Goshen News

The Goshen Youth Jazz Band will perform in the 2009 National Christmas Tree Music Program, which will be held Dec.

The mood was bleak a year ago when Republicans gathered in Goshen to watch election returns, spirits sinking as Barack Obama beat John McCain in state after state.

Republican Ed Diana turned back a Democratic challenge by Pat O'Dwyer to handily win his third bid for Orange County executive.

Political Experience: 16 years as Legislator of District 21 Work Experience: Self employed, Associate Real-estate Broker, RJ Smith Realty, Goshen, NY Family: Married 36 years to Brenda, 3 grown children, 5 grandchildren Questions: 1. Why are you running? Orange County is entering into an era of bleak economic times.

Work Experience: Proprietor of Damon Finch Power Sessions-Career Development Institute.

Josh Duggan, the kidnapper-rapist who tormented two young Goshen girls in 1991, will remain in state prison for at least two more years.

The Orange County Archeology Symposium will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Valley Central School on Route 17K.

For the last two years, Sam Draper worked to plan a reunion of the honors students he taught and mentored for many years in the Rockland Community College program that bears his name.

Orange County Trust Co. is planning a new branch at 146 N. Church St. in Goshen.

Big Dave's Family BBQ at 47 W. Main St. in Goshen will celebrate a grand opening Saturday and Sunday.

Feast on apple pancakes, French toast, eggs and sausages from 8 a.m. to noon at the Neversink Valley Area Museum, D&H Canal Park Visitors' Center, 58 Hoag Road, Cuddebackville.

The names of six war veterans rang out Friday afternoon, as their brethren saluted them and their remains were brought to their rightful resting place at the Orange County Veterans Cemetery.

St. James Camera Club of Goshen will present the photography exhibit "Images From Within" from Oct.

Orange County is inviting the public to try its new electronic voting machines this weekend to help train the election inspectors who will monitor the machines' debut in the towns of Hamptonburgh and Greenville on Nov.

GOSHEN Orange County is planning a symposium and exposition on Autism to be held on Saturday, November 14, at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Special Education Building at the school campus on Gibson Road in Goshen.

Beautiful People, an Orange County chapter of Miracle League Baseball, will host a fundraiser featuring former Mets and Yankees pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden from 6-10 p.m. Oct.

The genial "people-person" Pat O'Dwyer worked the crowd before a debate last month at Middletown's Paramount Theatre, smiling and chatting as she strolled through the sparse audience, showing no hint of anxiety about her approaching standoff with Orange County Executive Ed Diana.

Boxes, furniture and unassembled shelving might clutter the carpeted floor of Warwick's brand-new public library now, but in about five weeks, that space will be open and ready for patrons to use.

The president of a local anti-abortion group is challenging the constitutionality of a village law banning picketing in front of homes in residential areas.

GOSHEN The Orange County Jail has been awarded over $338,000 in the state Criminal Alien Assistance Program.