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Two NY state prisons holding nearly 1K inmates to close later this year — sparking outrage
Two upstate prisons holding nearly 1,000 inmates will be shuttered in a few months, correction officials confirmed Thursday — drawing outrage from critics who blame Democrat soft-on-crime policies for the closures. The Great Meadow Correctional facility in Washington County and Sullivan Correctional Facility in Sullivan County – both maximum security prisons – will close on Nov. 6, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said. The inmates will be transferred to the state’s remaining 13 other maximum security prisons in the state, a spokesman for DOCCS said. The department left the door open for more prison closures. It is allowed to...
New Hope Community welcomes Janae Myers as director of development
LOCH SHELDRAKE- New Hope Community is pleased to welcome Janae Myers as their new Director of Development. Janae joins the organization with an impressive philanthropic and business-oriented history, particularly within the nonprofit space. Janae brings to New Hope Community a strong dedication to empowering the lives of individuals with intellectual...
Fallsburg supervisor blindsided by state’s announced closure of prison
WOODBOURNE – Fallsburg Town Supervisor Michael Bensimon got no advanced notice from the state that it was going to shut down Sullivan Correctional Facility later this year. He learned of the decision at the same time prison employees received a memo from the state prison system on Thursday. “I...
Borscht Belt Festival Returns for Second Year in Ellenville
Following the event’s undeniable success in 2023, the Borscht Belt Museum has announced the return of its now-annual Borscht Belt Festival, a three-day-long celebration of the iconic Borscht Belt Era in the Catskills. Beginning on the evening of Friday, July 26, and running through Sunday, July 28, the equally...
Monticello residents grateful for new crosswalk on Broadway
MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Legislator Terry Bernardo was visiting downtown Monticello last year when a group of women approached her with concerns about safety on Broadway. The residents shop at Mountain Food Grocery, where there is no crosswalk, making it unsafe to cross the bustling Broadway with their children....
Microsoft tech outage impacts mid-Hudson Valley services Friday: Here's the latest
County offices and services in the mid-Hudson Valley have been impacted by the Crowdstrike global technology outage, which has impacted airlines, banks, media companies, healthcare, telecom firms and public transit. Crowdstrike, a U.S. firm that advertises being used by more than half of Fortune 500 companies, has attributed the outage on Friday morning to a faulty system update that impacted Microsoft's Windows Operating System, and claims it is not related to a cyberattack or security issue. ...
International Overdose Awareness Day vigil to be held August 29th in Monticello
MONTICELLO- The Fourth annual International Overdose Awareness Day Vigil will be held on August 29th at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Sullivan County Courthouse, 414 Broadway, Monticello. International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose remember without stigma those who have died from...
Staggering Increase in One Hudson Valley County’s Home Values
The local real estate market has been a hot button issue for years in the Hudson Valley, but one county has just emerged head and shoulders above the rest in terms of home price increases. Our cluster of counties just north of New York City have been consistently rising in...
Enjoy Some Bagels and Locks at Our Canal Museum!
Lock 50 (and a nice bagel!) at the D&H Canal Linear Park in Summitville. Summitville, NY – The D&H (Delaware and Hudson) Canal Interpretive Center is pleased to host a free lecture about the D&H Canal lock system on Saturday, July 27, at 12 p.m. Bagels and lox, traditional to the region in the post-canal years, will be served.
‘Safe Start to Summer’ traffic enforcement campaign results announced
KINGSTON – Mayor Steven Noble is pleased to announce that, as part of the City of Kingston’s participation in Ulster County’s Safe Start to Summer 2024 road safety campaign, the Kingston Police Department instituted two weeks of heightened traffic enforcement, and as a result, issued 153 tickets to motorists.
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