Complete fluted point (left) and three fluted point fragments from the Dutchess Quarry Caves archaeological site, Orange County. Made of chert (flint), these stone points tipped Ice Age hunting weaponry. ( Image courtesy of the New York State Museum) Dutchess Quarry Caves appraised at $1.27M The Dutchess Quarry Caves have recently been appraised at $1.27 million and the Orange County Legislature put the sale of... Local News 18 Nov 2020 | 02:46
Orange County Clerk Annie Rabbitt announces that she will not run for a third four-year term in 2021 at the Government Center. County clerk will not seek a third term Orange County Clerk Annie Rabbitt announced that she will not seek a third four-year term in 2021. Elected in 2013 as the... Local News 17 Nov 2020 | 03:06
County to host holiday lights The Orange County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation will present the 12th annual “Holiday Lights in Bloom”... Local News 16 Nov 2020 | 03:45
Cement is being poured for the foundation of the first house under construction at The Greens at Chester. Photos by Frances Ruth Harris. Chester. The first house is rising at The Greens The first house, a semi-attached single-family home or essentially a duplex, is rising at The Greens at Chester following... Local News 23 Sep 2020 | 12:11
Goshen Volunteer Ambulance Corps president George Lyons said accident calls can be hectic and equipment can be misplaced. “The focus is on the patient,” Lyons said. He was not on the LAN Associates call, but he remembers leaving a medical bag on the pavement of a multiple fatality accident. A police officer at the scene handed it back to him. Photos by Jeff Storey. Missing lift car returned to Goshen Volunteer Ambulance Corps Goshen Volunteer Ambulance Corps president George Lyons was showing a reporter a lift chair set up on the sidewalk outside... Local News 23 Sep 2020 | 10:51
Construction work is ongoing to complete retail space at the Goshen Plaza. Goshen Plaza developer expects some stores to move in by the end of the year Building is ongoing at the site of the future Goshen Plaza shopping center, located on nearly 14 acres between Matthew Street... Local News 23 Sep 2020 | 10:13
Victor Pasaran’s Painted Trotter outside of High Withers Wine & Spirits on West Main Street in the Village of Goshen. Source: www.trottersofgoshen.com. The Painted Trotters of Goshen return The Goshen Art League’s fourth annual Painted Trotters public art event features 26 two-sided trotters throughout the Village... Local News 08 Aug 2020 | 04:06
U.S. Rep. Gottheimer honors Coronavirus Hometown Heroes This weekend, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) honored local frontline health care workers and first responders, veterans,... Newsletter 29 Jun 2020 | 05:31
Chester, Goshen voters approve 2020-21 school budgets Voters in the Goshen Central School District passed the district’s proposed budget and the bus proposition, district officials... Home 17 Jun 2020 | 11:35
St. John's African Union Methodist Chruch receives a Sacred Sites grant. ( PHOTO COURTESY New York Landmarks Conservancy) St. John’s receives Sacred Sites grant St. John’s African Union Methodist Protestant in Church has received a $15,000 grant from The New York Landmarks Conservancy... Local News 16 Jun 2020 | 11:59
Well driller John Turnbull, Sr., and his son, John, Jr., rehabilitating well at Walton Lakes Estate. Photo courtesy of Tom Becker. ( PHOTO BY FRANCES RUTH HARRIS) New Walton Lake well needed A previous rehabilitation of the Walton Lake Estates well didn’t work, causing the town to create a new well to solve water... Local News 15 Jun 2020 | 02:32
Cuomo: 'How much do we think a human life is worth?' The following is a transcript from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's briefing on Wednesday, May 6: One point I want to make about reopening,... Letters to the Editor 06 May 2020 | 12:47
Middletown. SUNY Orange to hold online virtual graduation celebration SUNY Orange will recognize its Class of 2020 with an online celebration of graduates at 4 p.m., Thursday, May 21. The college’s... Home 05 May 2020 | 07:31
Members of the Bruderhof community provided street music for E.J. Szulwach's surprise birthday party on March 28. ( Photos provided by Susan Bahren) Chester. It takes a caravan to celebrate E.J. Szulwach's 91st birthday A 32-car caravan cruised by E.J. Szulwach's home in Chester on the occasion of his 91st birthday on March 28. And he was... Local News 05 May 2020 | 03:27
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Orange County's Health Department has released an innovative mobile app, which residents can download free of charge from the Google Play/Android and Apple app stores. The app provides up-to-the-minute alerts/push notifications with information about COVID-19 services, emergency Health Department issues, and programs offered by the Department. Orange County Health Department introduces free mobile app In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Orange County's Health Department has released an innovative mobile app, which residents... Local News 04 May 2020 | 10:42
