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MONTICELLO - A Sullivan County man on parole was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in state prison for possession of an illegal handgun.Victor Medina, 44, of Monticello, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, and admitted to possessing a loaded .25 caliber handgun in a car that was stopped by state police on Route 17 in February last year, according to a news release from Sullivan County District Attorney James Farrell.His sentence [...]

Newly created county boards could limit apartment rent increases in upstate municipalities like the City of Newburgh under a state law set to be approved this week.One part of an extensive revision of rent regulations finalized by lawmakers on Tuesday was a statewide extension of rent-stabilization rules long in effect in New York City and in municipalities in the suburban counties of Rockland, Westchester and Nassau that chose to participate. The new law would grant that same option [...]

MIDDLETOWN — Graffiti artists are running amok — or, rather, "Emok" — in Middletown.Middletown police have seen the tag "Emok" pop up on buildings around the city during the last year, Lt. Jeffry Thoelen said. They're now asking the public for help in finding those responsible for the vandalism.The tag has been spotted in Fancher-Davidge Park and on the old Rockland Psychiatric Hospital site grounds, Thoelen said."Pretty much anywhere [...]

Coach USA, the parent company of Short Line and other bus operations throughout the country, has been sold to a Los Angeles, Calif.-based private equity firm.The transaction, which closed last month after winning the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s approval, is not expected to result in any immediate changes to bus services — or to management, staff and facilities.“Nothing has changed, except the ownership,’’ said Sean Hughes, a Coach [...]

MONTGOMERY — Two citizen activists and a former Town of Montgomery supervisor are accusing Village of Montgomery Mayor Steve Brescia of "silencing" and "bullying" them at a recent public meeting about Medline’s giant warehouse plan for the town.Medline, a medical supply maker, has proposed the 1.3-million-square-foot, $111 million distribution center on a 118-acre site on a former portion of Aden Brook Farm on Route 416 in the Town of Montgomery.The [...]

ROCK HILL — Juan Rivenburg had one goal while sitting front row at Sullivan County's annual real estate tax foreclosure auction Wednesday morning."I'm just trying to find a house," he said.He's attended the auction for the past few years with the hopes of buying his own home to live in with his mother.Currently they rent in Fallsburg.The cost of buying a house on the real estate market is too high for Rivenburg and he hoped to save money by getting one [...]

NEW WINDSOR — Only two of five seats are filled on the New Windsor Ethics Board, 15 months after the Town Board said it was reviving the inactive panel.The Times Herald-Record was unable to learn Wednesday if more seats might be filled any time soon.The Ethics Board page on the town’s website includes three short sentences describing the board. Two of those appear to have been posted just after the Town Board acted to revive the Ethics Board on March 14, 2018. [...]

WARWICK – St. Anthony Community Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), recently held its second annual Girls’ Night Out fundraising event. Nearly 250 local women, healthcare staff and friends of St. Anthony Community Hospital came together at the Red Tail Lodge at Mountain Creek in Vernon, N.J., to support the hospital’s women’s health services. More than $30,000 was raised during the event.Keynote speaker Patricia [...]

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled two public hearings at Middletown High School next month on Competitive Power Ventures' application for a new air-pollution permit for its power plant in Wawayanda.Administrative Law Judge Molly McBride will preside over the two sessions at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on July 17. The high school is located at 30 Gardner Avenue Extension.The five-year air permit that CPV originally got for its planned Valley Energy [...]

MARBLETOWN - State police are investigating a crash that involved two Ulster County Sheriff vehicles and injured three people Tuesday morning.An unmarked Ulster County Sheriff vehicle driven by Deputy Sheriff Robert Shamro stopped another car for violations about 11 a.m. on Lucas Avenue in the Town of Marbletown and had the driver get out of the vehicle for an interview, according to a news release from state police.Corrections Officer James Wenzel was driving a marked [...]