I-84 West from Middletown. ( Image by Google Maps) I-84 crash gate installation complete On July 31, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the installation of a long-sought emergency access gate along I-84 was complete.... Local News 01 Aug 2024 | 12:35
I-84 westbound from Middletown. I-84 crash gate agreement secured Emergency responders will soon have a quicker route to access crashes along the long stretch of I-84 that runs through the... News 15 Feb 2024 | 03:47
I-84 West from Middletown. ( Image by Google Maps) I-84 bus crash highlights flaws in highway design On Thursday, September 21, a devasting bus accident took the lives of two adults and left five students in critical condition.... Home 27 Sep 2023 | 12:33
Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks in Middletown following a bus crash on I-84. ( Photo by Darren McGee, Office of Governor Kathy Hochul) Gov. Hochul issues statement on I-84 bus tragedy In the wake of a devastating bus crash on the afternoon of September 21, Governor Kathy Hochul made a statement updating... News 22 Sep 2023 | 02:25
Regarding the bus crash on I-84 Like many other people in the town of Wawayanda, New York and across the country, we are praying for those affected by the... Letters to the Editor 22 Sep 2023 | 02:22
Joel Solonche Pulitzer and National Book Award nominated poet to read his work at SUNY Orange J.R. Solonche will read and comment on a variety of his poems from the 27 books he has published. Then, following the reading,... Home 12 Oct 2022 | 09:46
Not fake news In this era of “alternative facts” and “fake news” it is sometimes extremely difficult to debate a point even when you have... Columns 23 Aug 2021 | 11:15
Pictured from left to right are: Jennifer Dellova (parent and president of Washingtonville School Board), Nicole Hewson (parent and Middletown board member), Colleen Doyle (concerned citizen), Kevin Gomez (attorney/parent/Middletown school board member), Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt, Joe Minuta (Orange County legislator), son of Ciara, Ann Marie Aviles and parent Ciara Irrazary of Cornwall. Photo provided by the office of Assemblyman Colin Schmitt. Critical Race Theory ‘rewrites history ... and provides false narrative on our most impressionable youth’ Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt, a Republican from New Windsor who represents the towns of Wawayanda, Goshen, Hamptonburgh,... Home 03 Aug 2021 | 10:40
Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt will honor 17 “Women of Distinction” within the 99th Assembly District at a ceremony on May 17 at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center. Sugar Loaf. Assemblyman Schmitt announces 2021 Women of Distinction nominees Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt announced this week the list of 17 honorees for the second annual 99th Assembly District Women... Local News 10 May 2021 | 07:06