Middletown News

SLEEPY HOLLOW - The mother of a former Sleepy Hollow man whose boat was found adrift Saturday in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., said her son was taking his vessel out for a final spin for the season and screamed for help before he went missing.

There's been a sea change in the Middletown School District over the past five years.

Middletown police Chief Matthew Byrne broke his silence Wednesday about his retirement, announcing that Friday will be his last day in the office.

A jury continued deliberations Tuesday in the case against a man charged with attacking former Middletown mayor - now mayor-elect - Joe DeStefano in April on a city street.

Animal rights supporters have bombarded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with phone calls and e-mail messages in a frantic last-minute bid to save Oreo, a pit bull that survived being tossed off a roof and is scheduled to be euthanized Friday afternoon.

As the Middletown Police Department was touting the latest statistics that violent crime was down 22 over last year, a stabbing occurred late Saturday afternoon.

When Daniel Post was six years old, his dad took him for his birthday to see "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" at the Paramount Theater in downtown Middletown.

Miracle dog that survived being thrown from sixth-floor roof is put down by animal welfare group for being 'too aggressive' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:48 PM on 14th November 2009 A dog hat survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a building in New York has been put down because of her aggressive behaviour, it has been ...

The Warm & Cozy Committee is holding a donation drive to provide warm outer clothing and a full Thanksgiving meal to more than 100 families in the City of Middletown.

The top four administrators in the Middletown Police Department will retire by the end of the year, Mayor Marlinda Duncanson has confirmed.

Three men, two armed with handguns, broke their way into a home on Wilbur Avenue in the City of Middletown early Friday morning and roughed up two of three occupants before they were able flee and call the police.

Authorities say dozens of people have been arrested in a major drug bust in the Hudson Valley.

Middletown police said violent crime reports are down 22 percent city-wide through the end of October compared to the same period in 2008.

The Salvation Army of Middletown will hold its 18th annual Kettle Campaign Kickoff Breakfast Nov.

In what closely resembles his own life, Anton Chekhov wrote about the changing social and economic climates of Russia in the early 20th century in the four-act play "The Cherry Orchard." The play is being staged in an exciting production by SUNY Orange's Apprentice Players under the direction of David H. Cohen.

MOUNT PLEASANT - Diane Schuler, who police said was drunk and high on marijuana before she sparked a fiery fatal crash on the Taconic State Parkway, looked ill twice as she stood on the side of the road, bent over with her hands on her knees as if she was about to vomit before the accident, according to a state police report.

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - An upstate New York medical examiner who was accused of driving to a fatal crash scene while intoxicated has resigned.

A Middletown woman was flown to a trauma center after crashing her car on Crystal Run Road, police said.

Polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Loading... Orange County Board of Elections commissioners Susan Bahren, right, and David Green, center, along with Chris Butterfield, Democratic voting machine custodian for Greenville, at left, set up a new voting machine at Greenville Town Hall on Monday.

Angela Burnett of Glen Wild pleaded guilty Monday in Orange County Court to fleeing a collision that left a 15-year-old Middletown girl with a fractured skull.