Washingtonville News

How well does your local highway department plow your community's roads? And how was your commute on Routes 17 or I-87 or I-84 or other state roads? We'd like your feedback on what kind of snowplowing you experienced this morning.

BLOOMING GROVE A New Windsor man is behind bars after he allegedly held up the Provident Bank branch at 815 Route 208 in Blooming Grove early Wednesday afternoon.

William Gorton, the state Department of Transportation's regional design engineer, has been named the department's acting regional director in the Hudson Valley.

The Village Board has declined to amend a zoning law to allow Omnipoint Corp. to lease the Monell Engine Company firehouse roof for a cell phone tower.

About two years ago, Mount Hope took out a $1.6 million bond to build a new sewage treatment plant for homes in the Hidden Valley development.

One glint of good news in this season of grim economic forecasts is that many town governments are planning relatively modest property-tax increases in January, despite rising costs and plunging revenues.

Come to 90 Miles Off Broadway's production of "The Women" at 2 p.m. at the new community center behind New Paltz Town Hall, Route 32.

Ken Anderson Discusses His WWE Release, Paul Heyman, Working Independent Promotions, More Posted by Larry Csonka on 11.09.2009 Anderson... - The Poughkeepsie Journal recently interviewed Ken Anderson, who was promoting his appearances for Northeast Wrestling on Friday November 13th in Waterbury, CT and Saturday November 14th in Washingtonville, NY.

Washingtonville Planning Board Chairman Terry Hughes added to his problems last week by pushing a 76-year-old neighbor during a spat.

A Glen Spey man's attempt to escape Montgomery police Saturday night ended when his truck crashed into a stack of concrete blocks, officials said.

Got any Best Picture favorites yet? With a 10-team race, anyone is game. Heck, one wouldn't be surprised if "Love Happens" gets a nod.

The driver of a propane truck involved in an accident on Noxon Road yesterday remained hospitalized Wednesday with non-life threatening injuries.

A red bar with white letters alert Mamaroneck Village residents, warning them of a rash of car burglaries on the Village website .

NORTH TRAIN 57 - The 5:40 p.m. from Hoboken to Port Jervis was almost full. Almost, but not quite.

They're calling it the case of the disappearing gravel. In a village already rife with intrigue over the unexplained resignations of three top police officials, government leaders are now conducting an inquiry into the disappearance of millings - or gravel produced from grinding up roads - stored at the village Department of Public Works.

Monday is the International Day of Peace, and two local movie houses are honoring the day by honoring its creator.

Two employees of M&T Bank on Main Street were arrested on charges of stealing $4,000 in cash from the bank.

Capital Drive is a beautiful loop of middle-class homes and well-kept lawns, a model suburban neighborhood were it not for the unexemplary house located at 102 Capital Drive.

You walk into a room at the Orange County Courthouse for jury duty and you see the faces of 406 people who were killed at the World Trade Center eight years ago today.

Like many Americans, April Leary is dealing with unemployment: The 26-year-old Middletown resident lost her job at a Manhattan architectural firm in January.