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Taking aim at incendiary racial appeals by Trump, Biden said in an interview with a small group of reporters that a president's words can "appeal to the worst damn instincts of human nature," just as they can move markets or take a nation into war.

TUXEDO - Town Supervisor Michael Rost is still in the hospital following a car crash last week that led to his arrest, according to state police.Trooper Steven Nevel, spokesman for state police, said on Tuesday that Rost has non-life-threatening injuries and when he is released from the hospital, he will be processed, fingerprinted, photographed and given a court date, for a charge of first-offense driving while intoxicated.Rost drove off the road Thursday evening, lost [...]

MONTICELLO - A Monticello woman has been charged with assaulting her 5-month-old daughter, who had to be flown to a hospital for her injuries, according to police.Monticello officers responded shortly before 11:20 p.m. Monday to a 911 report of an infant who had been assaulted by Christina M. Petrocelli, according to a news release from police Lt. Mark Johnstone on Tuesday.A witness told police that Petrocelli, 31, struck and tossed her daughter, which caused swelling [...]

Experts say the $572 million judgment issued Monday against consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson could pay for a year's worth of statewide drug-treatment efforts.

LIVINGSTON MANOR — No cares or concerns. Just sunlight and love. That’s what Dette Flies’ fishing guide Michael Conecni feels when he’s catching Catskills trout.The fishing supply store is just one stop on Catskill Mountainkeeper’s new self-guided audio tour - Gateway to the Catskills: Livingston Manor, Roscoe and more! - included on the TravelStorysGPS cell phone app. It's downloadable through the Apple iTunes and the Google Play stores. [...]

Volunteers removed close to five and a half tons of trash during Kittatinny Canoes' 30th annual “On and Under the Delaware River Clean Up.”The cleanup took place July 15 and 16, but organizers only recently calculated the amount of trash collected.“We’re still pulling staggering amounts of trash out of the Delaware River, and I'm sure if we stopped doing it, I’m sure it would only take several years before it would really start to pile up [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — A Newburgh principal has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the school district, school board, teachers' union and several top administrators that include the superintendent, deputy superintendent and an assistant superintendent.Balmville Elementary School Principal Lisa Buon, who was the principal at South Middle School until this summer, filed the suit on July 19 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Notices [...]

New Hampton Fire Department has a team in the The Orange County Emergency Services Softball League. The team finished with a 13-1 record and beat Pine Island Fire Department for the championship. The New Hampton Fire Department has had a team in the league for over a decade. This is their second championship win. The league is always looking for new competitors. Members must be in emergency services. If interested in adding a team toi the league call 642-6385. [Photo provided]

MONTICELLO — Monticello Central School District Board of Education President Lori Orestano-James led a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Aug. 16, to celebrate the ground breaking of the Classroom 2020 Phase I Capital Improvement Project, as construction began on the roofs of the district’s elementary schools. Members of the Board, district leaders and representatives from Clark Patterson Lee Architectural Firm (CPL) and LeChase Construction Management joined her at ceremony. [...]

TOWN OF LLOYD — Good news for Hudson Valley art lovers. For its September program, the Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society (TOLHPS) will bring back Dr. William Rhoads, professor emeritus of art history at SUNY New Paltz, for a presentation on Elverhoj (Danish for “hill of the elves”), an early 20th century arts and crafts colony in Milton. The program will be held on Sept. 9, beginning at 7 p.m., in the Vineyard Commons Theater at 300 Vineyard Avenue in [...]