Newburgh News

Frieary works in the client service department in Orange County.Frieary, a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, joined the firm in 2007.

One afternoon in 2008, a neighborhood in Newburgh's East End began to fill with young men who carried weapons or picked them up as they arrived.

The fire started on the home's back porch, said Orange Lake Fire Chief Richard Pisani.

The results were disappointing to some state education officials, who've tried to boost college and career readiness for the public school system's 2.7 million kids.

Firefighters from the city and five surrounding departments arrived shortly after an 11:26 a.m. alarm at Gidney Avenue Magnet School as the students were ushered to safe locations away from the building.

Echoes of gunfire still ring in the minds of neighbors near a City of Poughkeepsie crime scene that left two wounded and one dead.

Hinton has worked at the college since 2011 as vice president for strategic planning.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and New Windsor Supervisor George Green expressed confidence Thursday morning that efforts to move the FBI's Hudson Valley Resident Agency office to Stewart Airport soon will bear fruit.

A substitute teacher was arraigned Thursday in Orange County Court on charges that she sexually assaulted a young boy over the course of a year.

Three of them with previous felony convictions were recently involved in a drug deal in the Mid-Valley Mall parking lot, state police said.

Borough Police Detective Nevin Mattessich said the man had been looking into several jewelry stores in the Franklin, Wantage and Vernon area using the name Ali Samir.

This year's award winners were Jim King, IBM Integrated Supply Chain, Global Execution Planning and Inventory manager; Ulster County Executive Michael Hein; and the State University of New York at New Paltz School of Business.

A Blooming Grove man was indicted Tuesday on murder charges in the May 17 stabbing death of Daquan Nugent in the City of Newburgh.

Animal welfare officials in the Hudson Valley are seeking the public's help in finding the person who tossed a dog from a moving vehicle last week.

A seven-acre Newburgh waterfront site once contaminated with PCBs, volatile organic compounds and metals is now on the comeback trail and being eyed for redevelopment by city officials.

A conference on transportation planned for June 26 aims to help people without cars find ways to get to work.

An unidentified terrier mix is being sheltered at the Hudson Valley Humane Society's headquarters on Quaker Road after being thrown from a moving truck, officials said Monday.

Members of the school board and the Newburgh community met April 22 at Newburgh Free Academy.

Nestled in Hudson Valley, overlooking Lake Washington, this hotel offers convenient access to Interstates 87 and 84 and provides many free and thoughtful amenities, including shuttle service to Stewart International Airport.

4-6 p.m. June 9. Music by Shorty Kings Clubhouse. Free. Visitors welcome to picnic, dance and enjoy the swing music.