Ulster County News

A buffet of drugs was found in a Kerhonkson woman's car Tuesday, Ulster County deputies said.

KINGSTON "It doesn't mean crap to a tree," said Legislator David Donaldson, paraphrasing a famous Jefferson Airplane lyric.

ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched a formal investigation into 'pension padding' by targeting 28 state agencies, authorities and local governments that have some of the highest salary and pension payments in New York.

A Kingston police officer shot a fugitive Thursday morning after the wanted man yanked away the cop's Taser and shocked him in the head with it, Kingston police Chief Gerald Keller said.

NEW PALTZ Police have arrested a New Paltz man and charged him with failing to register an address change as a sex offender, a felony.

KINGSTON A Rosendale man was arrested by Kingston State Police and charged with grand larceny in the second degree and forgery in the second degree, both felonies.

City police and sheriff's deputies Tuesday morning accused 11 people of selling or possessing drugs, capping a 10-week operation against crack and heroin sales in midtown Kingston.

The National Weather has an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for rain and melting snow in effect until 1:15 a.m. Wednesday for south central Ulster County.

A self-proclaimed member of the Bloods street gang pleaded guilty Monday in Ulster County Court to possession of a loaded handgun.

Most of Dutchess County was spared from the heavy rains and winds that poured down on much of the tristate area this weekend, but officials were still monitoring for potential flooding.

After a gloomy day of rain across the region, rivers and creeks were expected to rise overnight and flood Sunday morning as steady rain and strong winds sweep through the Hudson Valley.

Two Kingston teenagers have been charged with felony assault and robbery in the beating of a man on Grand Street.

KINGSTON One lucky family will soon have the opportunity to purchase a brand new home in Kingston thanks to the efforts of the Ulster County BOCES YouthBuild program.

KINGSTON A self-proclaimed member of the Bloods street gang Monday pled guilty in Ulster County Court to the violent felony offense of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

WALLKILL A Gardiner man is charged with possession of synthetic narcotics and marijuana.

A Port Ewen woman, Michelle R. Dayton, 44, of 162 Salem St., has been charged with stealing more than $3,000 from the Port Ewen Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.

Two Ulster County men have been charged with a violation of the county's social host law, which prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors on private property.

The Orange and Ulster county executives are asking state and federal officials to declare their counties disaster areas so they can get financial help cleaning up from last week's snowstorm.

KINGSTON Ulster County departments ran up 6,700 hours of overtime to fight last week's snowstorms, County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach said Friday.

PORT EWEN The treasurer for the Port Ewen Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary has been charged with stealing over $2,000 from the agency over a 2½ year period.