Wawarsing News

Featured in todays Record Newswatch - police search for the person who robbed a bank in Uptown Kingston today; a DEC plan to lower Honk Lake water levels triggers controversy in the Napanoch-Wawarsing areas and Bloomingburg officials set a date for a referendum vote on the possible dissolution of the village.

A former member of the Ellenville First Aid and Rescue Squad has pleaded guilty to burglarizing homes after responding to medical emergencies at residences.

Unfortunately, the fine weather also means more motorcycle crashes, and those crashes often mean severe injuries.

A Wawarsing man was given the maximum sentence after pleading guilty to a first-degree vehicular manslaughter charge in the death of a 65-year-old MIT researcher and Walker Valley resident last September.

A Wawarsing man was given the maximum sentence after pleading guilty to a first-degree vehicular manslaughter charge in the death of a 65-year-old MIT researcher and Walker Valley resident last September.

Before those houses existed, westward-bound pioneers leveled forests with axes, while ink-stained journalists, telling the stories of the cities, sharpened their goose-quill transcription instruments with the pen knife that dangled from their watch fob.

Sen. Chuck Schumer warned Wednesday that federally-funded work on roads and bridges in the area could come to a screeching halt after Aug. 1. That's when the federal Highway Trust Fund, which provides $1.6 billion a year for New York projects alone, is scheduled to fall below $4 billion total and the U.S. Department of Transportation "will have no ... (more)

The Ulster County Industrial Development Agency will hold a public hearing in late July on the Nevele Resort, Casino & Spa's request for about $100 million in tax breaks.

A total of more than 3,200 customers are without power Friday morning as heavy rains continue to poounds many parts of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties.

Fireworks at dusk July 4, overlooking White Lake. Gather at Kauneonga Lake Community Park on Route 55 or the boat launch, adjacent to the park.

The free Independence Day concert Friday at West Point will begin with a Salute to the States when a new cadet from each state will present the state flag as the band plays.

Two men were arrested Wednesday and charged with grand larceny after fleeing from a Wawarsing burglary, police said.