POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino has responded to the legislature’s recent vote to curtail the DA’s and sheriff’s law enforcement efforts. The county legislature passed a resolution Tuesday requiring that existing Flock License Plate Readers (LPRs) be covered or otherwise made unavailable for use throughout the county until they are removed. Dutchess County […]
TOWN OF DEERPARK – A 65-year-old man whose address is listed as Route 209 in the Town of Deerpark, was rescued this (Thursday) afternoon by high angle rescue responders from Orange County and Sullivan Counties (NY) and Pike County, PA. The man was conscious and alert, but reported to have possible internal injuries, after intentionally […]
ALBANY – State Assemblyman Brian Maher (R, C, Walden), a Navy reservist who recently returned from a deployment, said he was pleased that President Trump nixed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plan to live-stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood mass killings.Maher reflected on his […]
GOSHEN – Lt. General James Bartholomees III joined Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus Thursday night for his first public appearance since being named the superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point. His appearance is part of the county’s ongoing Leadership Speaker Series that Neuhaus began earlier this year and hosted at the county’s […]
KINGSTON – With less than three days left before election day on November 3, election officials are finalizing preparations for voters. Ashley Torres, Ulster County’s Democratic Elections Commissioner, told county legislators on Thursday that poll security is a top priority. “We work with the sheriff’s department, we work with emergency management,” she said. “We create […]
KINGSTON – Ulster County is expanding its regional advanced life support ambulance service to include additional communities. County EMS Coordinator Richard Miller told the county legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Thursday that the system is working well. “That is something that did not exist in any point in time in the past years, and […]
CARMEL – A long-planned project to improve safety at the intersection of Stoneleigh Avenue and Drewville Road near Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel is moving forward, with a new roundabout and other roadway improvements planned. Congressman Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) welcomed Federal Highway Administration Administrator Sean McMaster to Putnam County to highlight progress on the […]
LIVINGSTON MANOR – The Catskill Project in Livingston Manor celebrated its innovative, ultra-energy-efficient passive house community on Thursday. Co-founder Greg Hale said they’re under contract on a new home. “The Catskill Project is a single-family residential community. We now have six houses constructed,” he said. “We have a seventh contract that’s going to close in […]
MAHOPAC – A 65-year-old Mahopac schools bus monitor has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old student on a Mahopac school district bus. The incident occurred on Friday, October 2; district officials were alerted to the incident late in the afternoon of October 6. The following day, the incident was referred to the Putnam County […]
MONTICELLO – A 35-year-old Monticello woman has been arrested by State Police on charges that she burglarized a residence on Dunbar Road in the Town of Thompson. Brittany Neuberger was arrested on October 13 in connection with the crime that was committed on July 4. Police conducted an investigation that led to Neuberger’s arrest. She […]
