MONTICELLO - Monticello Police Department and the New York State Police at Liberty announce the arrest of David “DJ” Perkins Jr, 16, of Woodbourne and Jaquis “G-baby” Lowery, 17, of Monticello for Murder. Full Story »
POUGHKEEPSIE – Alan Scheinkman, the 9th Judicial District Administrative Judge, knows how the economy is having an impact on everyone – even the legal profession. Full Story »
POUGHKEEPSIE – A 47-year-old homeless man who is a registered Level Two sex offender is in the Dutchess County Jail on $100,000 bail after he allegedly tried to abduct a female Marist College student near the campus Wednesday night. Full Story »
MIDDLETOWN – Middletown High School was the site of a drug sweep Tuesday and for the first time since they have been conducted, a small amount of marijuana was discovered. In the past, no drugs were found. Full Story »
MIDDLETOWN – City Police in Middletown are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday night at Monhagen Wine and Liquor at 178 West Main Street. Full Story »
ELLENVILLE – A family nurse practitioner has been elected president of the medical staff at Ellenville Regional Hospital in Ellenville. Full Story »
KINGSTON – The Benedictine Health Foundation was recently the recipient of a $1.2 million gift from the estate of Raymond A. Rich to support the healthcare programs and services of Benedictine Hospital. Full Story »
GOSHEN / PORT JERVIS – Two unrelated strip mall fires erupted within an hour Wednesday afternoon. Around 1:15 p.m., fire was reported at a strip mall at 86 Clowes Avenue in Goshen. The fire was in the roof over a pizzeria. Full Story »
YONKERS – Police in Yonkers are investigating a reported theft of $20,000 worth of computer hardware from a parked truck. Police received a report that the equipment was stolen while the vehicle was parked at Ryder Transportation on Saw Mill River Road on December 4. It was reported four days later. Full Story »
NEWBURGH – A Newburgh man, wanted on a bench warrant for unlawful possession of fireworks and unlawful possession of marijuana, was arrested Tuesday after police chased him over several backyard fences. Full Story »
TOWN OF WALLKILL – Police in the Town of Wallkill are investigating a home invasion armed robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning at a home at 84 Sheffield Drive. Full Story »
NEW CITY – A Spring Valley man has been indicted by a Rockland County grand jury for allegedly pulling a gun on a woman as he tried to steal her pocketbook. Full Story »
NEW CITY – A Garnerville man faces up to 25 years in state prison when sentenced next February in connection with the brutal assault and robbery of a Domino’s pizza deliveryman on Christmas Day last year. Full Story »
WASHINGTON – Congress is set give final approval to a number of appropriations bills as part of the federal 2010 budget and they include funding for a number of area projects. Full Story »
PEARL RIVER – New York State Trooper Richard O’Brien of West Nyack, who died Monday, December 7 after a fall from a roof in Walden, will be buried following a mass of Christian Burial on Saturday. Full Story »
GREENBURGH – Town of Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner Wednesday said the New York State Legislature should call a constitutional convention to revamp state government. Full Story »
GOSHEN – Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois will be seeking re-election to a third four-year term next year. While he will not formally announce until early next year, Dubois told supporters of his decision. Full Story »
GOSHEN – An agreement between the Mountco development company and Orange County to sell the company the Camp LaGuardia property was supposed to have been completed by the end of this year and with just weeks left, the county has granted Mountco a third extension. Full Story »
BUCHANAN – The latest test of the new Indian Point nuclear power plant on Wednesday resulted in a success rate of 78.5 percent. Of 172 sirens, 37 failed. Full Story »
MID-HUDSON / CATSKILLS – The rains that came behind Wednesday morning’s several inches of snow has made for a mess on area roads. The snow has absorbed the rain, making it extremely heavy to shovel on driveways and sidewalks and causing snowplows to work harder to remove it. Full Story »
NEW CITY – Two of four MTA EasyPay Service Centers are not in the region, but rather in Elgin, IL and Tampa, FL and Rockland County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell called on them to be moved to her county. Full Story »
NEW YORK – A Middletown man, who was described as the ringleader in a ring that acquired and distributed thousands of OxyContin tablets and Dilaudid pills, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Full Story »
NEWBURGH – An Orange County grand jury Wednesday indicted a Town of Newburgh man in connection with the stabbing death of his neighbor last month. Full Story »
NEW WINDSOR – McQuade Children’s Services in New Windsor is closing down following a decision by the state Education Department that the school has been removed from the approved list to be reimbursed for providing special education to students with disabilities. Full Story »
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