Pine Bush News

It's been nearly 40 years since photographer Burk Uzzle stood among the thousands of people camped in a field at Woodstock.

The state is requiring the city to set aside $10 for every ton of trash in its newly approved landfill expansion, but two Common Council members say Mayor Jerry Jennings is saddling city taxpayers with the cost even though they are responsible for just a fraction of the dumping.

Goshen - The annual Great American Weekend celebration will relocate to the Orange County Government Center parking lot and the former Erie Street jail site after organizers discovered its traditional location at the village square was partially submerged in rainwater.

The Ulster County Sheriff's Office Wednesday arrested a Gardiner man they say engaged in a sex act with a young boy.

A 25-year-old will face a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of his girlfriend.

A Pine Bush teenager led state police on a brief chase early Tuesday morning after they stopped his Chrysler on High View Terrace in the Town of Mamakating on a traffic violation.

Albany Common Council members Dominick Calsolaro and Corey Ellis are staging a press conference on Tuesday to blast the mayor over what they call "a hidden fee" in the city landfill's expansion permit.

When she was a 2-year-old with pigtails and yellow barrettes, Rachel Byrd was so loquacious, her pediatrician called her "Dr. Byrd." After all, her mom, Leslie, swears Rachel could speak in full sentences when she was one.

THE STATE D.E.C. HAS APPROVED THE PERMITS FOR ALBANY TO EXPAND ITS RAPP ROAD LANDFILL.

The old adages 'Like father, like son' and 'Chip off the old block' are especially appropriate for Rafael and Christian Osorio.

Nearly half of the school districts in the mid-Hudson lost ground last year in the battle to graduate as many students as possible.

State police said a Port Jervis man stole merchandise from Macy's at the Galleria at Crystal Run Wednesday evening, then threatened a security guard with a pair of metal cutting shears before fleeing.

Thanks to two grants, village police are offering residents free child car seat checks.

A Monticello teenager was arrested Tuesday and charged with felonies in a April 12 robbery and assault where a victim was slashed across the neck with a box cutter.

Authorities have busted up a marijuana growing operation at a home outside of Monticello.

Playing for five berths in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open Qualifier, Monday at En-Joie Golf Club.

You might misplace your wallet or cell phone or even lose your car keys, but whatever you do, don't lose your horse.

The city hopes to use $1 million in federal stimulus money to reinvigorate Patroon Creek, once considered one of the nastiest and most polluted creeks in the state.

Personal: 64, works at the Department of Environmental Conservation's headquarters in Albany and the Five Rivers Environmental Center in Delmar.

As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, Route 52 is temporarily closed in both directions between Weeds Road and Red Barn Road because of a downed utility pole and wires.