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Both federal and New York state law recognize same-sex marriages. Despite major legal advances in past years protecting same-sex marriage rights, legal issues still exist for couples in same-sex marriages and for same-sex couples who are not married.If a same-sex couple share children, it is important to have legal proof that both spouses are the parents of the children through a legal adoption procedure. One spouse or partner may be a biological parent. If the pregnancy was through [...]

Darion Vence was arrested without incident at his brother's home in Sugar Land, Texas, in the disappearance of 4-year-old Maleah Davis.

WOODBURY — Joseph Waldman was one of the first settlers in 1976 in a small enclave that would soon become the Village of Kiryas Joel, an upstate outpost for Satmar Hasidic families seeking a peaceful refuge from the congestion of Brooklyn.Forty-three years later, Kiryas Joel is a densely populated community of 24,000 or more, and Waldman and his family have relocated again, this time to neighboring Woodbury.Waldman and his wife, Sarah, bought a house last year on [...]

Aida Ramirez and her daughter Britney, 18, are the winners of the Times Herald-Record’s Mother Child Look-Alike contest. The pair from Goshen got the most votes out of 112 entries and won top honors as well as a pair of tickets for the River Rose Mother’s Day Cruise on the Hudson and a Mother’s Day photo keepsake from Plastic Craft.“I’m so excited,” exclaimed Aida Ramirez when she learned they’d won. “It’s so funny because [...]

It was high noon and there was not a cloud in the sky. In fact, there was nothing in the wide swatch of blue over Skydive the Ranch, a hot spot for the eponymous sport, in pastoral Dutchess County.The crowd, however, was looking for something. Had been for the last 10 minutes. Squinting, doing 360s, cell phone cameras poised.Then someone caught the glint of white — the small plane. Seconds later, specks of color emerged in its wake. Skydivers, taking a leap not only [...]

Francois Barcomb, a New Paltz resident and high school physics teacher, won his first round on “Jeopardy!” Wednesday during the Teachers Tournament and advanced to the semifinals. The three-game semifinals air Monday through Wednesday — Barcomb's round, already taped, will be shown Tuesday. “Jeopardy!” airs at 7 p.m. weekdays on WABC-7.Barcomb was in the lead as the game went to Final Jeopardy. Though none of the contestants had the correct [...]

MONTGOMERY — The Friends of the Orange County Arboretum annual plant sale will be from 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m. May 11, May 18, May 25 and  June 15 - cash or check only. The Arboretum is in Thomas Bull Memorial Park, 41 Grove St. off Route 416 in Montgomery.The proceeds from the plant sale support the Arboretum. The new greenhouse was made possible through donations and support of the annual plant sale, holiday boutique, and children's programs at the Arboretum.All of the [...]

BLOOMINGBURG - A sure sign of warmer weather is the Fifth Annual Spring Fling – "Hats Off to the Ladies,” celebrated and hosted by the Democratic Women of Sullivan County.This year’s celebration will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. May 19 at the Eagles Nest in Bloomingburg.The Democratic Women of Sullivan County will pay tribute to this year’s honorees: State Sen. Jen Metzger, Town of Mamakating Judge Cynthia Dolan, and Deputy Director of Sullivan [...]

Eitz Chaim Sisterhood "Volunteers of the Year" will be honored by Congregation Eitz Chaim at the 43rd Federation Annual Meeting at 10 a.m. May 19 at Temple Sinai in Middletown. [Photo by Judy Ronay]

FALLSBURG — Fallsburg School Superintendent Dr. Ivan Katz and technology teacher Donald Thomas earned awards from the Mid-Hudson School Study Council at its annual dinner meeting on May 2. In partnership with the council are New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal; Keystone Associates, LLC; ECG Engineering, P.C.; and Quality Bus Service, LLC.Dr. Katz received one of the three Educational Leadership Awards. Thomas earned a Teaching Excellence Award. Candidates are nominated by [...]