Montgomery News

The ex-wife of Campbell Hall resident Armand Assante claims that the "Striptease" actor owes her more than $1.8 million in matrimonial support, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Poughkeepsie.

Appalled by the first draft of re-drawn district maps released last Friday , Senator Velmanette Montgomery and other Democratic lawmakers will hold two public hearings this week -- on Wednesday and Thursday -- to protest what they say is a blatant and desperate attempt by Republicans to establish a political advantage.

The Valley Central School District will host a reception honoring Melvin Wesenberg, this year's recipient of the Richard H. Aderson "Make a Difference" Award, at 6:15 p.m. Feb.

While working on its requests for an engineer, accountant and other contractors, the board decided to add a feasibility study to the list, Walden Mayor Brian Maher said.

State police say skeletal remains found in a swampy area in the lower Hudson Valley are those of a 24-year-old man who went missing last year.

They moved up here, where trees, not buildings, frame the horizon, for the same reasons so many of us do.

Judith MacCalla had a talent for drawing, but she didn't really embrace that talent until she turned 65.

Jim Taylor, shown last year, has continued to forge ahead with plans for a garbage gasification facility in Montgomery, despite setbacks.

A fire Thursday morning destroyed a mobile home at the Valley View park at 1635 Route 211 East, in the Town of Wallkill and left two people and two pets without a home.

Police in nearby Orange County have a new mystery to solve. On Sunday, a hunter reported finding what appeared to be skeletal remains in frozen, swampy wetlands in the Town of Montgomery.

Capt. Joseph Tripodo tells the Times Herald-Record of Middletown that it will take some time for forensic investigation to attach a name to the remains.