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CITY OF NEWBURGH — Mount Saint Mary College will host a free college affordability consultation event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the campus at 330 Powell Ave.The “Affording College: Where Do You Start?” event will take place in the School of Business, room 100 in Aquinas Hall.A variety of experts will be available for one-on-one college planning consultations. They will demystify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form and college [...]

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney warned Monday that funding for four capital projects at the U.S. Military Academy could be at risk if President Donald Trump declares an emergency and orders the military to build the Mexican border wall that he’s been trying to get Congress to fund.Maloney, a Cold Spring Democrat who represents West Point and serves on its board of visitors, said an emergency declaration would allow the president to tap the military construction budget, which includes [...]

TOWN OF GARDINER — A hamlet of Wallkill man was charged with a felony after a traffic stop Thursday in Gardiner.William R. Montanye, 31, was charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a felony, in addition to a misdemeanor charge and two traffic infractions, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.Police stopped Montanye about 6:30 a.m. Thursday in Gardiner for driving with a revoked license and an expired inspection, [...]

TOWN OF ULSTER — A Shandaken man is facing felony weapons charges after a traffic stop Tuesday on Route 28.Sheriff's deputies stopped Jona T. Knox, 37, for a traffic infraction while traveling on Route 28 about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to information from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office posted to social media Friday.An investigation found that Knox had a suspended driver's license and illegally possessed brass knuckles.Knox was charged with [...]

KINGSTON — Police say a 33-year-old man, who was homeless and living in the Bronx, has been charged in connection to a number of burglaries in Kingston.Andres J. Robles, 33, was charged Friday with second-degree escape and third-degree burglary, felonies.Robles was wanted for escaping police after several burglaries in Kingston, according to a news release posted to social media by Kingston police.The Kingston Police Department's Detective Division [...]

Mara Flood and her 18-year-old daughter, Rebecca, have shown their dogs more than 500 times throughout the years, but Westminster is different."It’s the Super Bowl of dog shows," says Mara Flood of Goshen. "To even compete there is so exciting."But don’t let the dogs know that. "We have to treat it like any dog show," says Mara. "Dogs know when something is up and we don’t want to make them nervous."Two of the Floods’ smooth collies, [...]

Is the best milk chocolate on Earth in the mid-Hudson? So said the elite International Chocolate Awards’ judges in 2017 about the Marañón Canyon milk chocolate bar made by Fruition Chocolates in Ulster County.The tiny Shokan and Woodstock firm, which sourced ingredients from Peru’s Marañón Canyon, is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker. It's the rare company to manufacture raw chocolate, as opposed to chocolatiers, who buy, melt and mix chocolate [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — A man was found dead in his apartment on Farrington Street during a two-alarm fire that happened late Friday night, said Terry Ahlers, Newburgh's acting fire chief.It's the first time the department has discovered a dead body during a fire since 2013, Ahlers said, noting that an autopsy will determine the man's official cause of death.Ahlers said it appears the man lived alone. There were no reports of additional injuries to civilians or [...]

Orange County Democratic Women will hold a panel discussion in Chester this Sunday on increasing acts of anti-Semitism and racism in Orange County.Speakers include state Sen. Jen Metzger, D-Rosendale; civil-rights attorney Michael Sussman; Rabbi Rachel Rubenstein, the executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County; and Gabe Girault, a high school student. The moderator will be Virginia Scott, vice president of Orange County Democratic Women.The [...]

MIDDLETOWN - Officials said 29 people, one of them a Middletown fire lieutenant and two of them volunteer firefighters, have been charged in connection with drug rings that trafficked fentanyl and cocaine in Orange County.Officials said on Tuesday that fire Lt. Paul G. Smith used Middletown’s Central Firehouse for drug sales and to hold conspiracy-related meetings.Prosecutors said one ring sold counterfeit oxycodone pills that were actually made from fentanyl. The [...]