Port Jervis News

A man imprisoned for enticing a teenager to pose in pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a lawsuit asking the government to compensate him for his reptiles.

On the Port Jervis line, an extra train to Port Jervis will depart Hoboken Terminal at 2:45 p.m. On the Hudson line, extra trains to Poughkeepsie will leave Grand Central Terminal at 1:41 p.m., 1:48 p.m., 2:41 p.m., 2:48 p.m. and 4:04 p.m. The regular 5:29 p.m. and 6:12 p.m. Hudson line trains to Poughkeepsie will not operate.

The proposed 2013-14 budgets for the mid-Hudson's school districts show the financial squeeze is getting tighter yet.

Roberto Bertoa, 34, of Hardyston, was arrested May 4 after police were called to an attempted burglary in the Stockholm section of the township.

Submitted photo - Allyson Gillinder, center, presents Port Jervis/Deerpark Humane Society shelter manager Katrina Roloson, left, and Vanessa Park, shelter office manager, with a donation from sales of the store's anniversary sun catcher.

Nine people from New York City were arrested Friday in what police describe as an organized scheme to fill forged prescriptions for oxycodone in Port Jervis.

The City of Port Jervis named the Easy Way Discount Beverage Outlet, 283 E. Main St., as its Business of the Week.

The Port Jervis Council for the Arts is sponsoring the Port Jervis High School student art show and sale at Upfront Exhibition Space from 6-9 p.m. May 18.

As Tom Bongiovi approaches his new role as Port Jervis school superintendent on Sept.

It may be Orange County's smallest city, but Port Jervis hosted a huge community yard sale Saturday that crisscrossed much of its 21 2-square-mile area, and drew bargain hunters from throughout the entire tri-state region.

Dozens of students in the Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School's Performing Arts Club have been rehearsing their musical rendition of "Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr." on the Port Jervis High School stage in preparation for performances this weekend.

Panelists at a recent community meeting on crime prevention, sponsored by the Port Jervis Police Department, each had his or her own window on Port Jervis crime, which they reported to an audience of about 50 at Drew Methodist Church.

After years of failed referendums, city residents approved the purchase of a new, $804,033, 109-foot aerial ladder truck Tuesday, which will replace Port's 23-year-old truck.

A Lumber Street couple was awakened early Saturday by a man breaking into their home and coming up the stairs, Port Jervis police said.

Orange and Rockland Utilities Certified Arborist Mark Beamish presented an Arbor Day education program that underscored the importance of healthy community trees to 140 third-grade students at the Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School last week in Port Jervis.

The Port Jervis Tree Commission met recently to decide how to implement its new initiative to plant 100 trees in the next year.

Roaming colonies of cats lurking in the shadows of Port Jervis are pestering locals, marking territory with urine, meowing incessantly at night and attracting hungry coyotes into the city limits.

No injuries occurred as a result of the malfunction, which was reported to police about 6:45 p.m. Officers contacted officials with the MTA, who had already become aware of the problem and were taking steps to correct it, police said.

When Tom Bongiovi takes over as head of the Port Jervis School District this September, he plans to use a strategy of teamwork to tackle student attendance rates, look into online instruction and dive into teacher union negotiations.

The Port Jervis Fire Department is looking to replace its 23-year-old ladder truck with a new 100-foot model.