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CORNWALL — The Town Board approved nine resolutions totaling $1.39 million worth of bond funding at a special meeting Wednesday night.Supervisor Richard Randazzo said about half of the money will pay the town’s upfront costs for several projects for which the town was awarded state grants.The town must spend the money first, and will be reimbursed by the grant funding.Those include grants state Sen. James Skoufis obtained last year while still an [...]

THOMPSON — The $180 million-plus Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark project is on track for a March 28 soft opening, its developer and new management team said.Guests can begin staying at the water park's hotel on April 4, with a grand opening set for the next day. The Town of Thompson water park’s supporters, builder and operator expect it will be a linchpin of Sullivan County tourism."It’s the next generation of indoor family water parks," [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — The Newburgh City Council on Monday accepted a $200,000 grant to fund resources for code enforcement targeting zombie or vacant properties in the city.The grant is part of a second round of funding through the state Attorney General's Office's Local Initiatives Support Corporation.City Building Inspector Bill Horton said the grant will allow his department to extend the Neighborhood Stabilization Coordinator position for two years. [...]

Representatives of Kiryas Joel's kosher poultry plant met with state and Orange County officials this week to try to resolve a three-way dispute over Ramapo River contamination that county officials blame largely on the tons of salt that KJ Poultry discharges in its wastewater each day.At issue is the state Department of Environmental Conservation's plan to tighten restrictions on the county's sewage treatment plant in Harriman to try to lower the Ramapo's [...]

CIRCLEVILLE — At the southern border of Orange County’s Town of Mount Hope is the small hamlet of Finchville.Stephen Skye, historian of the Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation, will present a lecture at the Town of Wallkill Historical Association meeting at 2 p.m. on March 9 at the Circleville Evangelical Presbyterian Church at 890 Goshen Turnpike in Circleville. Skye will talk about how two boys born in the hamlet played important roles in American history. [...]

LIBERTY — The Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District is having its annual spring tree and shrub program.Landowners can choose from a wide variety of deciduous and conifer trees and shrubs and specialized packets such as nut tree, flowering tree and shrub, wildflower, butterfly and perennials. A range of quantities is also offered at reduced costs to promote conservation plantings.Other items available through the program are fruit trees and wildlife [...]

MIDDLETOWN – SUNY Orange will celebrate the outstanding achievements of 635 local students attending Orange County schools when the College hosts its 29th Sojourner Truth Awards Program at 6 p.m., March 8 in the Edward A. Diana Physical Education Building on the Middletown campus.The Sojourner Truth Awards Program honors students from grades 6-12 who have excelled in areas such as athletics, citizenship, creative arts, diversity, English language arts, foreign languages, [...]

GOSHEN — Glen Arden Retirement Community in Goshen regales it’s audience once again with a unique and original historical re-enactment performance.Sulekha Zaug, Director of Recreation, started this new initiative as a way to educate and entertain residents based on their interests. She writes up historically accurate scripts, adds flair, humor, and action and alongside friend and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery tour guide Roseanne Mytych; act out moments in history.The [...]

NEW YORK (Tribune News Service) - Her boyfriend warned Caitlyn O'Rourke to stay away, and now the SUNY New Paltz senior wishes she had listened to him."It was like a nightmare," the 21-year-old told the Daily News in an exclusive interview on Thursday. "Like in a movie."Wearing a beige Rikers Island jumpsuit, she recounted how she cut class on Jan. 31 and went to visit Jared Eng in Manhattan.By then, Eng's mother Paula Chin was dead - with her son identified [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH - A student was charged with felony assault after body-slamming a teacher Thursday afternoon in a cafeteria at Newburgh Free Academy's Main campus, police said.The teacher was sent to St. Luke’s Cornwall hospital for treatment to injuries sustained during the incident, Newburgh police said in a news release Friday morning. The teacher's condition was unknown as of late-afternoon Friday, according to police.Terrance Melvin, 17, of the City of [...]