Newburgh News

NEWBURGH City Police in Newburgh early Thursday morning arrested four teenagers after they were caught burglarizing Resnick's Mattress warehouse.

In the first half of 2009, there were fewer murders three this year compared to five this time last year - but robberies increased by 14 percent.

A Newburgh man bought drugs as an undercover cop watched and then led officers on a car chase through the city, police said.

The city's acting manager and chief bookkeeper say they want experts to study every dime the city has spent transforming an old school into its new courthouse.

St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, the Newburgh Rotary Club and others joined together recently to recognize state Sen.

In the first half of 2009, there were fewer murders - three this year compared to five this time last year, but robberies increased by 14 percent.

NEWBURGH - Mount Saint Mary College invites local students to celebrate the history, culture and beauty of the Hudson Valley through its Elderhostel programs this summer.

Luis Torres left home early Wednesday and drove two miles to the new entrance to the New York State Thruway off Route 300.

Oil paintings by local artist Raymond J. Schleinkofer will be shown in an exhibition from July 9-30 in the lobby of the Newburgh Free Library.

MILTON - On Dock Road along the Hudson River in Milton sits one of the few existing passenger railroad stations on the west side of the river.

Ten years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage boy and trying to solicit another teen online, 61-year-old Donald Kardian has left prison and settled in a place with more than its share of registered sex offenders: the City of Newburgh.

A fire gutted a first floor apartment late Tuesday night on First Street. Firefighters arrived about 10:40 p.m. to find flames coming from a front window and smoke filling the building.

Donnie P. Smith of Newburgh received seven years in state prison Tuesday in Orange County Court for his role in a drug robbery that took the life of 31-year-old Jason Black of Tillson.

Layoffs are 'inevitable,' says Newburgh city manager NEWBURGH - Layoffs are "inevitable," Acting Newburgh City Manager Dwight Douglas told city employees at a closed door meeting on Monday.

Teamsters' union leader says membership is strong NEWBURGH Teamsters' Local 445 has grown in active membership by between 1,200 and 1,400 over the last couple of years, making it a fairly solid union.

NEWBURGH The Town of Newburgh CSEA plans on filing an improper practice charge against the Town of Newburgh for its laying off of nine full-time and four part-time employees late last month.

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.

NEWBURGH The Police Community Relations Advisory Board, representatives of the police department and Colonial Terrace residents recently conducted the city's first safety audit of their neighborhood.

TOWN OF NEWBURGH Layoffs in the Town of Newburgh were handled without decency and professionalism, claim officials from CSEA, the union representing the majority of Town of Newburgh employees.

The City of Newburgh has extended the deadline to receive letters of interest for the proposed Housing Loan Committee to no later than 4 p.m. on July 15.