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The only two men to run one of Orange County’s largest towns for the last 32 years are set to square off again this year, for the first time since George Green unseated George Meyers as New Windsor supervisor in 2005. Both Georges filed Republican petitions for supervisor this week, setting the stage for a […]

HIGHLAND – A 79-year-old Milton man died in a crash on Route 9W Friday morning.Town of Lloyd police said the man, whose name was not released pending notification of next of kin, was driving north on 9W in a 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the southbound lane and crashed into a vacant building.The man was extricated by members of the Highland Fire Department and then taken by Mobile Life Support Services to Mid-Hudson [...]

The matchup for two elections for Ulster County executive was set this week with Democrat Pat Ryan and Conservative Jack Hayes filing petitions for the November general election and no other candidates joining the race to force primaries. Ryan and Hayes already had been nominated by Ulster’s Democratic and Republican committees to run in an […]

GOSHEN — A grand jury has handed up three indictments, separate but interrelated, against a former City of Middletown Fire Department lieutenant, a former Mechanicstown firefighter and 17 others in what officials say was a pair of drug rings, one that sold cocaine and the other that sold pills made from fentanyl.The indictments are the product of Operation Bread, White and Blues, which prosecutors said came from the groups referring to the money as bread, the cocaine as [...]

State Sen. Jen Metzger, a five-time victim of Lyme disease, vowed to pursue other funding opportunities to combat tick-borne illnesses after the Senate's request for $1 million for prevention and treatment failed to make it into the state budget completed on Monday."Lyme disease is a terrible fact of life for anyone who spends time outdoors in the Hudson Valley and Catskills," Metzger, a Rosendale Democrat, said in a statement. "Farmers and farm workers are particularly at [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — Local state lawmakers are pressuring the state to address the alteration of grades and attendance records in the Newburgh school district.A grand jury report released Thursday by the Orange County District Attorney's Office contains findings that indicate school staff tampered with athletes' attendance records and grades for years.The report did not find criminal wrongdoing by the school district. District Attorney David Hoovler said the report [...]

BLOOMING GROVE — After nearly four decades with the Blooming Grove Police Department, the last 24 in the top job, Chief Carl Schupp announced his retirement — and then quickly took it.His last day was Wednesday.Town officials knew he was planning to retire — town Supervisor Robert C. Jeroloman said Schupp had told him six months ago he would stay until the end of 2019.  But after talking with State Police Retirement System advisers, [...]

A witness in an Orange County Court grand jury report says that hundreds of Newburgh Free Academy student-athletes have been allowed to compete in sports and extracurricular activities for years despite not adhering to the school district’s academic and attendance policy.A Newburgh school district policy that dates back to June 2015, titled “Eligibility for Student Athletic and Extracurricular Activity Participation,” requires student-athletes to “maintain [...]

GARDINER - The Gardiner Library will host another meeting of the new ukulele club, the Ukuleleans, led by Jeff Pfeffer, from 7-9 p.m. April 10.This free, monthly club is for ukulele players of all ages, from beginner to experienced. Jeff Pfeffer has been playing the ukulele for over 20 years, giving lessons to beginners along the way. He has performed locally in nursing homes and hospitals, as well as open mics and other venues. He particularly enjoys Tin Pan Alley songs, [...]

NEW YORK — The 150-year-old heart of a French priest is on a U.S. tour — a Roman Catholic relic with New York City as its latest stop.It was on display Saturday at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, where both the faithful and the curious lined up to see the human organ behind glass. The Knights of Columbus fraternity is sponsoring the pilgrimage of this heart, which has been to 28 states so far, with more coming up.Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of [...]