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LOCAL

Mayor Torrance Harvey and Councilmember Omar Shakur.

Newburgh City Council Members Take Oath of Office

NEWBURGH – The Newburgh City Council was officially sworn into office for the new year on Sunday. City Court Judge Loren Williams administered the...

After serving on the Beacon City Council for 26 years, Lee Kyriacou was sworn in as mayor of Beacon on New Year’s Day.

Beacon Mayor Lee Kyriacou Takes Oath of Office

BEACON – After serving on the Beacon City Council for 26 years, Lee Kyriacou was sworn in as mayor of Beacon on New Year’s...

BUSINESS

Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) and Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh) announced $250,000 grants each, totaling $500,000 in state funding to repave damaged streets in the City of Newburgh.

$500k in Paving Funds for the City of Newburgh

NEWBURGH - Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) and Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh) announced $250,000 grants each, totaling $500,000 in state funding to repave damaged...

The Board of the Newburgh Community Land Bank is pleased to announce that Jennifer Welles has recently joined them as Executive Director. Jennifer brings with her 19 years of experience with the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation.

Community Land Bank Welcomes Welles

NEWBURGH - The Board of the Newburgh Community Land Bank is pleased to announce that Jennifer Welles has recently joined us as Executive Director....

HEALTH

Healthfirst Opens First Retail Location in the Mid-Hudson Valley

MIDDLETOWN - Healthfirst, New York’s largest not-for-profit health insurance company (based on reported revenue for calendar year 2018) with more than 1.4 million members,...

Dr. Salvatore J. Giorgianni, Jr. PharmD.

Looking at Suicide and African American Males

Over the past several months the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released several reports about the demographics of this national disgrace. African-American men...

POLITICAL

In November, Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady was re-elected to his 10th four-year term. Since being re-elected, he has submitted paperwork to the New York State & Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) to retire. Grady still plans to take his oath of office in January and serve his new term.

DA to Remain in Office and Collect Retirement

POUGHKEEPSIE – In November, Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady was re-elected to his 10th four-year term. Since being re-elected, he has submitted paperwork...

Emergency Communication Funding is Awarded

All four counties in New York State Senate District 42 received funding from the Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant program, enabling their respective local governments...

NATIONAL

“Police shooting policies need to change, not only for minorities but for everyone,” said forensic psychiatrist and expert witness Dr. Carole Lieberman.

Sharp Rise in Police Shootings of African Americans

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent A police officer’s bullet shattered a window and fatally struck Atatiana Jefferson as she and her 8-year-old nephew played...

SSI Announces 1.6% COLA Benefit Increase for 2020

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced. The...