Category: Mid-Hudson

MONSEY- A Spring Valley man was arrested on Thursday by Town of Ramapo Police and charged with assault as a hate crime following a dispute stemming from a food delivery order. Police say that 32-year-old Wensley Volcy was working as a delivery driver for an online food service when he was provided an incorrect address…

TOWN OF WAPPINGER – Two people suffered injuries at a Wappinger massage parlor on Saturday. First responders were dispatched to the Wellness Center at 1490 Route 9 in Wappinger at 3:40 pm for a report of two stabbing victims. Police, fire, and EMS personnel encountered a language barrier issue with employees when they arrived. Early reports…

MONTICELLO – The State Office of Child and Family Services and Community Development Institute have been licensed to open Head Start and Early Head Start centers in Woodbourne and Monticello. Those locally operated centers abruptly shut down weeks ago with no public explanation, leaving families with no care options for their children. Now, the programs…

KINGSTON – Mayor Steven Noble and Council President Andrea Shaut have proposed a plan to remove the city-owned sidewalk canopies along portions of Wall Street and North Front Street in Uptown Kingston, known as the Pike Plan. “The Pike Plan has been a source of debate and concern for many years, and now the structure…

TOWN OF NEWBURGH – A motorist who State Police were attempting to stop early Saturday morning in the Town of Newburgh lost control of the vehicle and plowed through the wall of a residence on Woodlawn Terrace in the Goodwill Fire Department area. The car wound up inside the home around 2:15 a.m. The fire…

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James Friday announced the convictions of 12 defendants responsible for flooding communities in the Hudson Valley and the Capital Region with heroin and methamphetamine disguised as prescription drugs, as well as cocaine and counterfeit Xanax pills. An 11-month investigation found that the individuals trafficked cocaine and thousands…

POUGHKEEPSIE – A 20-year-old Poughkeepsie man is facing felony gun charges after running from police who attempted to talk to him on Thursday.  Police say the incident began on April 4 at 3:52 p.m., when officers observed a young man in the area of Lincoln Avenue and attempted to conduct a brief interview with him.…

MID-HUDSON – The ground shook and it sounded like a freight trade rumbling through the Mid-Hudson Valley minutes before 9:30 a.m. on Friday. The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York recorded a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that originated in Lebanon, New Jersey. It was felt in  much of the northeast. It sounded like a train…

SULLIVAN COUNTY- It’s pothole season in New York and drivers traveling the region’s roadways know about them all too well.  Route 17 in Sullivan and Orange Counties is no exception and State Department of Transportation (DOT) workers have been busy preparing to undertake the annual Spring task of repairing the roadways. Lance MacMillan, the Regional…

POUGHKEEPSIE – An employee of Hudson River Housing, working in the county’s homeless shelter, known as “The Pods” was arrested by the Dutchess County Drug Task Force on Thursday following a lengthy investigation into the sale of cocaine at the shelter.  The pods are located on the same property where the former Dutchess County Jail…