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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African-Americans and a time for recognizing African Americans in U.S. history.If your nonprofit organization is holding a Black History Month event and would like to be included in the Black History Month Happenings list, email information to dkessler@th-record.com or mail information to Donna Kessler, Black History Month, c/o Times Herald-Record, P.O. Box 2046, Middletown 10940. 

MIDDLETOWN — The 2019 concert programming at SUNY Orange will open at 3 p.m. Jan. 27 with the American String Quartet in concert with pianist Vadim Serebryany and selections by Ravel, Dvorak, and Tsontakis.Works by this mix of composers includes a quartet, a quintet, and solo piano pieces that demonstrate the versatility and virtuosity of the musicians.This year is the 45th anniversary of the American String Quartet.The chamber music performance will be in the [...]

Local school delays due to today's snow storm

TodaySnow likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.TonightPartly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind 3 to 5 mph.SaturdayA 40 percent chance of snow after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. [...]

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the State Emergency Response Operations Center has been activated in preparation for back-to-back storms expected to drop 1 to 2 feet of snow across upstate New York.The Democrat says that the state has more than 2,000 plows and other vehicles and 430,000 tons of salt on hand to deal with a storm expected to hit the region late Thursday, followed by a more severe one starting Saturday and lasting into Sunday.The first storm is [...]

A winter storm that contributed to at least five deaths in the Midwest pummeled the mid-Atlantic region for a second day Sunday, bringing with it an icy mix that knocked out power, cancelled flights and contributed to hundreds of car accidents.Virginia State Police said the driver of a military surplus vehicle was killed late Saturday after he lost control on Interstate 81 because of slick road conditions.Police said Ronald W. Harris, 73, of Gainesville, Georgia, died [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed an advocacy group's lawsuit over a New York state lawmaker's attempt to shield ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools from oversight.U.S. District Judge Leo Glasser ruled late Wednesday that the group Young Advocates for Fair Education, or YAFFED lacks standing to sue over the so-called Felder amendment.The group sued Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state education officials in July 2018 over State Sen. Simcha Felder's [...]

GLOVERSVILLE — A good Samaritan who found $8,000 on the side of the road has returned it to a woman whose husband died in a stretch limousine crash in upstate New York.Terry Brubaker says she was driving through Gloversville Monday when she saw money floating through the air.Brubaker stopped to collect it, and then turned it in at the Fulton County Sheriff's Office just as Kim Steenburg was filing a report about the missing money.Steenburg says she [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak is modifying service in the Northeast and Midwest because of winter storms moving through the region.The Capitol Limited, from Chicago to Washington, and the Lake Shoe Limited, from Chicago to New York, are canceled on Saturday.On Sunday, five Acela trains and six Northeast Regional trains will not operate between New York and Boston. Six Keystone trains are canceled between New York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Two Pennsylvanian trains [...]

ALBANY — New Yorkers are preparing for a weekend storm that could bring anywhere from 8 to 20 inches of snow in upstate areas and grind travel to a halt.Winter storm warnings have been issued from Saturday afternoon through Sunday for much of upstate.In Schuylerville, north of Albany, the impending storm has even caused the postponement of Sunday's Winterfest.Forecasters say the New York City metropolitan area will get much less snow and sleet — 3 [...]