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Warwick Man Found On Fire Dies After Jumping In Lake
The incident occurred in Orange County around 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at Wickham Woodlands Park, near the sports complex on State School Road in Warwick. According to Chief John Rader of the Warwick Police, officers responded to the area near the kayak launch for a reported burn victim.
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.
Nicholle Hoke Guilty In Deadly Newburgh DWI Crash
Nicholle Hoke, age 45, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Orange County Court on Wednesday, April 24. Orange County prosecutors said Hoke, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was leaving an Ulster County bar in New Paltz on the night of June 24, 2023, when she crashed into another car on Route 9W in Newburgh at around 10 p.m.
PA man sentenced to NY prison for possessing AR-15-style ghost gun
GOSHEN – A Montrose, Pennsylvania man was sentenced in Orange County Court on Tuesday to nine years in New York prison and five years of post-release supervision following his guilty plea to criminal possession of a weapon, an untraceable AR-15-style ghost gun with no serial numbers. Dustin Showers, 34,...
City to purchase old Middletown and New Jersey rail station
MIDDLETOWN – The City of Middletown is going to purchase the old Middletown and New Jersey Railroad station a block from the downtown business district, upgrade and bring it up to current standards. Mayor Joseph DeStefano said it is another step in preserving the city’s history. “Trains and...
Albany, Ellenville Women Get Clemency From President Biden
Stacy Wilder, age 49, of Albany, served nearly six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine in the Northern District of New York in January 2003. She received a full pardon from the president. Had she been sentenced under current law and sentencing...
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