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With many parts of the country in the throes of a housing affordability crisis, an Texas-based company says it might have part of the answer.Construction technologies firm Icon this week showed off its next generation 3D printer for homes, Vulcan II, at its warehouse in South Austin.“We have been hard at work developing the next generation of our technology and are thrilled to unveil the Vulcan II printer today and announce we will begin shipping them next month and [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH – A man wanted for murder in New Jersey was arrested at the Mullins Apartments complex on Tuesday.City police said they received a call at 9:50 a.m. stating that a man took a gun from a car and ran into one of the Mullins apartments on Walsh Road.Newburgh and New Windsor police and Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene and set up a perimeter around the apartment. A short time later, a woman and a child came out of the [...]

STEWART AIRPORT – Norwegian Air temporarily suspended operation of its 18 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft Tuesday.The action, coming after multiple European aviation authorities banned the aircraft from their airspace, resulted in the cancellation of Norwegian’s flight between New York Stewart International Airport and Dublin, Ireland – the only flight on its schedule Tuesday.The decision by Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway and other [...]

Mid-Hudson foreclosure rates have fallen significantly in recent years, reflecting a statewide residential real-estate recovery that’s moving the market closer to its prerecession health, a new state report shows.Pending residential real-estate foreclosures fell to 1,099 in Orange County in 2018, a 57 percent drop from the 2,551 in 2015. In Sullivan County, there was a 60 percent decrease to 268 from 667 in 2015, and in Ulster County a 58 percent drop to 487 from 1,167, [...]

MONTGOMERY — Residents spoke out Monday night against a plan to sell vehicles that insurance companies have declared a total loss from a site just off Route 17K.A farmer next door to the site called it “a junkyard.”The town Planning Board held the public hearing to determine the scope of the environmental impact statement the developers of the project, called BHT Montgomery, must compile.BHT wants to build an auto auction-style business, with a [...]

MIDDLETOWN — "I was upstairs and I heard somebody screaming," Jeanette Flores recalled Tuesday.The screaming came from a woman who had just found 26-year-old Sebastian Avilan-Medina on Monday in his apartment at 23 Knapp Ave., where he had been fatally shot.Police released Avilan’s name late Tuesday as the investigation into his death from apparent gunshot wound continued. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday evening. Police have said they believe Avilan [...]

NEW WINDSOR — A mid-Hudson philanthropic family launched a $500,000 Fund for Women and Children in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties on Tuesday to encourage innovative and transformative programs to help these populations overcome barriers to health and success.The Rowley Family Foundation is working with the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan and will award 20 to 25 grants this year, ranging from $15,000 to $50,000.“Women and children has always [...]

A second lawsuit has been filed to quash the state Education Department's new mandate that all private schools undergo reviews to ensure they are giving students the same level of instruction in core academic subjects as public schools.The case was filed in state Supreme Court in Albany on Thursday by Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools, or PEARLS, a Brooklyn-based organization created to defend the religion-focused schooling of New York's Orthodox yeshivas. [...]

GOSHEN — A Middletown man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to shooting another man during an August dispute on Monhagen Avenue in Middletown.Modesto Santiago, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, a felony, and admitted to shooting the 27-year-old victim about 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 30, using a .380-caliber pistol. The victim required hospitalization.Police arrested Santiago the day after the shooting.The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — The Newburgh school board on Tuesday night approved proposals for capital bond projects that call for $198 million in renovations and infrastructure upgrades at all school buildings, including building a new Career and Technical Education building, and $59 million for air quality improvements.The two propositions will be put to a public vote, along with the district’s 2019-2020 school year budget on May 21.School board members Andrew [...]