Washingtonville News

The Monroe-Woodbury school board has chosen one of the district's assistant superintendents to replace Joseph DiLorenzo as the district's top administrator when DiLorenzo retires at the end of the school year.

After eight years, a low-cost health club has closed - a victim, its owner claims, of legal battles with a neighbor and the mayor.

A fire Tuesday night badly damaged a single-family home at 2838 Route 94, authorities said.

A fire Tuesday night badly damaged a single-family home at 2838 Route 94, authorities said.

The idea of homeowners secretly brewing diesel fuel from used cooking oil might seem like material for a movie about a post-cataclysmic, dystopian future.

Officials are looking into whether biodiesel fuel production at a house in Orange County violated local laws.

Officials are investigating whether the owner of a house at 32 North St. violated laws by allowing the mass production of biodiesel in a residential neighborhood.

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.

Municipal workers finally identified the source of brackish water in Water District 5 after investigating for two weeks.

Providing a gift that's truly priceless this holiday season, 200 girls of all ages turned out for the Washingtonville Girl Scouts' annual Day of Service.

Once she got the story out, it took just a day for Awilda Torres-Cubi to reunite the wedding ring she found outside a Town of Newburgh store with its rightful owner.

Picture frames Jill Stafford received as bridal shower gifts in 2005 remain empty, as does the spot reserved on her parents' wall.

McQuade Children's Services laid off 49 of its workers Friday, nine days after the state announced it would effectively close the nonprofit group's school by cutting its funding.

An Orange County grand jury on Monday indicted a Washingtonville man on charges that he burglarized a church in the village - twice within a week.

Get a dose of Orange County history with the "Orange County Roots Photographic Exhibition," which was announced and scheduled for Jan.

Blooming grove - The town is reviewing the appropriateness of allowing a sitting councilman to do business with the municipality as a towing company operator.

Emergency services are responding to a reported structure fire at 3329 Route 208 in Campbell Hall.

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.