Westtown News

MINISINK Town of Minisink residents were invited to a public information meeting Wednesday where the possible acquisition of the 7.5 miles of abandoned rail trail connecting Westtown and Unionville was discussed.

The Westtown homeowner who shot a bear outside his home earlier this month has been cited by state Department of Environmental Conservation police.

Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.

Sadly, a third life has ended due to medical complications following the tragic sweat lodge ceremony held on October 8. A forty-nine year old woman, Liz Neuman, suffered from multiple organ damage and was in a coma prior to her death on Sunday.

"She always had a smile on her face, and her positive attitude was contagious to those around her," her family said in statement.

A funeral service is planned this morning for a 38-year-old Orange County woman who died at a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona.

Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray held a telephone conference call with many of the participants in a sweat lodge ceremony that left two people dead, according to people on the call who provided a transcript to The Associated Press on Thursday.

A man shot and killed a black bear that was tearing through trash next to his house Wednesday afternoon.

A self-help expert said he has hired investigators to look into two sweat lodge deaths at his Arizona retreat near Sedona.

The owners of a resort where two people were overcome in a sweat lodge and later died are asking for prayers in hopes that something positive will come out of what they say was a tragic and unexpected accident.

A man from Wisconsin also died in this crudely built sauna-like dome. Between 50 and 60 people were crammed inside.

How much would you pay to not eat for 36 hours and then sit in a hot steamy make-shift tent with about 60 people in search of spiritual awakening? To be honest, that sounds worse than a prison sentence, but the participants in last week's tragic sweat-lodge incident at Angel Valley Retreat near Sedona were willing to shell out top dollar for a " ...

The family of a 38-year-old New York woman is speaking out after she died during a sweat lodge session at an Arizona retreat.

Tucked into stunning red rock formations, this town of about 11,500 has long been a high-end resort destination for hikers, rock climbers, cyclists and sightseers.

Posted By Natureboy 14 hours, 23 minutes ago in Religion James Shore of Milwaukee and Kirby Brown of Westtown, N.Y. died Thursday night after being overcome in a sweat lodge during a spiritual cleansing ceremony.

Two people who died after sitting in an Arizona resort's sauna-like sweat lodge were identified Saturday as a 40-year-old Wisconsin man and a 38-year-old New York woman.

Fierce winds - including gusts up to 50 mph - tore through the region Wednesday.

A 22-year-old man from the state of Florida was arraigned Wednesday in Orange County Court on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and four counts of second-degree assault, stemming from a head-on car crash last year that killed 18-year-old Brian Stevens of Port Jervis.

The man once described by a prosecutor as the Al Capone of dogfighting circles made good Friday on the six-figure debt he owed the Warwick Valley Humane Society after his 2004 conviction for animal cruelty.

The man once described by a prosecutor as the Al Capone of dogfighting circles made good Friday on the six-figure debt he owed the Warwick Valley Humane Society after his 2004 conviction for animal cruelty.