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CITY OF NEWBURGH — A grand reopening ceremony is being planned for next month for the Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site.After a ribbon-cutting on April 27, the public will have its first chance in nearly 70 years to climb the tower to its newly-restored belvedere and take in spectacular views of the Hudson River and the Highlands.The tower was built between 1883 and 1887 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the peaceful end [...]

NEW YORK — A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday in the shooting death of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family, New York City police said.Anthony Comello was arrested in New Jersey in the death of Francesco Cali on Wednesday in front of his Staten Island home, said Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, who stressed that the investigation is in its early stages."There are multiple, multiple [...]

WESTTOWN — A new crop sprouted from fallow fields on both sides of County Route 1 over eight months last year: some 16,000 silicon solar panels, laid out in row upon row in the heart of what once was a prime dairy farming area.Today, those panels are catching the sun's rays to produce 5.29 megawatts of electricity, enough to power the homes of 800 Orange and Rockland customers who subscribed to Clearway Community Solar — the company that built [...]

GOSHEN – Students from eight school districts recently attended the Orange-Ulster BOCES Chinese New Year celebration held at the Carl P. Onken Conference Center. The annual learning event is part of the OU BOCES Mandarin Chinese Language Program, which teaches students in grades 7-12 to listen, speak, read and write in Mandarin Chinese and allows for the exploration of Chinese culture.Students from participating districts (Brewster, Bronxville, Chester, Highland Falls-Fort [...]

GRAHAMSVILLE — "Gravestone and Cemetery Care," an instructional program by Marianne Greenfield of Gravestone Cleaning Service, Delhi, will be held March 24 at 1 p.m. at the Time and the Valleys Museum on Route 55 in Grahamsville.Various aspects of gravestone and cemetery conservation, restoration and preservation topics will be covered, including information from the state Division of Cemeteries regarding the rules and regulations governing most cemeteries. Information on Town [...]

CORNWALL – The Cornwall Public Library will host a lecture, “Deborah Sampson: Revolutionary War Soldier,” at 6:30 p.m. March 21 at 395 Hudson St.Kathleen Christensen, Cornwall-on-Hudson’s village historian, will present the lecture.Deborah Sampson was a young woman full of wanderlust, who sought great adventure. She defied the gender restrictions of her era by serving in the Continental Army. Sampson fought in Tarrytown, and encamped with Gen. George [...]

ALBANY — The most distinguishing feature of Jamie Adams' new ale isn't its hoppy bite but its compelling backstory — brewed from yeast in bottles of beer that went down on a doomed steamship and languished on the ocean floor for 131 years.Some who lined up to sample a swig of the new Deep Ascent ale at a craft beer festival last weekend say it provided a refreshing taste of another era."Just the concept that they could bring a beer bottle up from the bottom [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can stay out of prison while his public corruption conviction is appealed, a court said Thursday.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one-page order extending bail, a day after a three-judge panel, hearing oral arguments, seemed skeptical of aspects of the government's case against him.Without the order, Silver would have been required to report to prison next week to begin serving a seven- [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Insider testimony, emails and other evidence show President Donald Trump turned his charitable foundation into a wing of his White House campaign, New York's attorney general said in a new court filing Thursday.State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, detailed her case against the foundation in a 37-page court filing in a lawsuit that seeks $2.8 million in restitution and an order banning Trump and his three eldest children from running any New York [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York has increased security at mosques and other houses of worship as a precaution.Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that state police have stepped up their patrols statewide.He calls the shootings at mosques in New Zealand a "disgusting act of bigoted violence."Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City also is providing extra security for Muslim community centers and mosques.De Blasio says he wants the [...]