Sullivan County News

ALBANY State Senator John Bonacic , chairman of the Senate's Gaming, Racing and Wagering Committee has introduced legislation allowing two casinos in Sullivan County and one Ulster County.

A man with a string of impaired-driving convictions was arraigned Friday in Orange County Court on charges that he was again driving drunk when he crashed on May 6, leaving his passenger with a broken neck.

Scott Rubenstein is particularly grateful for all those women who can't say no to another pair of unique earrings.

A long-delayed rewrite of Sullivan County's ethics code was approved on Thursday, creating new standards governing the conduct of public officials and county employees, and resurrecting the now-dormant Board of Ethics.

Legislature Chairman Scott Samuelson delivered his second State of the County address on Thursday, touting economic development as the way to improve the lives of county residents and the finances of county and local governments.

For the 12-month period ending in April 2013, private sector employment in the Hudson Valley Region increased by 10,200 or 1.4 percent.

Sen. John Bonacic introduced a casino bill on Thursday that calls for five upstate casinos, including three in the Catskills, over the next three to five years.

Potential positions at Wednesday's Sullivan County Job Fair ranged from insurance sales to health care, from warehouse duties to customer service.

A bright, sunny day during Mount Saint Mary College's 50th annual commencement ceremony ushered in a new era for 627 bachelor's and master's degree candidates.

That's the name of a DEC promotion reminding people not to disturb fawns and other young wildlife.

A tornado warning has been issued for northwestern Sullivan County until 2:15 p.m. by the National Weather Service.

Sullivan County's Adult Care Center soon will have new Alzheimer's and short-term rehab units and, possibly, a new name.

Sullivan County deputies early Sunday talked a disturbed man into putting a revolver away and recovered an arsenal of weapons during a brief standoff at a Haddock Road home in the Town of Thompson.

It is a pleasure to see a paper that reports the news instead of making the news.

It sure seems like the recent appeals court decision affirming the right of New York towns to ban fracking is a huge victory for those opposed to the natural gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

He also says that plans to enhance the Upper Delaware, with hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal grant dollars, are misunderstood.

The state may allow Sullivan County to replace two leaking showers at the Adult Care Center using grant money earmarked for the center's renovation - ending a dilemma in which an unbudgeted and unexpected $200,000 expense threatened to delay a major makeover.

Among the 150 movies and shorts to be shown in the Hoboken International Film Festival this year is one filmed in Sullivan County by a family production company.

A Sullivan County jury convicted Monticello resident Kariem McCline on a felony charge Friday but two jurors afterwards said they didn't believe that McCline was guilty and were "pressured" in the jury room to make the decision.

Featured in todays Record Newswatch - Newburgh police investigate a fatal stabbing Friday afternoon that occurred near the citys Downing Park; Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff says his departments patrols are threatoned by the loss of overtime funding and State Police identify the body discovered earlier this month in the Delaware River near ... (more)