Monroe News

Multiple police units startled a car-load of young people at the Harriman Metro-North train station after a caller falsely reported that he was being threatened with guns by members of a gang.

The U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Yankees Squadron proudly participated in the Veterans Day ceremonies in Monroe and Harriman.

Art Heller, of Monroe, has joined Keller Williams Realty in Central Valley. Heller was formerly a Realtor at ADG Clasic Realty.

Authorities are searching for an upstate New York man after his fishing boat was found adrift in a lake at the New York-New Jersey border.

MAHWAH a ' A loose-lipped passenger and a unique hooded sweat shirt helped police in Mahwah turn a motor vehicle stop into an arrest for armed robbery.

Prosecutors on Friday filed 19 charges in Orange County Family Court against a 15-year-old boy accused of plotting a Columbine-style attack at Monroe-Woodbury High School.

A Monroe man, Douglas Grabow, 42, allegedly picked up a 13-year-old mentally incompetent girl near her residence in Highland Mills at about 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

For immediate release, Skagit Speedway ALGER, Wash. -- Funtime Promotions, the parent company of Skagit Speedway is pleased to announce starting in 2010 it will present 'The Supercross Series at Skagit Speedway'. "This is an exciting time at Skagit Speedway" commented owner Steve Beitler, " We have been working on this project for a long time and ...

Alberta M. VanArsdale, 79 years old, former 18-year resident of West Avenue, Brocton and formerly of Dunkirk died Nov.

Donald Carrington figured he had little or nothing to gain by plea bargaining. On Thursday, the 40-year-old convict rejected an offer from the Orange County District Attorney's Office of 112 to three years in prison if he pleaded guilty to escaping from the Monroe police station in September.

The voting bloc in the Hasidic Village of Kiryas Joel was expected to influence the outcome of the Monroe Town Board race Tuesday, as the powerful bloc instructed its members to back Democrat Gerard McQuade and Republican Don Weeks, leaving 20-year-incumbent Peter Martin out in the cold.

Political experience: Presently serving as Orange County Legislator for 7th Legislative District; Chairman of Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee; Human Services and Education & Economic Development Committee; Health & Mental Health Committee; Personnel & Compensation Committee; Southeast Orange Traffic Committee; Village of Monroe ...

The McGarrah Tavern and Stagecoach Inn will be the setting for the Election Day Pancake Festival on Tuesday to benefit the restoration of the Inn by the Masonic Historical Society.

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.

The state has fined a Rockland doctor who has been the subject of inquiries in four states $145,000 less than a year after stripping him of his medical license due to his "total lack of integrity," according to records.

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

MONROE - Charges are expected to be filed against a 15-year-old boy who police say stockpiled gasoline, propane, fuses and a machete for a planned attack on a Hudson Valley school.

West Monroe, NY -- No one was hurt in a fire that damaged one unit in an apartment building early this morning in West Monroe The West Monroe, Constantia and Cleveland fire departments were called about 1:27 a.m. to the building at 2793 State Route 49, an Oswego County E-911 dispatcher said.

The stage is set in Afghanistan for a presidential run-off election. That's after both top candidate agreed to take part in the Nov.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 5:02 pm US/Eastern MONROE, N.Y. 1 of 1 A student who attends Monroe Woodbury High School in Monroe, N.Y. was arrested after planning a massacre on the school on the anniversary of the Columbine attack.