For months a proposed subdivision off a dead-end road in the Town of Shawangunk has been the subject of an intense debate, which culminated in a 911 call last Tuesday. Read more…
Both the Wallkill Central and Pine Bush Central school districts’ 2013-2014 budget proposals passed on Tuesday while the Valley Central School District’s spending plan was defeated. Read more…
The Town of Crawford has added their voices to the growing clamor against the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Act recently signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo in response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Read more…
The Shawangunk Town Board voted last week to grant cluster approval for a 31-lot subdivision located on 25 acres off Buena Vista Avenue. Read more…
A proposed 114-unit apartment complex on Edmunds Lane was shot down at a recent meeting of the Walden Village Board when board members voted not to consider a necessary zoning change. Read more…
After more than 19 months of denials from First Student Bus Company, the Town of Crawford ZBA decided last week that the violations levied against the company in 2011 were valid. Read more…
“In my opinion, it’s very, very dangerous,” said Crawford Town Supervisor Charles Carnes. “Something has to be done immediately.” Read more…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated unequivocally that water fluoridation is “one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.” Read more…
It was the last bridge standing across the Rhine River and presented an avenue for Allied troops to cross the span and drive into the heart of Germany. The battle and capture of the bridge at Remagen in March, 1945 was a significant win for the American soldiers who fought there, including George Low, 86, of Pine Bush. Read more…
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Mayor Dennis Leahy to a small crowd gathered at the future site of Maybrook’s new wastewater treatment plant. Read more…
As hundreds of anxious parents, teachers and taxpayers looked on, the Valley Central School District Board of Education voted 6 to 1 Monday night to close Maybrook Elementary School and move all 220 of its students to nearby Berea. Read more…
Edmunds Lane in Walden is the place to be. Home for a number of residents as well as the Big Apple Circus and a Buddhist temple, the street is also now the proposed location for a major housing development to include seven single family homes and 114 apartments. Read more…
A barn in Wallkill was completely destroyed by a fiery blaze on Monday as firefighters from five departments fought to save the structure. Read more…
It took several hours but Valley Central School District Board of Education members finally reached a consensus about next year’s budget during a work session Monday night. Read more…
Hess Farm will forever remain undeveloped.Conservationists have been successful in meeting an end-of-March deadline to secure federal funding in time to purchase a conservation easement for the historic property. A more than year-long fundraising campaign raised more than $105,000 to purchase the easement. Read more…
