SOMERS – An 85-year-old man was killed when the 2013 Honda he was driving ran off the road and struck a tree in his hometown of Somers. State Police said the accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 14 when Gerard McKenna was driving eastbound on West Hill Driver toward Warren Street at the […]
MONROE – Stephanie Conklin and her younger brother, Jason, were one of six children, but there was a special bond between them. They traveled together from Monroe to take classes at Rockland County Community College and worked side by side at a Pizza Hut in Ramsey, N.J. So, of course, when she had tickets for […]
POUGHKEEPSIE – A 41-year-old Wappingers Falls man pleaded guilty in Dutchess County Court on Thursday to criminally negligent homicide for the 2020 death of his 10-month-old daughter. Thomas Martinez admitted to Judge Jessica Segal that his negligence allowed his young child to be exposed to fentanyl, which led to her death from acute fentanyl toxicity. […]
CARMEL – An initiative that provided mental health services to individuals in crisis throughout Putnam County is now in jeopardy since members of the Sheriff’s Department who had joined employees from the Department of Mental Health and Social Services in responding to such emergencies, will no longer be doing so as of June 30. Since […]
NEWBURGH – The Save the Ferry Coalition’s ambitious plan to raise funds to revive the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry once seemed like a long shot, destined to sink in the choppy waters of the Hudson River. However, supporters hope the ferry will operate again, albeit on a smaller scale. The Orange County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) has […]
POUGHKEEPSIE – The City of Poughkeepsie was awarded a $10 million in state funding during Round Eight of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative in 2025 and submitted 16 projects they hoped would share in the funding. On Thursday, Governor Hochul released the list of 10 projects approved for funding. Submitted projects included a new mixed-use development […]
On day 8 we boarded the Amtrak Cascade at 8:15 and the train pulled out of the Seattle King Street station at exactly 8:30 to head north toward Vancouver. The train was sold out so every seat was taken but we got good seats next to each other so it wasn’t a problem. As the […]
POUGHKEEPSIE – Jurors in the murder case against 54-year-old Thomas Case of Pleasant Valley concluded five days of deliberations on Thursday without reaching a verdict. Deliberations will resume on Friday (today), May 15, 2026. Case, a retired cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is accused of shooting his girlfriend’s son, Anthony Cuozzo, 20, at […]
MIDDLETOWN – Tuition for a full-time student attending SUNY Orange in the fall will be $6,168, up from $5,988 in the academic year just ending. That’s a three percent increase. The total college budget, as presented to the College Board of Trustees, is $24.5 million, said Paul Martland, vice president for finance. “We hate to […]
GOSHEN – A total of 20 new police officers joined the long blue line in Orange and Sullivan counties as they graduated from the Orange County Police Academy on Thursday. Three top law enforcement officials addressed the graduates. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler told the new officers that policing is a career and that […]
