Wawarsing News

A state lawmaker has introduced legislation to purchase approximately 35 homes in Wawarsing and move residents away from New York City's leaky aqueduct.

EILLENVILLE Members of the URGENT task force have arrested two Ellenville men on drug charges after they investigated reports of drug sales in the Town of Wawarsing.

Ulster County's medical examiner resigned Tuesday afternoon, two days after he was charged with showing up drunk to the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash.

ELLENVILLE - A 48-year-old Ellenville man was killed Sunday night after he was struck by pick-up truck on Route 209 in the Town of Wawarsing.

An Ellenville man, who was walking on Route 209 in the Town of Wawarsing just before 7 p.m. Sunday, was struck and killed by a motorist, State Police said Monday.

Folks in this Ulster County town are clearing their basement floors, getting their water-testing kits ready and warming up their sump pumps.

The plays will include commercials for Ellenville and Wawarsing business with jingles created by musician John Simon, former producer of the Band and member of the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio.

"History of the Local Knife-Making Industry," an illustrated talk by Dr. Richard Craft and Harold Buley Jr., will be held at 2 p.m. Nov.

New York City says it needs more time to study flooding problems here that officials have known about for nearly two decades, according to documents.

Troopers say a Napanoch woman who fled after crashing into another car on Route 55 last week in the Town of Wawarsing was found to be impaired by drugs.

KINGSTON Nevele Hotel, LLC has paid up its more than $342,687 bill owned for outstanding taxes and payments in lieu of taxes.

A Wawarsing man has been charged in a tire slashing outside of a Wawarsing bar. The woman on Sunday reported her truck tire had been slashed.

A $50,000 federal grant is heading to the Sullivan County Agricultural Local Development Corp.

Two Ellenville men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at the Catskill Pharmacy on Route 209 in Kerhonkson early Thursday morning.

Ellenville Two men were arrested in connection with a burglary at the Catskill Pharmacy, on Route 209 in Kerhonkson, about 2 Thursday morning.

State officials say that $4.8 million in federal stimulus money will go toward replacing a bridge in Ellenville and paving 10 roads in Orange County.

A Brooklyn man has opened a branch of his sustainable-design school in the Town of Wawarsing, where he intends to let students practice their craft on his 4-acre farm.

The Historical Society of Shawangunk and Gardiner hosts "Borden Day, Then and Now" starting at 10 a.m. at the Borden Middle School, Route 208 in Wallkill.

Alexander Dumond, 18, of Napanoch was charged after troopers say they found Diazepam and Percocet after pulling him over on Irish Cape Road in the Town of Wawarsing.

State prison work crews that have painted our churches and cleaned our roads for more than two decades are being dismantled and shipped away this month, but state officials say a small number of new work teams could be established at the region's medium-security prisons.