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Rensselaerville announces first recipients of bequest money
RENSSELAERVILLE — Rensselaerville will soon disburse the first chunk of its roughly $860,000 Kuhar Endowment Fund to 16 different community groups and organizations in what it hopes will be an annual giveaway for the rest of time. In 2022, the town learned that it would be receiving the money...
Saugerties man pleads guilty to burglary just prior to jury selection
Saugerties resident Kirk Shultis, Jr., who in 2022 faced charges of felony custodial interference and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in the alleged disappearance of his daughter, pleaded guilty to burglary in Ulster County Court last week. Just prior to jury selection on Monday, April 22, Shultis, Jr....
Hudson Valley unemployment up in March
WHITE PLAINS – Unemployment in the Hudson Valley rose slightly in March as compared to the same month last year, according to the State Labor Department. Rockland County, with 3.4 percent joblessness, had the lowest level this March compared to 2.7 percent in 2023. At the other end of...
Fatal Catskill Crash: Woman ID'd As Victim On I-87
It happened around 6:40 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Greene County, in the village of Catskill, on I-87. A preliminary investigation at the scene determined that a 2004 Ford Escape was traveling northbound in the passing lane between Exit 20 (Saugerties) and Exit 21 (Catskill), when, for an unknown reason, it exited the roadway, went through the guide rail, struck an earth embankment, and overturned, New York State Police said.
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