West Hurley News

State police have recovered the body of the person they say jumped off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge on Saturday.

State Police at Kingston Monday recovered the body of a man who jumped to his death from the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge early Saturday morning.

Ralph Legnini, Donna Flayhan, Ann McGillicuddy and Laurie Osmond, the block of four candidates who ran on a platform to put a moratorium on the Onteora Central School District's Grade 5-8 middle school proposal ...

Residents who are registered to vote in the Onteora Central School District will have the right to go to the polls May 20 to elect four members as board of education trustees and to vote on four money spending ...

“Students feel very disconnected from the High School, it is very disheartening for me to hear, 'I am not an Onteora student, I'm an INDIE student.'”

The Onteora Central School District board of education officially voted unanimously at its May 6 meeting to create a Grade 5-8 middle school attached to the High school. via Highland/Mid-Hudson Post

Newfield Central School's Board of Education will meet at 7 tonight in the Weaver Conference Room, Elementary School, Main Street, Newfield. via Ithaca Journal

“Once that happened, you couldn't keep me from painting. It was all I did in any spare moment.”

Sylvia Ruth Weinberg has been living and working as an artist in Woodstock since 1967. via Poughkeepsie Journal

“It reminds me of my childhood and it's a beautiful place to come and visit”

HURLEY - When Lori Goldman Ames was a little girl, her parents often took her to visit relatives in Hurley in northeastern Ulster County. via Poughkeepsie Journal

“The wait staff are very accomadating and pleasent. The food is good and genourous...”

A Port Ewen woman is under arrest after Ulster County sheriff's deputies say she caused "extensive damage" to a parked car on John Street. via RecordOnline.com

The Newfield Board of Education will hold its meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday. The agenda is as follows: Call to order/Pledge of Allegiance Privilege of the floor Elementary Summer Curriculum Work - B. ... via Ithaca Journal

“I am confident that Unisys will benefit from his expertise and experience, and we welcome him to our financial team.”

Unisys Corporation today announced that Scott W. Hurley has joined the company as vice president and corporate controller. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“We visit the area often and have always loved the food. They now have rooms so we stayed for the week-end. Just...”

A West Hurley man was arrested Friday in connection with a crack cocaine trafficking operation in Ulster County. via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-R...

KINGSTON A West Hurley man has been arrested by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team following an extensive prescription drug trafficking investigation. via Mid-Hudson News

“He always wanted to get his name out there, and he got a high off it.”

West Hurley - The head of a neo-Nazi group believed to be affiliated with James Leshkevich, the racist who hung himself after killing his wife Tuesday, said that the group disowned him three years ago. via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-R...

A West Hurley man accused of distributing crack cocaine in Ulster County was so combative in court that he had to be arraigned while sitting in a holding cell at Kingston police headquarters on Friday, ... via Daily Freeman

James Leshkevich strangled his wife and then hanged himself, police said on Wednesday, confirming the two deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. State police Capt. via Daily Freeman

“She was loving and giving and did not deserve this.”

Friends and co-workers of Deborah Leshkevich painted a picture on Wednesday of a caring and generous mother who was emotionally tormented by the husband who ultimately killed her and then took his own life. via Daily Freeman

“It was exceptionally frightening”

Clad in a T-shirt bearing the name of a white supremacist, James Leshkevich made no bones about his racist beliefs during a signup session for the Guardian Angels' Kingston chapter. via Daily Freeman

Police on Tuesday afternoon continue to investigate the discovery of two bodies in a home on Morgan Hill Road in West Hurley. via Midhudsoncentral.com

“We have properties that we have to figure out which are going to be active”

Onteora school district officials are starting with a contingent figure of $48.42 million - an increase of $1.64 million, or 3.51 percent - in budget planning for 2008-09. Superintendent Leslie Ford said the ... via Daily Freeman