Monroe News

An Orange County woman was arrested in the Ramapo Diner after police said she agreed to meet an acquaintance to return jewelry that she allegedly took from her home.

AIRMONT - An Orange County woman was arrested in the Ramapo Diner after police said she agreed to meet an acquaintance to return jewelry that she allegedly took from her home.

Monroe - One can already hear Olivia Newton John booming over the speakers now: "Let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physical..., let me hear your body talk." But you won't only be hearing '80s music at the new RetroFitness club opening this week at the ShopRite plaza in Monroe.

It's all so very hushed and elegant. Perfectly groomed, perfectly behaved dogs and humans striding, gliding and prancing their way around the show ring.

Serious cold is coming to Western New York beginning Thursday evening. The image above is forecast temperatures in Celsius just after midnight Friday morning.

Ken Tschan, 45, has been involved with theater arts his entire adult life. He recently directed a cast of inmates in a production of "12 Angry Men:" The Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in Warwick was my first time directing inmates.

Mike Malik of Chester brought in his own map to show residents the impact Mountco's Camp La Guardia redevelopment project would have on existing homes.

State Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt plans to launch her re-election campaign during a fundraiser Thursday.

A Monroe woman has been charged by the state attorney general's office with leaking secret grand jury testimony related to an investigation into major cocaine, marijuana and prescription medication distribution networks.

State police say a 36-year-old Monroe man driving a Toyota SUV towing an unloaded snowmobile trailer caused a chain of destruction.

Orange County Executive Ed Diana is urging lawmakers to add the 258-acre Camp La Guardia property to the county sewer district to preserve a pending deal to sell the former homeless shelter complex to a Westchester County developer.

Supporters of a proposed watchdog office for Orange County government got their last licks in Wednesday morning before County Executive Ed Diana decides whether to sign or veto a law establishing the agency.

Mid-Hudson residents who have recently re-enlisted in the Army National Guard have been announced by Maj.

Chester - The all-encompassing question residents of Blooming Grove and Chester want answered for southern Orange County's largest redevelopment project is, "How will it be possible?" More than 50 residents filled the Senior Center on Kings Highway Monday night to express their worries about the redevelopment of Camp La Guardia.

The Greece School Board is taking the next step in its superintendent search. Tuesday night, board members chose Monroe 2 BOCES to lead the hiring process.

Construction of a new South Orange YMCA has started in the Village of Monroe, with expected completion of the project by this summer.

Mail call! On Dec. 4, second-grade students at Pine Tree Elementary School celebrated the grand reopening of Wee Deliver, Pine Tree's postal delivery system.

The following local residents are among more than 700 students who recently received undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz: Christopher Arneth of Chester received a degree in sociology.

The state Department of Transportation and the Town of Wallkill will finalize plans this month to build a new park-and-ride lot on Route 302 adjacent to Route 17's Exit 119.

Monroe, Orleans, Wayne, Wyo. Counties, Upstate, N.Y. - A Lake Snow Advisory is in effect for Monroe, Orleans, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties through 10 PM Tuesday night.