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BOICEVILLE — Onteora Middle School student Thea Millenson-Wilens has been recognized as a winner in the New York State Letters About Literature competition. Thea’s letter to author Gayle Forman won in the Level 2 (grades 7-8) category.As a state-level winner, Thea will go on to compete in the national Letters About Literature contest that is sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.In an email announcing Thea’s award, New York State [...]

Many towns and villages in our area provided musical entertainment in an outdoor setting. If you are one of these towns or villages, email all the information about the entertainment to Donna Kessler, Outdoor Concerts, Times Herald-Record, P.O. box 2046, Middletown 10940. Middletown: Run 4 Downtown Park Summer Series, Run 4 Downtown Park, 9-15 North St., adjacent to something sweet restaurant, Middletown, 6-8 p.m.• May 23 - Jeff [...]

On May 4, members of American Legion Post 151 at 185 Wawayanda Avenue in Middletown, joined together with the members of the Ladies Auxiliary of 151, Squadron 151, Unit 151, Sons of the American Legion, Legion Riders 151 and the ROTC from Middletown High School, for an historic group photo taken by E.B.E.A Photography of Middletown. Post 151 is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the American Legion along with all other American Legions in the United States. After the photo was taken, all [...]

MARBLETOWN – As the saying goes, time marches on. However, progress often means bulldozing valuable history. The preservation of civic landmarks requires constant vigilance. That principle comes to mind on the occasions when shortsighted politicians, working with developers, allow the destruction of a beloved architectural marvel. One of the saddest examples of a local loss was the majestic 20th century circular post office on Broadway in Kingston. It happened in an era when [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A dispute over the future of the Woodstock 50 festival has spiraled into a court fight, with organizers suing and at least temporarily silencing a former investor that sought to call off the anniversary show.Woodstock 50 organizers are accusing ex-partner Dentsu Aegis Network of verbally and financially sabotaging the big-name event that organizers insist will still unfold Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York.Denstu Aegis, meanwhile, has pulled out [...]

KINGSTON - An appeals court has affirmed the December 2016 murder conviction of Nicholas Pascarella Jr. in the slaying of his father.Pascarella Jr., now 44, fatally bludgeoned his father, 66-year-old Nicholas Pascarella Sr., in the driveway of the family home, striking him repeatedly as his father begged for his life and his mother watched in horror from her bedroom window, said Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright.Pascarella Jr.'s defense at trial was that [...]

For most people, the daily morning commute probably doesn’t involve a a 540-pound alligator. But that’s exactly what some residents of one Texas neighborhood saw on Wednesday.According to TV station KTRK, the Houston Police Department responded to a 9-foot alligator on a street in Clear Lake at around 5:30 a.m. The gator moved from a local [...]

HAMLET OF WALLKILL – One firefighter suffered minor injuries and seven tenants were displaced Thursday night by a fire that ripped through the former home of the Countryside Cafe on Wallkill Avenue.The building had two apartments, one in the rear and one on the second floor.Wallkill fire Chief Nick Walker said the first alarm was sounded around 8:15 p.m."There was heavy fire in the rear when I arrived," Walker said Friday.Initial reports that [...]

ALBANY — A New Paltz man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting four children, according to federal prosecutors.Cammron Robinson, 24, pleaded guilty in December in Albany federal court to four counts of sexual exploitation of children. Prosecutors say that, from 2015-2017, Robinson targeted boys he met online while playing Playstation 4 games, and convinced them to give him personal information so he could speak to them directly via electronic [...]

A deer leaped through a window at a Worcester, Mass., high school Friday afternoon, creating a stir as student let out for the day.The deer, one of three seen earlier on the grounds of Doherty Memorial High School, was contained to an office area. It broke at least two of its legs after jumping into the school’s main office window, according to Lt. Sean Murtha, a police department spokesman.It was suffering, and animal control removed the deer from the building and [...]