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LOCAL

Left to right, Nikolai Marzouka, Constituent Services Liaison, 39th Senate District; Paul Brothe, Board President of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh; Jill Marie, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh; Fr. Gregoire Fluet, Interim President of Mount Saint Mary College; Torrance Harvey, Newburgh Mayor and Mount alumnus; Robert McLymore, Newburgh City Councilman; Kevindaryán Luján, Orange County Legislator; and Harry Porr, Deputy Orange County Executive. Photo: Lee Ferris.

The Mount Donates Two Liberty Street Properties

NEWBURGH – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh (HFHGN) announced on Thursday, April 18 that Mount Saint Mary College donated two properties for the...

City Now Eligible for Lead Pipe Replacement Funds

POUGHKEEPSIE - Mayor Yvonne Flowers announced that the City of Poughkeepsie has become eligible for $3.2 million in grants and more than $8 million...

BUSINESS

Ulster Savings Bank graduates 22 women from the bank’s Financial Literacy Program.

Ulster Savings Bank Launches New Financial Literacy Program

KINGSTON - Ulster Savings Bank launched its first community-based Financial Literacy Program in collaboration with the Center for Creative Education and their SPICE program....

First County to Implement CyberSecurity Initiative

MONTICELLO – In a significant milestone for regional cybersecurity preparedness, Sullivan County proudly announces its pioneering role as the first county in New York...

HEALTH

Assemblymember Aileen Gunther visits Samaritan Daytop Village’s Ellenville Residential Treatment Program. Pictured from left to right: * Deirdre Rice-Reese (Samaritan Daytop Village, Assistant Vice President of Residential Treatment) * Quetcy Alexander-Young (Samaritan Daytop Village, Program Director at Ellenville Residential Treatment Program) * Mitchell Netburn (Samaritan Daytop Village, President & CEO) * Assemblymember Aileen Gunther (Assembly District 100) * Michelle DeMott (Samaritan Daytop Village, Vice President of External Affairs) * David Osorno (MirRam Group, Vice President) * James Hollywood (Samaritan Daytop Village, Vice President of Residential Treatment and Recovery Services)

Gunther Visits Ellenville Treatment Program

ELLENVILLE - Assemblymember Aileen Gunther visits Samaritan Daytop Village’s Ellenville Residential Treatment Program. Assemblymember Gunther engaged with Samaritan’s staff about their work to support...

Vassar Brothers Medical Center opemed its new Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratory on April 15th marking a significant advancement in cardiovascular care in the Hudson Valley.

Vassar Medical Center Opens New Cardiac Cath Lab

POUGHKEEPSIE - Vassar Brothers Medical Center opened its new Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratory on April 15, 2024, marking a significant advancement in cardiovascular...

POLITICAL

Wagstaff Files 3x The Required Signatures to Run

WHITE PLAINS - Westchester County District Attorney Candidate William O. Wagstaff III has filed over 6,000 signatures to seek the Democratic nomination, more than...

Skoufis files petitions in bid for fouth term on April 4, 2024 at the Orange County Board of Elections.

Skoufis Formally Launches Re-Election Campaign

GOSHEN - Senator James Skoufis (D-Orange County) filed petitions with the Orange County Board of Elections on Thursday, formally launching his bid for re-election...

NATIONAL

O.J. Simpson talking to reporters in 1967.

O.J. “The Juice” Simpson, an Iconic Athlete, Dead at 76

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent O.J. Simpson: a Central Fire in American Legal History O.J. Simpson, a towering figure in both the sports...

There’s A Full Court Press Effort to Get the Lead Out

By Ben Jealous There’s nothing quite like seeing a kid who was born healthy but now suffers cognitive impairment and is prone to outbursts of...