Federal officials say they’ve brought down a Kingston-based cocaine trafficking organization that imported drugs from California via New York City for sale on local streets. Twenty-eight members of the alleged drug ring were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 13 in predawn raids in Kingston and Poughkeepsie. Police say three people named in the indictment remain at large.
A move by Dutchess County officials to address overcrowding in its county jail is having fiscal repercussions across the river where the Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office is poised to lose a major source of revenue — boarding Dutchess inmates.
City officials plan to use a new law and a new state grant to target hundreds of “zombie” properties in
John Faso says he supports the ticket that was the product of the nomination process, but hasn’t endorsed Donald J. Trump and isn’t sure he’ll vote for him. This hair-splitting might be wise: In the most recent poll, Trump held a five-point lead over Clinton, including an 18-point lead with independent voters across the 11 counties which comprise the 19th Congressional District,
A Kingston dentist who was acquitted of murder this summer is expected back in court later this month to stand trial on insurance fraud charges.
County Executive Mike Hein noted that the proposed budget was the fifth in a row to include a property tax levy cut. But Hein also warned that skyrocketing health care costs — made worse by an ongoing dispute between insurer Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield and local healthcare provider HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley — posed a major threat to the county’s financial position.
For County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach, the big news in County Executive Mike Hein’s 2017 budget proposal was an item that went unmentioned in Hein’s unveiling address on Friday — a major cut in funding for the county’s independent fiscal watchdog.
Donaldson and Parete’s lawsuit targets the language of the ballot measure, which they say is misleading and clearly intended to sway voters towards a “yes” vote.
Across the Eastern U.S., clowns are reported peeking through windows, loitering under streetlights or peering out of bushes. In Saugerties, clowns were spotted in a cemetery.
In an era of gerrymandering, we have a true rarity: a competitive congressional district.