Light turnout in area primary elections
MID-HUDSON – Voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary elections was light.
While most races saw one candidate defeating another, in the Town of Pleasant Valley Independence Party primary, Mark Figliozzi and...
Salem tops Young in Poughkeepsie for at-large line
POUGHKEEPSIE – Sarah Salem had a decisive win against Democratic challenger Mike Young, a former councilman, for the City of Poughkeepsie's "at-large council seat in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Salem...
Yonkers man arraigned in stabbing death
WHITE PLAINS – A Yonkers man was indicted by a Westchester County grand jury on charges of manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon...
New A/C being installed at Poughkeepsie City Hall
POUGHKEEPSIE – Poughkeepsie City Hall will be operating on a limited schedule for Wednesday and Thursday this week. Temperatures in the building have been...
Kingston ‘welcomes’ two uninvited guests
KINGSTON – A week doesn’t go by in the region that a bear, often a cub, wanders into civilization looking for food.
Well, at 3:50...
Bank robbed in Wappinger
WAPPINGER -- A police manhunt is on for a suspect who held up the TrustCo bank branch at 1490 Route 9 in Wappinger late...
Preliminary ruling in ambulance death is accidental
PORT JERVIS – The death of a Port Jervis volunteer firefighter who was run over by a Port Jervis ambulance that was leaving its...
Wappinger highway superintendent primary controversial
TOWN OF WAPPINGER – Vincent Bettina, the Town of Wappinger's highway superintendent is involved in a Republican Primary against one of his employees, Mike...
Washingtonville school district names new superintendent
WASHINGTONVILLE – The Washingtonville Central School District named Dr. Larry Washington as its new superintendent.
Washington, a resident of Warwick with over 24 years of...
State Education commissioner denies stay over NFA valedictorian
NEWBURGH – When the Newburgh Free Academy class of 2019 participates in graduation ceremonies this evening, there will be two valedictorians – Matthew Stridiron...
Poughkeepsie man sentenced to prison in Newburgh killing
GOSHEN – A Poughkeepsie man was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge William DeProspo to 12 to 15 years in state prison and five...
Guilty plea in fatal City of Newburgh hit and run
GOSHEN – A Plattekill woman pled guilty before Orange County Court Judge William DeProspo on Monday to one felony count of leaving the scene...