Orange County News

A sex offender suspected in the fatal disappearance of a young New York City woman has been sentenced to one to three years in state prison for not reporting his Orange County address to police.

Orange County is losing a strong advocate for victims of domestic violence, but all of New York state is gaining one.

A judge Thursday said he expected to find acts like the ones that made Michael Mele a registered sex offender "in a secure mental health facility, or zoo, not in a mall in the United States of America." Orange County Court Judge Nicholas DeRosa called Mele's lewd conduct at the Palisades Center mall "depraved and unfathomable" as he sentenced the ...

MONSEY -[0x0f]At least 45 children in Rockland have been diagnosed with mumps, a highly infectious disease that is also being reported in communities in Brooklyn and Orange County, N.Y., according to the state Department of Health.

The Middletown Recreation and Parks Department's Performing Arts Program is trying to raise a little cash - and it's putting on a show to do it.

NJ Transit Northeast Corridor train #3823, the 7:53 a.m. departure from New York Penn Station, is running up to 20 minutes late.

Republican Ed Diana turned back a Democratic challenge by Pat O'Dwyer to handily win his third bid for Orange County executive.

All 21 Orange County Legislature seats were up for grabs Tuesday, with five incumbents running uncontested.

Mike DiTullo, left, managing director of the Orange County Business Accelerator, talks with Michael Oats, right, president of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp., and Marissa Brett with the same organization before the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new business accelerator in New Windsor.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Orange County Classic Choral Society commissioned Steve Margoshes to compose a new work.

GOSHEN Orange County Administrative Officer and economic development chief James O'Donnell is hopeful that Kolmar will stay in Port Jervis and not move its cosmetics manufacturing operation elsewhere.

A Republican challenger seeking to unseat Orange County Legislator Anthony Marino, D-Gardnertown, spent nearly $36,000 of his own money in a two-week advertising spree, according to his latest campaign financial disclosure form.

New York state is losing people to other states at the fastest rate in the country, according to a study by the Empire Center for New York State Policy.

Josh Duggan, the kidnapper-rapist who tormented two young Goshen girls in 1991, will remain in state prison for at least two more years.

Town police on Wednesday charged a man with abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl.

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

Former Chairman of the Health and Mental Health Committee; current member of Green Buildings Committee, Rules and Government Enactments Committee, Physical services Committee, and the Emergency Services Committee.

A federal judge refused to dismiss an Orange County sheriff's deputy's lawsuit against Sheriff Carl DuBois, ruling the deputy raised a legitimate issue about why he was passed over for promotions.

Authorities say four dead pit bulls found in an upstate New York trash bin earlier this month died of injuries consistent with dogfighting.

The Middletown chapter of the NAACP is holding a forum to meet the candidates for the Orange County Legislature at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Paramount Theater, 17 South St., Middletown.