to Latimer, since 2018,…

KINGSTON – Forty-two-year-old Robert Baan of Shawangunk avoided a trial on an assault charge by changing his plea to guilty, just moments before opening statements were to begin in Ulster County Court on March 11, 2024.  Baan pled guilty to the violent felony charge of assault and admitted he assaulted his neighbor on March 14,…