West Hurley News

It was Christmas Eve and Erica Manfred was looking forward to the holidays with her husband and newly adopted daughter.

Teachers gathered at 6 a.m. at the West Hurley Firehouse to learn whether they would walk into their classrooms or form a picket line Tuesday.

With our planet and its people in peril from such dire problems as global warming, environmental pollution, chronic poverty, disease epidemics, terrorism and ethnic and racial animosity, a new type of paradigm for social change is needed, believes long-time activist and West Hurley resident David Gershon.

The Central Catskills Collaborative will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday to begin the development of the Corridor Management Plan for the nomination of a 50-mile stretch of state Route 28 as a Scenic Byway.

The owner of Numrich Arms Factory in West Hurley sustained an injury to his leg when he accidentally shot himself, State Police at Kingston said Wednesday.

The owner of the Numrichs Arms Factory shot himself in the leg on Tuesday while cleaning a weapon.

WEST HURLEY - The owner of a firearms supply company is recovering after he accidentally shot himself in the leg at his Hudson Valley firing range.

Firearms covered: Colt Huntsman, Remington Model 788, S&W CHP Commemorative, Sears Model 53, Colt New Service, and the Bergmann Mars 9mm REMINGTON MODEL 788 Q : I have just purchased a Remington Model 788 in .243 Winchester.

Three for three Two incumbents and one community education activist are facing election to the three available seats Onteora Central School District board of education in the Tuesday, May 19 voting that will also see residents cast a yea or nay on the proposed 2009-2010 budget .

When the public heads to the polls on May 19 to decide the fate of the Saugerties Central School District's $53 million budget proposal, they'll also have their say on what one-third of the Board of Education will look like for the next three years.