Elias Guerra
Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief-
The commission will study and make recommendations on how to change the city government structure.
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According to Rockland Daily, it’s been nearly 50 years since a sitting president has visited the county.
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Former Chester Town Highway Superintendent John Reilly was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for shooting DoorDash driver Alpha Barry in the back as Barry drove away.
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Town of Newburgh Republican, Paul Ruggiero, was declared the winner of the council seat by one vote by the Orange County Board of Elections on Tuesday afternoon, over Democrat Mary Lou Carolan.
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Workers and advocates on Tuesday rallied outside Good Samaritan Hospital in response to fears the Rockland County facility could close because of Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Monday’s Newburgh Town Council meeting was cancelled because of a disputed seat that a Democrat, Mary Lou Carolan, says was taken by the Republican, Paul Ruggiero.
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Residents from Westchester and Orange counties were among those on the cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak was discovered.
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A recent study by Smart Mobility, Inc., commissioned by the Hudson Valley environmental conservation group Catskill Mountainkeeper, claims a 2024 New York State Department of Transportation report used outdated data and exaggerated the scope of the traffic problem.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made dramatic changes to who will be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and thousands of New Yorkers will no longer be eligible for the food assistance benefit. The costs of SNAP, like administration and benefits, are being shifted to New York counties. And they only have months to figure it out.
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Archtop Fiber, in collaboration with the county, is scheduled to lay over 220 miles of fiber-optic cable serving over 22,000 addresses by New Year's Eve.