Hudson Valley Press

23/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren TOWN OF WAPPINGERS FALLS – It all started when 16 members said, “We want a chapter right here in the Hudson Valley,” That dynamic stance resulted in an unprecedented amount of service to the Mid-Hudson Valley Region by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Iota Alph...

22/12/2024

By Journalist Dr. Ms. Jones MIDDLETOWN – On Saturday, November 16th the “Blocking My View” Stage Play debuted at The Paramount Theatre. It was written and directed by Bishop Robert J. Bolton, Jr., pastor of One Accord Christian Church, Inc. The play is based on his remastered novel. “The Lor...

21/12/2024

VALHALLA – The Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC) Board of Directors announced December 12th that, after a nationwide search, David Lubarsky, MD, MBA, FASA, will be the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). A nation...

20/12/2024

YONKERS – Mayor Mike Spano and Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza mark a historic day in City history by announcing the compliance of a Department of Justice investigation and subsequent termination of an agreement to ensure constitutional policing. The Department of Justice on Decem...

19/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren NEWBURGH – It was a full sensory, information-laden, spiritually uplifting experience, likely to be engraved in its guests’ memory banks for quite some time. Inside the Newburgh Free Academy North Campus Auditorium Thursday night, the signature, emphatic chants resonated. A...

18/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren GOSHEN – It all started with a vision of a genuine belief in people, a desire to make a difference, uplift others who might be facing hardship while bringing them together, and making them realize their beautiful authenticity and potential. Now, 20 years later it has blossome...

17/12/2024

Clean up of contaminated soil at former Destinta Movie Theater site in New Windsor.

16/12/2024

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert warning about the rise of package theft and providing tips to protect consumers from porch pirates, or those who steal packages from people’s homes. Package theft increases during the holiday season, and James encourages ...

15/12/2024

POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino Monday announced the recipients of the County’s new Fly Car Grant Awards, which provide critical funding for life-saving equipment to fire departments, rescue squads, and ambulance corps for their ‘fly car’ vehicles. “Fly cars are an esse...

14/12/2024

NEWBURGH – City Manager Todd Venning and City of Newburgh Police Superior Officers Association (PSOA) President Ricardo Rivera Monday announce a groundbreaking five year contract agreement that includes a nearly 28% increase in base pay and implements new management practices that will permanently...

13/12/2024

MIDDLETOWN – Clip-clop, clip-clop. The rhythmic percussion of horse hooves is an unfamiliar sound on the SUNY Orange campus in 2024. However, it was quite ordinary to those present when the College opened its doors and held classes in 1950. To the delight of students, staff and the college communi...

12/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren NEWBURGH – It’s been eight years since Tabitha Cruz lost her life at 20 years of age to senseless guns violence at a Halloween Party in the City of Newburgh, and not one day passes that her mother Jeannette Drake does not reflect upon the incredibly special person her daugh...

11/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren NEWBURGH – A huge smile enveloped the face of Erma Cortes as her eyes glistened, exuding pure joy Saturday afternoon, behind her booth, in the front entrance way of the 50 NY Rte 17K Newburgh Healthfirst office. “I love this event; it brings Christmas early, something that ...

09/12/2024

MOUNT VERNON – Now a pre-K teacher at Edward Williams School, Stacia Fogg graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1988. She has been a teacher in the Mount Vernon City School District since 1999 and now spends her time guiding students and their families through the first years of their educati...

08/12/2024

BEACON – Clara Lou Gould, the mayor of the City of Beacon from 1990 to 2007, passed away early Monday at age 97. She was the longest serving female mayor in the history of New York State. Mayor Lee Kyriacou has ordered flags lowered “in honor and remembrance of this outstanding public servant wh...

07/12/2024

By Journalist Dr. Ms. Jones Newburgh-Interventional Cardiologist and Endovascular Specialist Dr. Rishi Bajaj still see patients at Garnett in Middletown and Montefiore St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh even though he has had his own practice, Epic Heart and Vascular Care, since last year. He opened ...

06/12/2024

By Jennifer L. Warren NEWBURGH – “Heart to God, hand to man.” It’s a motto that resides at the epicenter of most everything The Salvation Army does; its Newburgh Corp, serving Newburgh and the East of Orange County, was tangibly living that mantra Wednesday when they joined altruistic forces...

05/12/2024