New Windsor News

Slavery. There is no other word for sex trafficking, no other concept that encapsulates the utter control a pimp has over the trafficking victims or the brutal, dehumanizing conditions they're subjected to.

Attorneys for three municipalities suing to halt construction of Kiryas Joel's water pipeline allege the village is installing a wider pipe than it promised without analyzing the resulting impact of increased water flow and population growth in Kiryas Joel.

South Middle School in Newburgh will celebrate the school's 75th anniversary Saturday, with a 1-mile Run/Walk in the morning and family-friendly activities throughout the day.

Shane Hobel teaches students wilderness survival and preparedness at the Mountain Scout Survival School in Putnum County.

A bare hillside along Route 9W is one of the first signs of nearly $1.7 billion in spending New York City has in store for its water supply.

Volunteers helped clean up the Hudson River shoreline Saturday at Plum Point Park in New Windsor during the second annual Riverkeeper Sweep.

A couple of dozen people gathered on a recent evening in downtown Newburgh to collect the groceries they'd bought online.

Walden Savings Bank recently announced the hire of Vanessa Hill as Branch Manager at its Cornwall location.

The bridge that carries Forge Hill Road over Moodna Creek will be repaired and reopened to traffic in the fall of 2014, three years after flood damage from Hurricane Irene forced its closure.

If Anthony Mancinelli keeps this up, he might be in line for another kudo from the folks at the Guinness World Records book.

The Orange County Department of Public Works will brief New Windsor residents Monday about the status of repairs to the Forge Hill Road bridge.

A second person has been charged in connection with a sex trafficking ring that official say operated in the Newburgh-New Windsor area.

"This recognition ... is a testament to Barbara's commitment to our mortgage customers, especially our first-time homebuyers," said Lisa Cathie, president and CEO of Ulster Savings Bank.

Thirteen people have been charged with operating a sex trafficking ring that included brothels in Newburgh and Poughkeepsie, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday, unsealing a criminal complaint against the defendants.

Once a year for the past 200 years, a group of people known as the Horse Thief Detecting Society of Cornwall, New Windsor and Monroe has gotten together to talk about catching horse thieves.

A complaint about a suspicious vehicle and possible drug activity led to the arrest of two men on felony marijuana possession charges Thursday.

Both Republicans angling to replace Orange County Executive Ed Diana touted their prospects for victory on Wednesday, a day after Diana quit the three-way GOP competition and announced he'll retire at the end of the year for health reasons.

Danielle Elkins of Newburgh remembers her boyfriend of 10 years, Jason Black, as an electrician, a fisherman and a loving father who was a fan of the Yankees and Metallica before he was robbed and killed in November 2008 during a botched drug deal in Newburgh.