WASHINGTONVILLE – Washingtonville Police and Blooming Grove EMS members had to be treated as a precaution at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Saturday over a concern that they might have been exposed to deadly fentanyl. Those two police officers and five EMS workers responded at about 5:45 p.m. to a report of […]
UPDATE… Cornwall fire damages home
CORNWALL – Fire Saturday evening damaged a residence on Beakes Road in Cornwall. According to first responders, the fire started in the garage and spread into the house displacing six children and two adults. Orange County investigators determined the cause of the fire to be a malfunctioning lithium battery from a power tool in the […]
Driver injured when her car crashes into house
RIFTON – A 31-year-old Ellenville woman whose 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan crashed into a house in on Route 213 in Rifton had to be extricated from the vehicle by fire and EMS personnel, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office reported. The driver, identified as Olivia Escalara, was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie for treatment […]
Wappingers school board approves contract with nurses
TOWN OF WAPPINGER – The Wappingers Central School District (WCSD) Board of Education approved a labor agreement with the district’s 26 nurses at Monday night’s meeting. The five-year contract comes one year to the day after the WCSD recognized the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as the bargaining representative for the school nurses. CWA Local […]
BOCES capital project budget approved by voters
GOSHEN – The $159 million capital project for the two Orange-Ulster BOCES campuses has been approved by a 110 vote margin. Officials said that means the Board of Cooperative Educational Services will move forward on adding instructional areas, upgrading infrastructure and renovating dated environments on both the Gibson Hill and Arden Hill campuses, both in […]
