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Three arrested by Sullivan Welfare Fraud Task Force
MONTICELLO- The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has arrested three men on charges that they stole welfare benefits. Kirk G. Meredith, 46, of Liberty, was arrested and charged with felony offering a false instrument for filing. Police say Meredith failed to report income from being self-employed, resulting in him receiving $625 in SNAP benefits to which he was not otherwise entitled. Meredith was arraigned and released on his own recognizance to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
Construction at Sullivan County Airport continues to move forward
BETHEL – Construction at Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel has entered its next stage with the state-of-the-art terminal rising from its foundations this week. Glue-laminated timber will soon go up with work continuing through the rest of the year. The airport is set to open in the spring of 2025.
Bomb threat at Bon Secours Hospital in Port Jervis
PORT JERVIS- A bomb threat received by Bon Secours Community Hospital just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening brought Port Jervis Police Department and multiple other law enforcement agencies to the East Main Street location, where they remained on site for several hours. Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden said the...
Bruce N. Avery
It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Bruce Nelson Avery, age 67. A lifelong resident of Monticello NY, Bruce passed away on June 6, 2024, at Westchester Medical Center from complications of surgery. The son of Herbert and Palma Avery, born May 15, 1957, in Monticello NY. With his old school values, he was a man of routine (including watching Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune nightly), and though he had a side of stubbornness, a kinder, more selfless, caring & loyal man could not be found.
Borscht Belt event to honor MLK’s speech at Concord Hotel in 1968
KIAMESHA LAKE – On March 25th, 1968, 10 days before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the annual Rabbinical Assembly Convention at the Concord Hotel. One of the rabbis who invited him to Sullivan County was Everett Gendler, who joined King previously at...
Upstate New York Animals Infected With ‘Highly Contagious Virus’
An animal in the Hudson Valley tested positive for a "highly contagious" virus. On Tuesday, officials with HITS Saugerties in Ulster County, New York, were told a horse was sent to Cornell University for testing. Horse Tests Positive For Equine Herpesvirus In Saugerties, New York. On Thursday that horse tested...
Two Sullivan County Legislators join fight to keep Exit 114 on Route 17 open
WURTSBORO – The calls to keep Exit 114 on Route 17 in Wurtsboro open continue to grow louder. Republican Sullivan County Legislators Terry Bernardo and Nicholas Salomone Jr. have written a letter to the State Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting that the exit remains open. Concerns over the possible closure of Exit 114 have grown as the DOT gets closer to finalizing its plans for bringing Route 17 in line with federal standards to make it an interstate highway.
Frito-Lay to lay off a third of its Orange County workforce
Frito-Lay, Inc. is laying off nearly a third of the workforce at its Middletown manufacturing plant by the end of the summer, according to documents the corporation filed with the New York state Department of Labor. According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed May 29, 88 of the...
Ellenville ShopRite To Close: Here's When
The 55,500-square-foot store, located in Ulster County in Ellenville, at 1 ShopRite Boulevard off Route 209, was opened in 1993 by Wakefern Food Corporation in New Jersey. According to Karen O'Shea, the corporation's spokeswoman, the store did not renew its lease and will close on Saturday, Aug. 31. "We thank...
Ex-cop who once shared cell with Jeffrey Epstein sentenced for 4 NY murders
New York — A retired police officer convicted of murdering four people, including a man he tortured and strangled over stolen drug money, was sentenced Monday to four consecutive life terms in prison. Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, who had been an officer in the Hudson River Valley village of Briarcliff...
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