Brendan Mullally and his dog, Ozzie, in the fall of 2022. When you get a phone call saying your son is lying dead on the side of the road My wife’s cell phone rang shortly before noon on Nov. 2, 2022 – the Day of the Dead, according to my iPad calendar. It was... Local News 12 Mar 2024 | 12:00
Michael Sweeton at one of the annual picnics held each summer for the town’s senior citizens. File photo The Sweeton legacy When you talk with people about Mike Sweeton, you hear words or phrases like “nonpartisan ... listener ... problem-solver.”... Local News 26 Dec 2023 | 01:04
Warwick Valley Prevention Coalition awarded $125,000 The Warwick Valley Prevention Coalition has been awarded a Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $125,000... Local News 06 Sep 2023 | 12:11
Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus presents a Meritorious Service Award to Wayne Chan from the Monroe Volunteer Ambulance Corps back in November 2019. Chan will receive the 2023 NAEMT/Demers-Braun-Crestline-Medix EMT of the Year Award at the EMS World Expo on Sept. 20 in New Orleans. File photo. ‘I haven’t done anything any other EMT wouldn’t do’ The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians will present the 2023 NAEMT/Demers-Braun-Crestline-Medix EMT of... Local News 22 Aug 2023 | 07:35
A view of the Tappan Zee Bridge on the far right and construction of what would become the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge during its construction. Incidentally, the original Tappan Zee Bridge was renamed the Malcom Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge in 1994 in honor of the former governor. Photo source: mariomcuomobridge.ny.gov. Skoufis introduces bill to reclaim Tappan Zee Bridge name State Sen. James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) is now the prime sponsor of a bill (S.4558) that would return the Tappan Zee name... Local News 21 Feb 2023 | 09:49
Volunteer treasurer pleads guilty to stealing $421,000 from Lakeside Fire and Rescue Co. A former volunteer treasurer for the Lakeside Fire and Rescue Company in Monroe has pleaded guilty to stealing $421,000 from... Police & Fire 07 Feb 2023 | 08:48
The Rev. Jack Arlotta. File photo. ‘Would you please pray for me?’ The Rev. Jack Arlotta has taken a leave of absence as pastor of the Church of St. Stephen after he said he had been “a victim... Local News 24 Jan 2023 | 11:04
Farewell to community-wise Bob Quinn To the Editor, I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude to newly retired editor, Bob Quinn. Bob has done extraordinary... Letters to the Editor 05 Jan 2022 | 12:07
On the set of Hallmark’s latest Christmas movie, “One December Night,” being filmed in the Village of Goshen, the questions become: How does a dad explain to his daughter about Christmas in late September, what with the tree, presents and ornaments at the Soldiers and Sailors of Orange County Monument at the corner of Main and South Church streets in the middle of Goshen and with the temperatures in 70 degrees Fahrenheit? And how do you answer so early in the season: “Where is Santa?” Photos by Bob Quinn. Christmas comes early to Goshen I have to admit that Friday, Sept. 24, was the highlight of my more than 40 years residing in Goshen. I was asked to be an... Local News 29 Sep 2021 | 10:42
Orange County’s population soars Orange County gained 28,497 people, or 7.6 percent, between 2010 and 2020, according to the initial release of data from... Local News 18 Aug 2021 | 10:33
Pictured from left to right are: Jennifer Dellova (parent and president of Washingtonville School Board), Nicole Hewson (parent and Middletown board member), Colleen Doyle (concerned citizen), Kevin Gomez (attorney/parent/Middletown school board member), Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt, Joe Minuta (Orange County legislator), son of Ciara, Ann Marie Aviles and parent Ciara Irrazary of Cornwall. Photo provided by the office of Assemblyman Colin Schmitt. Critical Race Theory ‘rewrites history ... and provides false narrative on our most impressionable youth’ Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt, a Republican from New Windsor who represents the towns of Wawayanda, Goshen, Hamptonburgh,... Home 03 Aug 2021 | 10:40
‘You can not unite if you constantly try to divide’ In your little disclaimer banner for “Letters to the Editor,” you reserve the right to edit for punctuation, libel, civility... Letters to the Editor 26 Jan 2021 | 04:23
Authorities will arrest people who fail to observe social distancing During an hour-long community forum hosted on Facebook Wednesday evening, County Executive Steve Neuhaus offered an update... Local News 02 Apr 2020 | 02:29
