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WEST POINT — The 22-year-old cadet killed in a vehicle rollover during a summer training exercise was identified by the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as a standout wrestler who was studying law.Cadet Christopher J. Morgan of West Orange, New Jersey, died at the scene after a tactical vehicle carrying cadets overturned in wooded terrain Thursday morning. Nineteen cadets and two soldiers operating the vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries. All had been treated and [...]

GOSHEN - Legoland New York announced on Friday that it will officially close the community welcome center in downtown Goshen this weekend.Saturday will be the last day the center is open, the company said."We’ve made so many wonderful memories here," Phil Royle, Legoland New York’s Director of Development, said via a news release. "We’ve hosted countless community events including three Master Model Builder workshops, two Spring Break Scavenger Hunts, [...]

The Assembly is expected to approve a bill on Tuesday that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, a politically charged proposal that faces uncertain prospects in the Senate in the closing weeks of the 2019 legislative session. Democratic lawmakers and advocates argue the Green Light bill would improve road safety by getting undocumented […]

State lawmakers have passed a bill by Sen. James Skoufis that would re-establish a state agency that advocates on behalf of New Yorkers with physical disabilities – something that once existed in Albany but no longer does. The bill to create the Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities was approved on May 29 […]

NEW YORK CITY — Coach USA/Short Line and Resorts World Catskills announced this week that the bus company has started daily express service between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the casino resort in the Town of Thompson.Buses will leave the Midtown terminal every day at 10 a.m. for the two-hour trip to the casino. Return service will leave Resorts World at 4:30 p.m. but customers have the option of returning at another time from the Monticello bus terminal where [...]

Every night the curtains go up on Broadway, and audiences gasp.They gasp because of the magic, the illusion of elsewhere, before them. And they gasp, in many cases, because of the work of Joseph Blakely Forbes.Who?Joseph Forbes. The man behind the curtain. The scenic artist, founder and president of Scenic Art Studios, Inc., the Newburgh-based home of the premiere scene painting studio for Broadway. Since he started the company in 1994, they've painted backdrops, created [...]

The New York State Legislature has spent months wrestling over issues like the legalization of marijuana and rent regulations.But there do seem to be issues in which party lines fade and agreements made. To wit: cruelty and inhumane treatment of our companion animals.As the session heads to a close on June 19, legislators have moved on two issues in particular related to animals — groundbreaking legislation, too.On June 4, the Legislature passed a bill that [...]

WARWICK — St. Anthony Community Hospital announced plans to spend $10 million to upgrade the facility’s radiology department in a ceremonial brick wall smashing with hospital and community leaders on Friday.The hospital​ is part of Bon Secours Charity Health System, which itself is ​​​a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network​.Hospital brass​ promised the expansion will “significantly increase the [...]

“A Friend’s House” just moved into a bigger home.HONOR, a homeless shelter and outreach organization based in Middletown, moved its runaway youth shelter to 138 Seward Ave., a structure that originally housed the Rockland Psychiatric Center’s director.Antique, stained glass windows line the stairs of the home that was likely built in the 1920s, representatives said, and panes of glass cover the entire wall in the main room where the kids play and do [...]

NEWBURGH – James Finn Cotter of Newburgh, a professor at Mount Saint Mary College since 1963, led the procession of graduates at the 56th annual Commencement ceremony May 18, marking his 40th time at the helm.Cotter, the college’s longest serving professor, was once again Master of Ceremonies, just as he was for the Mount’s first graduation.As traditional bagpipe music filled the air, Cotter led 600 graduate candidates to the Dominican Center Field, where [...]