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The Montgomery Village Board, last month, rejected all bids for a proposed extension to the senior center. The cost of the project was cited as the reason.

Montgomery residents want their senior center extension

Last month, the Village of Montgomery board canceled the senior center extension for this year and residents are not too thrilled about the decision. During the village’s April 16 meeting, …

Walden may hire a deputy village manager

The Walden Village Board, despite missing Mayor John Ramos and Trustee Ralph Garrison Jr., pressed on and discussed potential employee changes during its May 17 meeting, including amendments to job …
Donna Crowley, Thomas Nafey, Thomas Frisbie, William Hecht

Four seek four Wallkill School Board seats

Four candidates vie for four seats in Wallkill’s Board of Education elections slated for May 21. Incumbents Thomas Nafey, Donna Crowley, and Thomas Frisbie seek re-election, while candidate …

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Peter Agro, Shauna Best, Lisa Dyer, Phillip J. Salinardi, Ross Tompkins, Matthew Watkins
Voters will elect two members from six candidates to the Pine Bush Board of Education when they vote on the 2024-25 budget May 21. In addition to submitting biographical sketches, the candidates gave …
Assemblyman Brian Maher discussed overdosing with the Finding Hope roundtable.
Assemblyman Brian Maher and Crawford Supervisor Charles Carnes gathered several county and state officials on Thursday, May 9 in the Crawford Senior Center with three goals: to understand why …
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Mayor Mike Hembury (far left) with Autumn Strobach (center) and her family.
The Village of Montgomery board, before getting down to business during its May 7 meeting, congratulated Autumn Strobach for being nominated as valedictorian for Valley Central High School’s …
Charlie’s Favorite Pom-Pom by Alison Echevarria.
The Middletown Art Group 2024 Members Spring Exhibition includes 105 artworks by 40 artists in various media: photography, oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, watercolor, mixed media, recycled and/or …
Donations are needed to keep the Clearwater afloat.
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a cherished emblem of environmental stewardship, now in its 55th season, faces a short-term funding crisis putting the organization’s continued operations in …

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On Friday May 10th, at approximately 9:17 PM, the Town of Montgomery Police responded to a report of a rollover motor vehicle accident on Berea Rd. in the area of Coleman Rd. Further updates stated …
The Village of Montgomery held their annual St Patricks parade on Saturday March 22, 2014. Attendees were entertained with several bagpipe bands, fire engines and of course candy for the kids. Grand Marshal Ed Devitt leads the parade.
Residents across Orange County hold heavy hearts after Francis Edward Devitt, a former Orange County Legislator with many hats, passed away on Wednesday, May 1. Over his lifetime, Devitt led an …
Sharon Toney-Finch
The founder of a Montgomery-based charitable organization dedicated to the well-being of homeless veterans and premature babies has been arrested, after authorities accused her of falsifying her …
Vietnam War veterans didn’t receive a warm welcome after returning home in 1973, and many people despised and blamed them for the war itself. Since then, the United States has made tremendous …

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Pine Bush’s Justin Martir runs down the field as Valley Central’s Josh Webb defends during Friday’s Division I boys’ lacrosse game at Pine Bush High School’s Lonergan Field.
Isaac Cruz’s shot was angry. The Valley Central Vikings had crawled back from a four-goal halftime deficit to tie the game, his fourth goal of the game broke the tie, and helping lift the …
Wallkill second baseman Elysia Villafane (99) forces out Highland’s Ciara Teamer, taking the throw from Gabby Faia during Thursday’s non-league softball game at Wallkill Senior High School.
The Wallkill softball team’s seniors went home happy on Thursday’s Senior Day as they kept their hopes for a Section 9 Class AA tournament berth alive with an 11-2 win over the Highland …
Pine Bush third baseman Triston Santos makes a throw to first base as Newburgh’s D.J. Clifford approaches the base.
The Pine Bush Bushmen are expected to end the regular season sitting at the top of the Section 9 Class AAA baseball tournament. The Bushmen took two out of three games from the Newburgh Free …
Wallkill’s Marysa Collins scoops a ground ball as James I. O’Neill’s Victoria Evangelista defends.
The comeback fell one goal and several seconds short. The Wallkill Panthers entered the fourth quarter trailing the James I. O’Neill Raiders by three goals and went on a surge, and had …

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