Monroe News

Alberta M. VanArsdale, 79 years old, former 18-year resident of West Avenue, Brocton and formerly of Dunkirk died Nov.

Donald Carrington figured he had little or nothing to gain by plea bargaining. On Thursday, the 40-year-old convict rejected an offer from the Orange County District Attorney's Office of 112 to three years in prison if he pleaded guilty to escaping from the Monroe police station in September.

The voting bloc in the Hasidic Village of Kiryas Joel was expected to influence the outcome of the Monroe Town Board race Tuesday, as the powerful bloc instructed its members to back Democrat Gerard McQuade and Republican Don Weeks, leaving 20-year-incumbent Peter Martin out in the cold.

Political experience: Presently serving as Orange County Legislator for 7th Legislative District; Chairman of Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee; Human Services and Education & Economic Development Committee; Health & Mental Health Committee; Personnel & Compensation Committee; Southeast Orange Traffic Committee; Village of Monroe ...

The McGarrah Tavern and Stagecoach Inn will be the setting for the Election Day Pancake Festival on Tuesday to benefit the restoration of the Inn by the Masonic Historical Society.

Orange and Sullivan county residents with new or gently used coats and other winter apparel to donate to the needy can bring them to their local police stations for an annual, weeklong collection that starts Saturday.

The state has fined a Rockland doctor who has been the subject of inquiries in four states $145,000 less than a year after stripping him of his medical license due to his "total lack of integrity," according to records.

Police spent nearly two months on an undercover drug sting that resulted in the arrest of two residents of the area on Oct.

MONROE - Charges are expected to be filed against a 15-year-old boy who police say stockpiled gasoline, propane, fuses and a machete for a planned attack on a Hudson Valley school.

West Monroe, NY -- No one was hurt in a fire that damaged one unit in an apartment building early this morning in West Monroe The West Monroe, Constantia and Cleveland fire departments were called about 1:27 a.m. to the building at 2793 State Route 49, an Oswego County E-911 dispatcher said.

The stage is set in Afghanistan for a presidential run-off election. That's after both top candidate agreed to take part in the Nov.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 5:02 pm US/Eastern MONROE, N.Y. 1 of 1 A student who attends Monroe Woodbury High School in Monroe, N.Y. was arrested after planning a massacre on the school on the anniversary of the Columbine attack.

When two sides fight over power in Kiryas Joel, it generally means one of the warring factions of Satmar Hasidim has staged another court maneuver to get the upper hand over its opponents.

October 4, 2009: Cliff's Tattoo in Centereach also offers piercing services. Piercing apprentice Rich Galgano and pro piercer Lauren Sebestyen are pictured.

Verticon recently completed the construction of the newest Inspire Kids Preschool at 45 Gilbert St.

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday night after police say he stole over-the-counter supplements and then fled store employees.

A high school English teacher charged with having oral sex with a student on "numerous occasions" in 2004 and 2005 interacted with her after school both as a coach of the girls' junior-varsity basketball team and as a yearbook adviser, state police said Friday.

Troopers are warning people not to steal campaign election signs. State police received a complaint that at least seven elections signs have gone missing near the Harriman Heights Road area in the Town of Monroe.

Lisa Wojehowski says it's her duty as a young, straight person to stand up for other people's rights.

Recent visitors to the Vernon Drug Store in Museum Village in Monroe were intrigued as they browsed the glass cases full of old medicinal bottles and surgical instruments or gazed upward at the huge wooden ceiling fans attached to pulleys and once operated by hydro power.