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LOCAL

Safe Halloween Events Planned for Community

NEWBURGH - The City of Newburgh is excited to offer its residents two socially-distanced Halloween events this October. In an effort to provide the...

An estimated 500 people lined up around the entire city block by the Middletown Senior Center long before the polls opened at noon on Saturday.

Early Voting Brings Out Thousands in the Region

MID-HUDSON – An estimated 500 people lined up around the entire city block by the Middletown Senior Center long before the polls opened at...

BUSINESS

Baxter Builders, under the leadership of President Amanda Baxter, broke ground on a new $13 million investment in the city on Thursday afternoon.

‘The Academy’ Construction is Finally Underway

POUGHKEEPSIE – Baxter Builders, under the leadership of President Amanda Baxter, broke ground on a new $13 million investment in the city on Thursday...

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli

DiNapoli: MTA Faces its Greatest Financial Crisis

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is facing the greatest crisis in its long history, with few viable options without federal funding to avoid cuts...

HEALTH

Three Valley Central Students Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

MONTGOMERY – Three Valley Central School District students have tested positive for the coronavirus, Superintendent John Xanthis said on Thursday. In a letter to the...

Fearless! Observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

NEWBURGH - Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc. will observe National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October with virtual events throughout Orange and Sullivan County to...

POLITICAL

Voter Intimidation Suit Brought Due to Robocalling

NEW YORK – Defendants in a voter intimidation lawsuit admitted to creating and sending robocalls to 85,000 people that inspired fear about voting by...

New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Hudson Valley Press File/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

AG James Has Issued Political Activity Guidance

NEW YORK – Ahead of the November 3rd election, New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued guidance to remind New York non-profits of...

NATIONAL

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo: Cheriss May

R.B.G.’s Death Could Prove Fatal to Democracy

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Ruth Bader Ginsburg – affectionately known as The Notorious R.B.G. (after the famous moniker of the late...

Need to Fix Our Medical Insurance Dilemma

Dr. Glenn Mollette Give all Americans the option to buy into Medicare. I’ve paid into Social Security and Medicare my entire life. I’m still paying...