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COBLESKILL — The State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill says it will be the first college to offer a bachelor's degree in dog training and handling.SUNY Cobleskill announced it would expand its existing canine curriculum into a dedicated bachelor's degree program earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reports students must complete 120 credits in classes like "Canine Aggression" and "Therapy Dog Teams," in addition to fulfilling [...]

ALBANY— Twelve protesters have been arrested at the New York state Capitol while holding a vigil seeking more financial resources for programs to help the homeless.The individuals were briefly detained late Tuesday after they refused to leave the Capitol when it closed for the day. They included homeless and formerly homeless people as well as advocates pushing for more funding.They had hoped to hold a 24-hour vigil but instead left and returned on Wednesday. [...]

LOCH SHELDRAKE - SUNY Sullivan announced Tuesday it is one of 48 colleges and universities that received a grant to adopt policy to make its campus tobacco-free.The police will prohibit the use of all forms of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, small cigars, pipes, hookah, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes and smokeless products."We are truly excited to make SUNY Sullivan a safe, healthy and productive environment through this grant funding," President Jay [...]

Democratic Ulster County executive candidate Pat Ryan announced his support for marijuana legalization in New York and for welcoming pot businesses in Ulster, which like other New York counties would have the ability to ban pot stores and farms under an “opt-out” clause in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legalization proposal. “I believe this represents a tremendous [...]

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ALBANY— New York state is offering new licenses to operate farms for the production of mead, an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey with water.Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that applications for operating farm meaderies are now being accepted. The Democrat says the move builds on New York's standing as the nation's leading craft beverage state and the top honey producer in the Northeast.Cuomo signed legislation in December that authorizes the [...]

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is urging the Pentagon to reveal which military construction plans will be stalled to siphon funds for a Mexican border wall, hoping to clarify the fate of the $252 million Congress allocated for four West Point projects that are now vulnerable. In a letter released Wednesday, the Cold Spring Democrat thanked [...]

LIBERTY - A Monticello man was charged with making a bomb threat to the Sullivan County Department of Community Services in Liberty on Wednesday.The department received the threat over the phone about 10:12 a.m., according to a news release from Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty.Sullivan County Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene and searched the area, but did not find anything, Chaboty said.Deputies traced the phone call to a suspect in [...]

MAYBROOK – Maybrook is one of three villages statewide found to be in fiscal stress in the latest report from Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.Maybrook was listed as being in moderate fiscal stress, along with the villages of Valley Stream and Island Park, both on Long Island, and the city of Yonkers. The cities of Long Beach, on Long Island, and Amsterdam in upstate Montgomery County, are in significant fiscal stress, DiNapoli said.The comptroller evaluated 526 [...]

TOWN OF DEERPARK - Deerpark town police have charged a registered sex offender with failing to notify police that she had moved to Port Jervis.Police said Marjorie Felter, 45, a level two sex offender considered at moderate risk to reoffend, had been living in the town until October, when she moved in with relatives in Port Jervis. One of the registry conditions is that offenders notify police within 10 days or any address change.Police said Felter failed to do so, and [...]