Slate Hill News

Thursday, December 03, 2009, 11:59am MADRID - State officials lauded local residents and Slate Hill Constructors this morning during the ceremonial reopening of the new State Route 345 Bridge over the Grasse River.

The first weekend in December has for years heralded a major craft show in Sarasota sponsored by the American Craft Council that drew national fine craft artists.

One family farm is making sure Christmas cheer won't cost any more than last year.

Monday, November 23, 2009, 2:29pm By CRAIG FREILICH MADRID - The bridge across the Grasse River, closed for reconstruction since May 2008, will reopen earlier than expected Nov.

Julianna Bonfiglio, Marissa Hernandez, Madeline Pister and Inez Timberger from Girl Scout Troop 519 recently received their Ten Year Pin, which represents 10 years of registered membership as a Girl Scout.

State police are investigating the possible discovery of human skull fragments and other skeletal remains in the Ridgebury Cemetery on Ridgebury Hill Road in Slate Hill.

Q. I have a woodpecker pecking at my siding. I called a pest control company that plugged up the holes after examining under the wood siding for insects.

MINISINK Town of Minisink residents were invited to a public information meeting Wednesday where the possible acquisition of the 7.5 miles of abandoned rail trail connecting Westtown and Unionville was discussed.

Troopers responded to a home at 17 Brook Trail in the Town of Mamakating and arrested two men accused of assaulting their wives.

From healthcare to law, engineering to finance, manufacturing to education, every major industry is represented by its 400,000 active members.

J.J. McLoughlin's Eagle Scout project concluded with a 21-gun salute, the echoing notes of taps and the skirl of bagpipes, in honor of 11 veterans who died long before the people who attended Saturday's ceremony at Slate Hill Cemetery were born.

UConn's annual "First Night" show on Oct. 16 at Gampel Pavilion won't be as dramatic as it usually is since the fans there will be introduced to just one new player, freshman guard Kelly Faris.Of course, those fans who attended the celebratory dinner in honor of the naitonal champions already had their chance to meet Kelly - and there were a lot of ...

A week ago, they appeared by the thousands at local ShopRites, greeting shoppers like an old friend.

The weather outside the 226-year-old Old School Baptist Church in Slate Hill was so splendid Sunday, it gave rich meaning to the poetry of the hymn "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee": "Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun ... Stars and angels sing around Thee." The congregation at the annual interfaith service, sponsored by the ...

The railroad track has been restored at the County Route 78 crossing in the Town of Wallkill.

The Department of Environmental Conservation will re-treat about 50 acres of wetland below Ridgebury Lake with a fish poison to try to eradicate an invasive fish species that remains there.

SLATE HILL The Wawayanda Town Planning Board has issued Brookfield Resource Management the final scoping document for the company's proposed recycling facility in the town.

Weeks of soggy weather have slowed the appearance of some crops in the region, but haven't dampened the spirits of shoppers at local farmers markets.

If cats had opposable thumbs, Buddy the hitchhiking cat could be halfway to Fishkill by now.

KIRKWOOD - Jerry Higbie of Slate Hill won the 45th Heath Memorial Modified race at Five Mile Point Speedway on Saturday.