Montgomery News

Don't believe it the next time someone tells you voluteerism is dead. A new program, Town of Newburgh Friends of Seniors, has just launched.

WALLKILL A Montgomery man was pronounced dead at Orange Regional Medical Center's Horton campus in Middletown after his car ran off Route 211 just east of Goshen Turnpike in the Town of Wallkill, Police Chief Robert Hertman said.

MONTGOMERY Police have charged a Montgomery man with committing two burglaries and one drive-by shooting in the town over the course of the last few months.

Anthony Pangia of Montgomery was found dead in the wreckage of his car on Route 211 Tuesday morning, Wallkill town police said.

On June 12, Girl Scout Senior Troop No. 722 hosted the first ever Duct Tape Fashion Show for Scouts within the Marion Wild Girl Scout Community.

Utility companies have restored power to most of the 25,000 customers in our region who were knocked out by strong thunderstorms Friday night.

Several local municipalities will use optical-scan voting machines instead of older, lever-operated machines during 2009 primary and general elections under a statewide pilot program designed to test the new models.

A 6-year-old village boy suffered a head injury after he fell off his bicycle Tuesday afternoon, village police said.

Daniel Case of Walden said Tuesday that he will run for town clerk in November's election.

Curt McDermott first heard the characteristic "chip chip" call of the sedge wren before he saw the bird in Benedict Farm Park.

Police have charged a man with breaking into a golf course country club in the town.

HAMPTONBURGH -Two Washingtonville wo-men, both 20, died early Saturday morning in a two-car automobile accident on Route 208.

Regardless of who wins the Senate power struggle, the loser could be the New York state property taxpayer.

Dorothy A. Horvath of Campbell Hall pleaded guilty Wednesday in Orange County Court to second-degree grand larceny, admitting she embezzled more than $200,000 from Chambers Tractor Sales in Montgomery while she worked as the company's bookkeeper.

Two power outages, both storm-related, left about 2,100 people in parts of Orange County in the dark Friday morning.

Central Hudson spokesman John Maserjian reports that power has been restored to 1,100 customers in the city and town of Newburgh.

Kofi and the Sankofa African Drummers and Dancers will perform at noon Saturday at Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery as part of Orange County's second annual Earth and Water Festival, which will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The festival will include live animal exhibits, children's activities, a farmers market, community groups, "green" ...

A Montgomery man who showed a knife at a local pizza shop led police on a chase Saturday night that had officers swarming around the village.

More than nine months after Maybrook police Officer John Bennett hit and killed teenager Tiffany Weddle in his patrol car while on duty, an investigation has cleared him of criminal conduct.

A Montgomery man allegedly showed a knife at a local pizza shop and led police on a chase Saturday night.