Hurley News

The owner of Numrich Arms Factory in West Hurley sustained an injury to his leg when he accidentally shot himself, State Police at Kingston said Wednesday.

WEST HURLEY - The owner of a firearms supply company is recovering after he accidentally shot himself in the leg at his Hudson Valley firing range.

Painting a grim picture of the future, Onteora Central School District Superintendent Leslie Ford alerted the Onteora District School Board of Education to begin thinking about next year's budget now.

Congressman John McHugh, who represents New York's North Country in the House, will be nominated by President Obama as the new Secretary of the Army, replacing Pete Geren.

KINGSTON - A Hurley man, described by police as suicidal, is due in court Tuesday to face felony drunken driving charges after being arrested twice Thursday and leading police on a high-speed car chase that ended with him allegedly trying to jump off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.

After leading officers on a high-speed chase through two towns, police say a suicidal man was tackled Thursday night just before he tried to jump off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.

Jayne Ulrich of Hurley is the recipient of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Dominic Parise Master Gardener Scholarship.

Onteora Central School District voters handily approved the 2009-2010 budget of $49,865,219, at the Tuesday May 19 district elections.

STONE RIDGE - About 200 students gathered at the campus of Ulster County Community College Wednesday to mark the end of one chapter of their lives and begin the early stages of another during the college 45th annual commencement ceremony.

Three for three Two incumbents and one community education activist are facing election to the three available seats Onteora Central School District board of education in the Tuesday, May 19 voting that will also see residents cast a yea or nay on the proposed 2009-2010 budget .

Firearms covered: Colt Huntsman, Remington Model 788, S&W CHP Commemorative, Sears Model 53, Colt New Service, and the Bergmann Mars 9mm REMINGTON MODEL 788 Q : I have just purchased a Remington Model 788 in .243 Winchester.

A public hearing on the Onteora Central School District budget for the year 2009-2010 that was legally noticed to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 apparently was never gaveled to order nor formally conducted or closed by a vote of the trustees.

The $17 billion in savings from 121 program cuts outlined today by the Obama administration includes a plan to terminate the presidential helicopter program that employs more than 800 people in the Southern Tier community of Owego.

HURLEY Troopers from Kingston State Police Friday afternoon investigated a two vehicle accident that involved a school bus in Hurley.

Look, we love George Lucas 's "Star Wars" movies as much as the next guy who ever asked his wife if he could name their first child Boba Fett.

KINGSTON - A man arrested for allegedly selling illegal guns and committing a string of burglaries in Ulster County is due in city court today.

Ulster County and seven Catskill watershed municipalities will use $50,000 in federal funding to protect the area's resources.

The royal leg - A physician removes a splinter of bone from Henry VIII's ulcerating leg, courtesy of a jousting accident.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates entered a minefield Monday as he unveiled a $534 billion budget that would shift the nation's defense spending from the imagined enemies of the future to the very real ones of today and the foreseeable tomorrow.

Good economic news is hard to come by right now, which makes U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's stop at Precision Flow Technologies in Saugerties this week all the more notable for the local job market.