Blooming Grove News

Metro-North train stops in Harriman. Service cuts would affect both sides of the Hudson, but the Hudson-Harlem and New Haven lines would take the biggest hit NEW YORK Riders on Metro-North Railroad can expect service reductions in 2010 as the result of the final proposed MTA budget presented to the Board's Finance Committee Monday.

State police said a 29-year-old man led them on a car chase along highways and country roads because he thought their flashing lights belonged to an ambulance.

How well does your local highway department plow your community's roads? And how was your commute on Routes 17 or I-87 or I-84 or other state roads? We'd like your feedback on what kind of snowplowing you experienced this morning.

How well does your local highway department plow your community's roads? And how was your commute on Routes 17 or I-87 or I-84 or other state roads? We'd like your feedback on what kind of snowplowing you experienced this morning.

The first snowfall of the season that covered roadways resulted in several accidents across the Mid-Hudson Valley from late Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning.

BLOOMING GROVE A New Windsor man is behind bars after he allegedly held up the Provident Bank branch at 815 Route 208 in Blooming Grove early Wednesday afternoon.

Something's going on down on old Main Street. Yes, in that old, tired historic downtown on the hill, where the only thing buzzing on some days was the sound of tractors on the Black Dirt fields in the valley below.

Blooming Grove Democrat Larry Delarose has announced he'll take another stab at unseating state Sen.

One glint of good news in this season of grim economic forecasts is that many town governments are planning relatively modest property-tax increases in January, despite rising costs and plunging revenues.

Orange County is losing a strong advocate for victims of domestic violence, but all of New York state is gaining one.

Less than two months before Christmas, a battery-powered hamster already is proving to be the Tickle Me Elmo and Cabbage Patch Kid of 2009.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Orange County Classic Choral Society commissioned Steve Margoshes to compose a new work.

ALBANY With the state facing a $10 billion budget deficit over the next two years, its multi-million commitment to the Walkway Over the Hudson should have been put on hold.

Education: St Thomas Elementary School - Cornwall NY; Cornwall Central High School; SUNY Oswego with a BS in Business Administration Family: Married to Regina Rose Hines 19 years; 4 children, Colin age 15, Justin age 14, Stephanie age 11, Ryan age 9. Questions: 1. I am running for the Orange County Legislature to continue the sound fiscal policy of ...

Family: married to Joseph, one daughter. Questions: 1. Why are your running? I feel that the 5th Legislative District is one on the districts dealing with many of the hot-button issues that face our county.

Questions: 1. Why are you running? In this year's election, we need to demand more legislative oversight of our County government.

A federal judge refused to dismiss an Orange County sheriff's deputy's lawsuit against Sheriff Carl DuBois, ruling the deputy raised a legitimate issue about why he was passed over for promotions.

Orange and Sullivan county residents with new or gently used coats and other winter apparel to donate to the needy can bring them to their local police stations for an annual, weeklong collection that starts Saturday.

Police spent nearly two months on an undercover drug sting that resulted in the arrest of two residents of the area on Oct.

PEARL RIVER Orange and Roland Utilities has begun work in Orange County on two new natural gas service extension projects aimed at making underutilized properties in good, appropriately zoned locations ready for business and residential expansion.