Acquitted of murder, Nunez sent to prison on lesser charges
A Kingston dentist whose sensational murder trial last year ended in acquittal will spend at least two years in state prison for convictions on charges of perjury and insurance fraud.
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Ulster County drug and gang task force wants to add more police departments
The agency’s most recent high-profile effort involved working closely with federal Homeland Security Investigations on an investigation that netted dozens of members of a Poughkeepsie-based cocaine trafficking ring operating in and around Kingston.
New web-based system augments HealthAlliance’s stroke care
Officials at HealthAlliance of Hudson Valley say that new technology will help fill gaps in critically needed specialties and save precious minutes when dealing with strokes and other neurological emergencies.
Saugerties rec chief denies pressuring employees to vote Helsmoortel at 2015 caucus
Town Parks and Buildings Superintendent Greg Chorvas said this week the complaint was filed by a former employee who left the department “angry” and “disgruntled” after he was demoted last year.
Saugerties Ethics Board probing report of town employees pressured to vote for supervisor
Town Supervisor Greg Helsmoortel confirmed this week that the Saugerties town ethics board is investigating allegations that a town department head pressured employees to participate in a 2015 Republican caucus in order to swing the party nomination to Helsmoortel.
Kingston mayor doubts Trump will cut federal cash for sanctuary cities
‘Based on the New York Attorney General’s guidance and the basic principles of any real democracy, we do not anticipate being stripped of our federal funding.’
Saugerties to join URGENT anti-drug and gang task force
The Saugerties police chief cited changes in oversight of the task force and a worsening opioid crisis for the decision to assign one Saugerties cop to the task force full-time and a second on a part-time basis.
Pistol permits must be renewed soon in New York State
Thousands of pistol permit holders in Ulster County are facing a state-mandated deadline to renew the documents under provisions of the 2013 gun control law.
Albany millions for Kingston water system fixes
The City of Kingston has received an infusion of state funding to make improvements to an aging water system — and avoid a repeat of a 2015 transmission main failure that left the city perilously close to going dry.
Vice crackdown in Saugerties and Port Ewen
Detectives from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team took a break from their usual routine of chasing area drug dealers to target sex-for-money operations in a pair of probes that netted eight arrests on drug and prostitution charges over a 24-hour period last weekend.