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ALBANY — The state is advertising for consultants to conduct an eagerly awaited new study of traffic conditions on Route 17 and recommend potential solutions for alleviating congestion on the four-lane gateway to Orange and Sullivan counties.Prospective consultants have until Wednesday to respond to the Department of Transportation’s request for expressions of interest. The DOT anticipates having a consultant in place by Oct. 1 for what will be an 18-month study. [...]

NEW WINDSOR — A Zoning Board of Appeals interpretation of a word in the town zoning code has encouraged residents opposing the construction of four warehouses in the midst of their homes.The ZBA was asked for the interpretation by the town Planning Board, after some residents questioned whether the code was being applied properly to the project.Former planning board member Henry Van Leeuwen wants to build four warehouses of various sizes, with a total area of just [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — Karen Csisack will need a new plan to transport her daughter, Kate, home from school in Poughkeepsie if voters reject a busing proposition in Newburgh critical to students attending private schools outside the area.But the Csisacks consider themselves lucky because they have an alternate plan, like carpooling. Many other families don't have an option, they said.Voters on Tuesday will consider Proposition 3, which asks if the Newburgh school [...]

U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Shelley Moore Capito introduced a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would require the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set an enforceable standard for levels of toxic PFAS chemicals found in public water systems.Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, and Capito, a West Virginia Republican, announced the legislation with members of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee.The legislation targets per- and polyfluoralkyl substances, [...]

GREENWOOD LAKE — On Friday, the lights, cameras and action will be ready, the scene set for Take 3 of the Hoboken International Film Festival, on location in this picturesque village by the lake.And from the opening night celebration's private event and movies at Thomas Morahan Waterfront Park, through the gala awards ceremony May 23, filmgoers can dive into a feast of 150 non-studio films, TV pilots, premieres and screenplays from the U.S. and 25 other countries. [...]

GOSHEN – Orange County’s Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation is celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week this week with a variety of activities.Established by the American Health Care Association in 1967, National Skilled Nursing Care Week, formerly known as National Nursing Home Week, recognizes the role of skilled nursing care centers in administering to America’s senior citizens and individuals with disabilities.Valley View [...]

NEW YORK — Mike Maccagnan helped lead the Jets' coaching search this offseason, spent big money in free agency and oversaw the team's draft.Now, stunningly, he's out as New York's general manager.Team chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson announced the decision to fire Maccagnan in a statement posted Wednesday on the team's Twitter account."It was a decision that evolved," Johnson said during a conference call a few hours after the announcement. "And it [...]

PORT JERVIS – Counselors from SUNY Orange’s Admissions Office will host an Admissions Open House from 6-8 p.m. May 22 at the college’s Sarfatti Education Center at 150 Pike St. in Port Jervis.The evening program will include three concurrent one-hour workshops on admissions, continuing education and financial aid from 6-7 p.m., and again from 7-8 p.m. Also from 7-8 p.m., admissions counselors will hold an onsite decision program. Prospective students are [...]

GOSHEN — As part of community outreach to veterans, students at John S. Burke Catholic High School penned letters to those who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Cold War.In a '"mail call," the school planned to distribute those letters to veterans who were going on Saturday’s Hudson Valley Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C.The Honor Flight program takes the veterans on an all-expenses-paid day-long trip to visit the country’s war [...]

A new bill by state Sen. Jen Metzger would put a moratorium on state permits for gas-fired power plants, oil pipelines and other fossil-fuel infrastructure until the state has plotted a course to using only renewable energy sources by 2030 if possible or by 2040 at the latest.Metzger, a Rosendale Democrat who led the nonprofit Citizens for Local Power before being elected to the Senate in November, held a press conference in Albany on Monday with the bill’s Assembly sponsor, [...]