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Thruway crash shuts down superhighway
TOWN OF NEWBURGH – A serious auto accident on the northbound Thruway near exit 17 in the Town of Newburgh sent one person to Westchester Medical Center late Monday morning. Traffic was stopped in both directions as a medivac helicopter landed on the highway to transport the victims to the hospital.
Former GEICO Building In Woodbury To Become Worship Facility
Town of Oyster Bay approves Jehovah’s Witnesses assembly hall. On April 11, the planning advisory board for the Town of Oyster Bay voted unanimously to approve the site plan for the former GEICO property at 750 Woodbury Road in Woodbury. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses purchased the GEICO Corporate Office in December 2022 and submitted applications to the Town of Oyster Bay in May 2023 to develop an assembly hall for weekend gatherings.
Surveillance video captures 58 water trucks in South Blooming Grove neighborhood in one month amid water crisis
The once rural village is now rapidly growing with an influx of new people from surrounding communities moving in. While many longtime residents don’t like the changes, News 12 learned this week that there's a bigger problem in the village.
Holdridge in it for the long haul in Chester
CHESTER – Brandon Holdridge’s age, 26-years-old, was a topic of discussion for many of his detractors during his run for Town of Chester supervisor last fall. “You look 12-years-old,” they told Holdridge, a Democrat. “I can’t believe you are running.” Holdridge told them simply: “Give me 10 minutes and I think you will consider you otherwise and give me a chance.”
NY weather update: Freeze warning issued for Orange County for Tuesday
On Monday at 3:32 p.m. an updated freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Tuesday between midnight and 8 a.m. for Orange County. The weather service adds, "Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 degrees expected." "Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and...
Open Space Institute launches O&W Trail Corridor Study
The Open Space Institute (OSI) recently launched its O&W Trail Corridor Study, which will help the organization in its effort to transform the former O&W Railroad corridor, including sections of the historic D&H Canal towpath, into a contiguous, 57-mile shared-use greenway trail from the city of Kingston in Ulster County southwest through Sullivan County to the city of Port Jervis in Orange County.
Newburgh housing rehab project highlighted by governor
NEWBURGH – East End II has received the governor’s award for Excellence in Nonprofit Achievement. The project was an over $30 million scattered-site, multi-year initiative by the nonprofit organization RUPCO. The Kingston-based group used state and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits, affordable housing credits, and LEED certification to...
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