Highland Mills News

All the participants of a spectacular mountain car crash on Route 6 survived without serious injuries, despite a harrowing scene that officials feared had resulted in deaths.

Michael Fitzroy Bruce, 21, of 19 Jones Drive, Highland Mills, N.Y., was charged with aggravated assault, fleeing or attempting to elude police, resisting arrest, recklessly endangering another person, institutional vandalism, careless driving, reckless driving and driving at an unsafe speed.

Woodbury Town Supervisor John Burke recently congratulated Woodbury Troop 149's for a job well done"on refurbishment of Woodbury's Victory Park on Route 32 in Highland Mills.

Dangerous wastewater conditions in a pricey Highland Mills subdivision must be fixed immediately, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Dennis McCabe got out of his car, and it was lying right there in the ShopRite parking lot: a long black wallet.

Above the bar at The Wherehouse Restaurant in Newburgh is a sign that says it all: Closed for Prohibition.

The state Labor Department is investigating an allegation that the Village of Kiryas Joel broke the law by failing to withhold taxes from a village street sweeper's wages.

One thing I've learned since a January ski accident in Vermont is that everything is connected.

Ulster County's deposed health director and his wife have retired, but County Executive Mike Hein says they won't get paid for any of their accrued vacation and sick time until a department investigation is complete.

Fireworks at dusk at Monroe-Woodbury High School Athletic Complex, Dunderberg Road, Central Valley, sponsored by Highland Mills Fire Company.

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for central Sullivan County until 300 pm At 157 pm National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm.

Town police arrested a man Monday who is suspected in at least nine burglaries, a home invasion and a drive-by pellet-gun shooting.

Town of Wallkill - A 67-year-old woman died after the car she was driving was struck by another vehicle on Scotchtown Avenue on Saturday, police said.

Three teenager boys were charged on Wednesday with felony burglary and larceny. Arthur Hoffman and the 15-year-old were charged in two burglaries and the 18-year-old was charged in four burglaries and also faces a misdemeanor charge of petit larceny.

Police have charged two more men with felonies in an May 28 assault where several people threatened another man with a baseball bat, knives and possibly a firearm.

State troopers say two women were arrested on Wednesday night on Route 17 in the town of Thompson after they were pulled over for several traffic violations and officers found drugs, a switchblade knife and a billy club in their car.

One person has died in a collision on the Thruway that has shut down a northbound stretch of the highway in the Hudson Valley.

Police say they have a arrested a White Sulphur Springs man in the Oct. 19 robbery at the Cigarette Outlet on State Route 52.

Despite the power struggle that has gridlocked New York's Senate for the past two weeks, the Assembly has quietly passed hundreds of bills while heading toward the exit.

New York's senators, caught in a power struggle that gridlocked the chamber for two weeks, are discussing a temporary power sharing arrangement.