PORT JERVIS – Port Jervis Police Department requested the assistance from that city’s fire department on Friday to search an area of the Delaware River for an item of interest possibly connected to a menacing incident in the city’s Fourth Ward Thursday evening. Police Sgt. Andrew Dillinger was among police on scene at the Mid-Delaware […]
LOCH SHELDRAKE – Funeral services for retired Sullivan County District Attorney Steve Lungen were held at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse at Sullivan County Community College on Friday. Some 200 family and friends attended the funeral for the 80-year-old who died on April 13, 2026. Born in Monticello, he “lived a life of extraordinary honor and […]
MAHOPAC- Former NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran, who was convicted on charges of manslaughter for killing a suspected drug dealer in the Bronx by throwing a cooler at the suspect as he tried to elude authorities and was sentenced to state prison, is now back in his Mahopac home. A state appellate judge granted Duran $300,000 […]
GOSHEN – Burke Catholic won its fifth straight baseball game on Friday, defeating Tri-Valley 17-0. Sean Rule, who will play locally at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh next year, pitched five shutout innings, allowing just two hits. Vincent Greany went 2-for-4 with three RBI for Burke Catholic (6-3), and Brendyn Quinn and Jordan Drucker […]
CROSS RIVER- Two people were killed when fire ravaged a large home on Old Shop Road in the Cross River section of South Salem. On Friday afternoon, state police announced that one of the victims was Noel Rae, age 93. The second person has not yet been identified, as authorities are awaiting notification to their […]
POUGHKEEPSIE – Following the placement of an historical marker at the Dutchess County Juror building, Arlington High School (AHS) students recently helped place a marker at the Poughkeepsie home of Gaius Bolin (1864-1946). Bolin’s parents moved from Dover to Poughkeepsie in 1860, and Gaius was raised at the home at 153 North Clinton Street. The […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hit back at Gov. Kathy Hochul after she introduced a proposal Thursday to prohibit law enforcement officials from covering their faces while interacting with the public, as she continues to negotiate a bill to limit when local police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “Partnerships […]
TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – IBM has unveiled plans for a new quantum computing facility at its Poughkeepsie campus. The facility is roughly 511,000-square-feet where the company intends to assemble and manufacture its next-generation Starling quantum systems, in what some county officials are calling one of the most significant investments in Dutchess County’s history. The proposal, […]
ALBANY – Assemblyman Brian Maher (R,C-Walden) is voicing his concerns about the state’s growing prison staffing crisis following the release of a new report from the State Comptroller’s Office, which highlights a dramatic surge in overtime costs across state agencies —driven largely by conditions within the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). According to […]
NEW YORK – State Attorney General Tish James’ Office of Special Investigation has opened an investigation into the death of 39-year-old Marcus Burks of Newburgh who died on January 1 following an incident with police. The attorney general’s office said it previously conducted a preliminary assessment of the matter but opened an investigation following the […]
