BINGHAMTON – The National Weather Service in Binghamton is saying the frigid weather will be in place through the weekend. Meteorologist Jake Chalupsky says the temperatures will be in the sub-zeros. “We will have frigid temps over the rest of the week. With highs in the mid-teens and overnight lows in the negative single digits,” […]
KINGSTON – Ulster County has opened a crisis support center operated by People USA and the county Mental Health Department. The center, in the County Center for Well-Being at 368 Broadway in Kingston, will operate around the clock every day, providing immediate support for youths and adults of all ages experiencing a mental health or […]
POUGHKEEPSIE – The City of Poughkeepsie’s plan to remove tons of snow from Main Street and the surrounding areas on Tuesday night made tremendous progress early in the evening. Late Tuesday night, the city’s front-end loader, equipped with a snowblower, stopped working, leaving several city and outside contractor dump trucks sitting idle, waiting for snow […]
ALBANY – Putnam County’s unemployment rate of 2.8 percent for December was the lowest rate of joblessness in the entire Hudson Valley. State Labor Department Specialist Johny Nelson released the data Tuesday in his monthly report that indicated the December 2025 unemployment rate for the Hudson Valley Region was 3.2 percent, down from 3.4 percent in […]
HUDSON VALLEY – The median cost of a home was $350,000 or greater in all nine Hudson Valley counties for the first time ever in 2025, according to a new study conducted by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. At the same time, more homes were available on the market as listings, sales, and the year-end […]
GOSHEN – The Orange County Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee has approved adding $4 million to the open space fund, bringing the current total to $7.5 million. County Planning Commissioner Alan Sorensen told lawmakers Tuesday that the money could be used for a variety of land preservation purposes. “We can award projects up to 50 […]
SOUTHEAST – A proposal to construct a massive retail complex consisting of four buildings along with 130 parking spaces at the intersection of Route 6 and Starr Ridge Road in the Town of Southeast has raised the ire of residents living in the area. Rraci Associates’ plans include three one-story retail buildings, one of which […]
CARMEL – Classes were scheduled to resume today at Carmel High School after emergency responders from throughout eastern Putnam County converged on the school 24 hours earlier when a voice message was discovered at the high school’s sprawling campus off Fair Street stating that bombs had been placed inside of the building. Headed up by […]
CARMEL – Jeanine Lopez was at the right place at the right time and as a result, the paraprofessional at Carmel’s Matthew Paterson Elementary School saved the life of a fourth grader during his lunch break when the nine-year-old began choking, panicked, jumped from his seat in the school cafeteria and began to run. Lopez, […]
KINGSTON — The Ulster County Board of Elections is reminding voters that the deadline to change party enrollment is Saturday, February 14. The Board of Elections will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 14 to accept enrollment change requests. The Ulster County Board of Elections is located at 79 Hurley Avenue, Suite […]
