The Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS) has announced that due to substantial reductions in reimbursement from the federal and state governments, as well as other decreases in revenue caused by healthcare reform, that it has been forced to immediately reduce its labor force. Catskill Regional Medical Center will lay off the equivalent of 60 [...]
The Ulster County Sheriff reported an accident early Saturday morning that injured four people along Route 32 near Platt Lane. According to reports, a pickup truck and a Mobile Life Support Services ambulance crashed head on just before 7:00 AM. Both vehicles were heavily damaged. The ambulance was not carrying any patients at the time [...]
City of Newburgh Police Chief Michael Ferrara that a 21 year old Poughkeepsie a man was found stabbed in the area of City Terrace and Third Street just before 1:00 PM today. The man, Daquan Nugent, was taken to St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, just 2 blocks away, where he succumbed to his injuries. This marks [...]
A body of a man was found near the old Hyde Park train station Monday morning on the shore of the Hudson River in Hyde Park. The Dutchess County medical examiner is scheduled to conduct an autopsy on the body today. It is being speculated, the body found could be one of the boaters lost [...]
AHEAD OF CRAFT BEER WEEK, SCHUMER PUSHES FOR BILL THAT WOULD CUT EXCISE TAX ON SMALL BREWERIES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK BY 50% Schumer Legislation Would Allow Small Breweries To Fully Tap Their Business Potential By Cutting Excise Tax in Half – Craft Brew Week is May 13-19 Beer Industry Supports Nearly 60,000 Jobs In [...]
On Wednesday May 8, 2013 police responded to a reported stabbing in a Village of Liberty parking lot. Liberty Police arrived on scene at the Great American parking lot on North Main Street about 2:00 PM and found a male victim with a stab wound to his back. The assailants description, as well as the [...]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff Thursday, May 9, 2013 in honor of a Warwick Marine who died in Farah Province, Afghanistan on May 4, 2013. Staff Sgt. Eric D. Christian died while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Special Operations [...]
On May 4, 2013 State Police at Liberty responded to the Delaware River in the Town of Tusten, approximately 5 miles south of Narrowsburg for a report of a body being located by a group of canoeists. State Police and National Park Service Police responded and located the body. The cause of death is pending [...]
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATE-LOCAL PARTNERSHIP RESULTS IN RECOVERY OF $1.9 MILLION IN STOLEN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUNDS IN 2012 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Friday announced that partnerships between the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) and various State District Attorneys’ Offices to prosecute Unemployment Insurance (UI) fraud cases returned nearly $1.9 million to the UI [...]
City of Newburgh Police have released the identities of the victims of the triple homicide that occurred during the early hours of Wednesday, May 1. A female resident of the first level apartment at 98 South William Street, 52 year old Pamela Jenkins along with two male victims, 43 year old John Lewis and 52 [...]
