NEWBURGH – City Manager Todd Venning unleashed a written attack against a local Hudson Valley tv reporter on Monday, accusing her of conspiring with Orange County David Hoovler to spread a “baseless conspiracy theory fabricated by (a local cable) television presenter that the city is falsifying crime and arrest…

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WHITE PLAINS – The controversy over the lies spewed by Congressman George Santos about his life history has prompted the Westchester County Board of Legislators to unanimously approve its “Truthful Disclosure for Candidates” bill. The measure approved 15-0 on  Monday night, would require candidates for county legislator and county…

BEACON – The Beacon City Council Monday night passed environmentally friendly legislation, which will require all electric construction beginning in 2024. “We think it’s the right thing to do,” said City Councilman George Mansfield.   “We will be leading by example and hopefully others will follow suit.” Mansfield and…

ALBANY- Republicans rallied in Albany on Monday in protest of the housing plan Governor Cathy Hochul proposed in her executive budget released back in January.  Hochul’s proposal is an aggressive plan to create new housing throughout the entire state and has raised concern with Republicans because it would allow…

POUGHKEEPSIE – Roy Johnson Jr., the 36-year-old parolee accused of shooting a Marist dad to death inside of the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the Town of Poughkeepsie on October 2, 2022, says he is not the shooter that killed 56-year-old Paul Kutz. The prosecution and defense are scheduled…

GOSHEN – A woman only identified as “Ms. Q,” an immigration activist, New York resident, and asylum seeker targeted for deportation by ICE, has been ordered released from the Orange County Jail on $10,000 bond, according to Critical Resistance, a California-based group. The organization said her release “comes at…

GOSHEN – Play Airlines is the sole international carrier at New York Stewart International Airport, flying to Europe via Iceland. That could change in the not-too-distant future. Orange County Tourism Director Amanda Dana revealed on Monday that another carrier has its sights on the Newburgh area airport. “There is…

Natalie Quinn POUGHKEEPSIE – Mayor Marc Nelson of Poughkeepsie announced a change in personnel in his administration this Monday.  Development Director Natalie Quinn left her position with the city on Friday and Joe Donat has been brought in to serve as interim Development Director starting today (March 20, 2023).…