Coxsackie News

Comptroller criticizes 'inaccurate' budget estimates in Greene County village ALBANY The Village of Coxsackie has experienced a series of unplanned operating deficits in its general, water and sewer funds over the last several years, according to an audit by the state Comptroller's office released Tuesday.

Duplicate checks erroneously sent to the village's attorneys and accountant, lack of competitive bidding for paving and fuel and lax oversight resulting in unplanned operating deficits were among the findings of a state comptroller's audit of this Greene County village's finances.

Paragallo, free on bail, faces 22 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty following the highly publicized April 8 raid of his Center Brook Farm in upstate New York.

Hugh and Peggy Quigley's house in Coxsackie had its beginnings when Hugh climbed a tree on the overgrown land and said, "I think we can see the river from here." The river was the Hudson River, which is indeed visible today from the many large windows gracing this impressive home.

Jerry Stolfi houses Jesus above his kitchen's stovetop exhaust fan, inside a drab brown cupboard he calls a shrine.

We can't be sure it's H1N1, but the flu is going around in a number of areas across central New York.

Route 35: Jonathan Rieg, 34, of Lewisboro was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was accused of making an unsafe lane change on Route 35 in Lewisboro as state troopers conducted an eight-hour drunken-driving crackdown late Saturday and early Sunday, police said.

Hike name: Madam Brett Park revisited. Location: Beacon. Length: One mile, plus exploring.

As local communities start celebrating the Quadricentennial this weekend, the Crailo State Historic Site is preparing for a major change.

As the warm weather arrives and vegetation gets new life, we must all be aware of poison ivy, oak and sumac as we clean out weeds and children play outside.

The first recovering horses from Ernie Paragallo's Center Brook Farm in upstate New York could be moved to new homes beginning on Tuesday.

A court hearing has been postponed for a prominent thoroughbred breeder charged with cruelty after scores of malnourished horses were found on his New York farm.

LAST WEEK A WELL KNOWN HORSEMAN WHOSE THOROUGHBREDS HAVE RACED AT ALL THREE NEW YORK TRACKS WAS ARRESTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Debbie Stafford of Earlton, a small community just outside of Coxsackie, wanted to live in her dream house that she and her husband had been talking about for years.

February 2009 marked the one-year anniversary of nightlife titan Steve Lewis ' industry insider blog, Good Night Mr.

In this photo provided by the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, horses are seen at Center Brook Farm in this in Coxsackie, N.Y., on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

AFTER A HORSE FARM WAS RAIDED OUTSIDE COXSACKIE YESTERDAY, AND 177 HORSES SEIZED.

State Police at Catskill have charged a Long Island man with 22 counts of torturing and injuring animals, and failure to provide sustenance.

The New York Racing Association has banned Ernie Paragallo from doing business at its tracks.

Authorities have seized 177 malnourished horses from the Hudson Valley farm owned by a thoroughbred breeder.