Elias Guerra
Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief-
Since 2008, students have been working with state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to count American eels at Fall Kill creek in Poughkeepsie. -
The Hudson City School District Board of Education is cutting the $63 million dollars budget $59 million, and would still leave the district struggling. -
Farmers in the Hudson Valley are being squeezed in all directions, as the war in Iran has causes gas and fertilizer costs to go up. -
Public radio stations Radio Catskill and WIOX are merging. They will share programming and WIOX will have access to NPR national shows. -
Awa-Moon Barnett plans to open the Hudson Valley’s first Black trans-owned bookstore, called home home Bookshop. -
DoorDash driver Alpha Barry had claimed he stopped at John Reilly’s home to ask for help after his phone died. Reilly fired two shots as Barry drove away, one of which struck him in the back. -
The jury began deliberating on Tuesday in the case of John Reilly, the Chester Town official, charged with attempted murder for shooting a DoorDash driver leaving Reilly’s driveway. -
The Chester highway superintendent faces attempted murder, assault and other felony charges for allegedly shooting the driver who came to his door last May. -
Tuesday in Orange County Court, the jury heard directly from Alpha Barry, the DoorDash driver who was shot on May 2, 2025, by Chester Town Highway Superintendent John J. Reilly III, now on trial for attempted murder. -
Naturalization ceremonies resumed last week after the ceremonies were cancelled in Ulster, Putnam, and Dutchess counties last winter by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
