1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (228+ words) KINGSTON- State Senator Michelle Hinchey (D, Ulster County) recently visited The Arc Mid-Hudson’s Cornell Creative Business Center to learn how state funding is helping support small businesses, workforce inclusion, and economic development in Kingston. The center includes nine Economic Development…...

4+ day, 4+ min ago   (197+ words) Orange County would not be alone in doing this. Other counties in the Hudson Valley have already established term limits for certain elected offices. For example, Ulster County limits its County Executive to three full terms, and Dutchess County has…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (347+ words) Gross, a retired educator, has been covering the events in and around Putnam for the past 60 years. His reporting has received many awards from the NYS Press Association in addition to recognition from the Associated Press and the Columbia Journalism…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (351+ words) ALBANY – A new poll commissioned by Bruce Blakeman’s campaign shows Governor Kathy Hochul leading the Republican challenger by fewer than 4 percentage points, with nearly 5 percent of likely voters undecided. The survey of 800 likely New York voters, conducted Aug. 27-31 by McLaughlin…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (274+ words) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump held a White House ceremony Tuesday honoring 9/11 first responders and officials and posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the family of Welles Remy Crowther, the Upper Nyack native known as the “Man in the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (179+ words) CARMEL – Seven heroes of September 11, 2001, have been added to the Putnam County 9/11 Memorial ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. On Tuesday evening, widows of the police and firefighters met with Denis Hanrahan who coordinates Putnam’s ceremony each year…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (207+ words) Hank Gross is the founder of Mid-Hudson News and a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience covering the Hudson Valley. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, where he began his career in broadcasting, Hank has worked across radio, TV,…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (138+ words) POUGHKEEPSIE – Preliminary approval for financial incentives to build a 249-apartment complex at 1269 Route 9G in the Town of Hyde Park has been approved by the Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency. Crofton Mews, a project by O’Neill developers, is seeking a 10-year…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (452+ words) HUDSON VALLEY- Assemblyman Matt Slater is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to include a major expansion of New York’s retirement income tax exemption in the state’s 2027 budget, saying the change could help seniors cope with rising living costs and remain in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (234+ words) GOSHEN – Orange County government departments have been directed to limit 2026 purchases to essential items and those funded through grants or other specifically designated funding sources, according to an internal email. The directive, issued by Tim Flanagan, the county’s director of…...