NEWBURGH – The Newburgh City Council has granted the Youth Empowerment Center use of the first floor of a city-owned building on Lander Street. The

Cuomo: “I know the situation is critical” ALBANY – Governor Andrew Cuomo announced creation of a Common Core Task Force to review and make recommendations

POUGHKEEPSIE – City Police in Poughkeepsie are looking for two men who held up a man as he walked in the area of 22 Montgomery

NEW CITY – The Town of Clarkstown’s tentative 2016 budget as prepared by Supervisor Alexander Gromack comes in with a tax increase of 0.34 percent,

MONTICELLO – State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D, Bronx) got a firsthand look at the diversity of Sullivan County from the blight in downtown Monticello

Fisher LIBERTY – A 22-year-old Grahamsville man has been charged with felony third-degree rape for having sex with a 15-year-old girl. The incident occurred in

WASHINGTON – Legislation to rename the US Post Office at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston as the Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building

NEWBURGH – With the general election just over a month away, Newburgh’s first-term mayor, Judy Kennedy, continues to fight for her political life. Using a

POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County State Supreme Court Justice Peter Forman will hear arguments today for and against the Women’s Equality Party in this November’s election.

Forman BEACON – Former Dutchess County Legislator John Forman, a Republican, is running for the lawmaking body again. He is seeking to replace Democrat Legislator