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Officials call for no-show Orange County legislator to step down after missing meetings for two years
Legislator Joel Sierra was elected in 2017 to represent Middletown residents and is in his second term. County records recently obtained by News 12 show the official has missed every meeting - more than 100 - in the last 26 months.
Milford man charged with grandmother's murder, house arson
MILFORD TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WOLF) — A Milford man has been charged with criminal homicide and arson for allegedly killing his grandmother and setting her home on fire. George Sisco, 28, is currently in the Pike County Jail after being taken into custody Friday by the Milford Borough Police Department and the State Police.
The Middletown Branch Then and Now: A Forgotten Orange County Railroad Line
MIDDLETOWN- Though the New York, Ontario & Western Railway was one of the first major rail lines to close in the United States on March 29, 1957, its impacts on New York and Orange County in particular were formidable. The railroad, extending more than 500 miles to Oswego, was operated from Middletown, NY and its trains once connected an array of communities between Middletown and Cornwall. Opened in 1880s, what was known as the Middletown Branch was a vital connection through municipalities such as Stony Ford, Campbell Hall, Rock Tavern, Little Britain, Firthcliffe, and Cornwall Landing where O&W trains would then use the tracks of the West Shore to reach Weehawken, NJ. Following the line’s abandonment, remains of the Middletown Branch quickly vanished and, today, it takes a trained eye to visualize the sites of tracks, bridges, and stations—none of which remain today save for Middletown.
NY weather update: Freeze watch issued for Orange and Putnam counties for Friday
An updated freeze watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 10:04 a.m. valid for Friday between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. for Orange and Putnam counties. The weather service adds, "Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees possible." "Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other...
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