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Firefighters responded to 54 Walnut Street in Walden on Sunday morning.
Easter fire destroys Walden home
A two-alarm fire, shortly before dawn on Easter Sunday, left one Walden family homeless On March 31, Walden Fire Department was dispatched at 6:11 a.m. to a reported structure fire at 54 Walnut … more
Montgomery Planning Board approves Milk Factory renovations
The Borden Condensed Milk Factory on Route 208, after years of deterioration, will finally breathe new life as a boutique hotel after the Town of Montgomery Planning Board approved City … more
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Tara Parlman
Meet Tara Parlman, Shawangunk Justice
The Shawangunk board, during its March 7 meeting, introduced the town’s newest justice to the residents: Tara Parlman, a resident with years of legal experience who took over the … more
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The pavilion at Popp’s Park is flooded every winter for the annual curling tournament, but recent mild winters have produced more slush than ice. The solution would be a portable unit to freeze the surface water.
Wallkill Lions seek a solution for an icy problem
Members of the Wallkill Lions Club approached the Shawangunk board recently with a proposal of frosty proportions: a refrigeration system for the pavilion at Popp Park, ensuring a stable ice rink for … more
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Amy Coopersmith (l.) with Shirley Sutphin, CEO of Let’s Talk.
Montgomery’s Amy Coopersmith honored at women’s history ceremony
Amy Coopersmith, a Town of Montgomery resident and occupational therapist, was honored last Saturday, March 30 during the 2024 Let’s Talk Women’s History Month Ceremony, hosted at … more
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Jean-Ann McGrane
Gardiner mourns longtime community leader
The Town of Gardiner mourns Jean-Ann McGrane, a community leader with a passion for preserving land and open space. She died on March 16 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was 73. … more
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Smile and wave.
Hamlet of Wallkill celebrates Easter
Wallkill families, friends and residents joined together on the lawn of the Wallkill Public Library to ring in the Easter weekend with the annual egg hunt. The egg hunt on Saturday, March 30 was once … more
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The Easter Bunny with members of the village’s parks and recreation department.
Hundreds of kids scramble at Walden’s Easter Egg Hunt
More than 300 children and their families gathered at James W. Olley Park last Saturday, March 30 during the Village of Walden’s annual Easter Egg hunt, a fast and frantic contest where … more
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Pine Bush man pleads guilty in Middletown gun case
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Cameron Leath, 25, of Pine Bush, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in … more
Trustee Randi Picarello (l.) and Mayor-elect Mike Hembury listen as Stacey Hillman appears before the village board last week. Hillman complained that, of all the elected village officials, only Picarello has a Facebook page. “I don’t think it’s right,” she said.
After a heated campaign, Hembury wins Montgomery’s mayoral election
A tense campaign that spilled onto the social media pages and into the village hall meeting room has ended with Trustee Mike Hembury winning the mayoral election in the Village of Montgomery. … more
Montgomery begins the process of revitalization
On the heels of a successful $4.5 million grant application, the Village of Montgomery must now begin the process of planning to spend that money, but the first order of business was a small … more
Jean Degon
Meet Walden’s new treasurer
Jean Degon, a 26-year resident of the Town of Montgomery, became the Village of Walden’s newest treasurer last month and has since been learning the ropes of her financing role. Here’s … more
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PBHS principal to retire in 2025
Pine Bush High School principal Aaron Hopmayer has announced his retirement from the Pine Bush school district following the 2024-25 school year. Hopmayer will be transitioning to principal of … more
Montgomery flashes shades of green on a gray day
Despite facing torrential downpours and gloomy skies, participants of the Village of Montgomery’s annual St. Pat’s Ramble marched proudly through the village street, shining their shades … more
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Steven Schelin (far right) poses with members with the town board.
Shawangunk board honors Steve Schelin
The Shawangunk town board opened its March 23 board meeting by honoring a resident with the first Dick Parker Community Service Award of 2024: Steve Schelin, a passionate town employee who manages … more
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Pine Bush High School hosts ‘eggcellent’ Easter Egg hunt
Sunday, March 24 was a chilly but cloudless afternoon at Pine Bush High School in Crawford. One hundred seventy-five children, from toddlers to sixth graders, lined up along the school football … more
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SUNY Orange Receives $1.21 Million SUNY DSP Grant
 SUNY Orange has received a nearly $1.21 million grant from the State University of New York (SUNY), in partnership with the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities … more
Jim Ullrich presenting the project to the planning board.
Self-storage project presented to town
The Town of Montgomery’s March 11 planning board meeting marked the debut of a new project: a 46,550-square-foot self-storage facility proposed for Route 416, south of Neelytown Road, that was … more
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Nicole Hanley (center) with fellow priests of the Diocese of New York.
Walden, Montgomery churches install new pastor
Nicole Hanley, a priest of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Walden and St. Francis of Assisi Chapel Montgomery, was instituted as priest-in-charge for both churches last Saturday, March 13 … more
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Montgomery’s Police Advisory Board seeks more members
Rita Santo, a member of Montgomery’s Police Community Advisory Board, gave a presentation at at a recent town board meeting, informing the public about the committee’s goals and … more
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