Ulster County News

Dean and Debra Palen's iron grip over the Ulster County Health Department created years of distrust, inappropriate cash management practices and extensive inefficiencies that put the public's health and safety at risk, according to an investigation released Friday by the Ulster County Comptroller's Office.

ALBANY - The state's top court on Thursday upheld the rights of Westchester County and the state to legally extend benefits to same-sex couples married in other states.

An Orange County man who was convicted last month of fatally shooting his girlfriend in Milton was sentenced today to 25 years in state prison.

ULSTER COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT ON THE 2010 PROPOSED COUNTY BUDGET.

NEW PALTZ - The Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation at New Paltz seeks private Hudson Valley gardens to feature in the seventh annual New Paltz Regional Garden Tour.

NEW PALTZ: Five people are scheduled to appear Tuesday in New Paltz Town Court on felony drug charges after they were accused of selling drugs in the New Paltz area.

After a six-month investigation, a special Ulster anti-narcotics team arrested five people traficking drugs, police said Saturday.

Located on the west bank of the Hudson River some 100 miles north of New York City , Kingston, N.Y . is a vibrant city that dates back to the arrival of the Dutch in 1652.

Manpower and equipment are being summoned from eastern Orange County and Ulster County fire departments to help combat a 100-acre brush fire in Dutchess County.

A 33-year-old Brooklyn man faces two to 12 years in state prison when sentenced next month on a drug conviction in Ulster County Court.

Republican-backed challengers Carmine Mele and Richard Koenig appear to have won Tuesday's Town Board election in Gardiner by a slim margin.

A Boiceville man died Tuesday evening in a two-car collision on Route 28 in the Town of Olive, state police said.

State police say an elderly woman was killed in a head-on crash in the Town of Wallkill in Ulster County.

An Ellenville man, who was walking on Route 209 in the Town of Wawarsing just before 7 p.m. Sunday, was struck and killed by a motorist, State Police said Monday.

Republicans unexpectedly took control of the Ulster County Legislature in voting Tuesday.

Pocono Playhouse owner Ralph Miller and a crew burned costumes and sets behind the theater hours before a blaze incinerated the building last month.

From left: Town of New Paltz Supervisor Toni Hokanson; Joyce Minard, New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce; Cindy Hilbert, Town of Marlborough; Mark Castiglione; and Town of Lloyd Supervisor Ray Costantino NEW PALTZ The Hudson River Valley Greenway announced the awarding of three grants to trail projects in Ulster County, Friday.

The Hudson River Valley Greenway Friday announced the awarding of three grants to trail projects in Ulster County.

KINGSTON The Bennett, Kielson accounting consultants are going over Ulster County Executive Michael Hein's proposed 2010 budget with a fine tooth comb.

KINGSTON Republican Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack won a second term in office by defeating Democrat Gilda Riccardi.