Lisa Plumley and her boyfriend joined a bus caravan of Bikers for Trump for the Jan. 6 trip to D.C, where they saw no violence themselves. Everyone they talked to agreed that the mob that broke into the Capitol was in the wrong. (Photo by Lisa Plumley) ‘That’s not us. That’s not what we do.’ When Lisa Plumley, 53, heard there was going to be a Trump rally on January 6, she knew she had to be there. “I wouldn’t have... Local News 15 Jan 2021 | 01:38
Daytime warming center welcomes all Port Jervis, NY. Port Jervis has a daytime warming center that welcomes people in need of warmth and shelter and those experiencing... Local News 13 Jan 2021 | 03:48
Vicki Vingoe, of Shohola, Pa., and her son Edward, 8, on the first snowday of the winter. The Vingoes moved back to the Northeast in part so Edward could experience the magic of snow. ( Vicki Vingoe) The future of snow days When kids woke up to a snow globe world last month, some pulled on snow pants and headed outside for a pre-breakfast snowball... Local News 08 Jan 2021 | 12:49
Meaghan Irwin, 28, is an EMT full time at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville, N.J. When she isn’t working, the Milford, Pa., resident is donating her time to Delaware Township EMS, and going to school to become a paramedic. Meet the people at the front of the front lines Meaghan Irwin was on her commute home from St. Clare's Hospital, where she works full time as an EMT. “Tonight, when I get... Local News 11 Dec 2020 | 02:19
Abby Ridgeway, pictured at her job in the neuroscience department of an area hospital, says the combination of self-isolation and missing out on major life events “definitely had a negative effect” on her mental health. ‘The big monster under the bed’: How Covid is affecting mental health After eight months of Covid-induced isolation, the worst has not come to pass. “People are going to die by the thousands,”... Local News 21 Dec 2020 | 10:14
Jaelyn Staiano and Sofia Bevacqua. M-WHS junior shares best friend’s story in documentary Sofia Bevacqua, a junior at Monroe-Woodbury High School, had her documentary film, “Choosing Love Above All Else: An Adoption... News 30 Nov 2020 | 02:50
Last week, Zoey Kelly’s school switched from in-person learning to fully remote instruction for the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas. Remote learning adds a new layer of stress to the holiday season Orange County, N.Y., school districts have made swift pivots to fully remote learning for the weeks following Thanksgiving... Local News 27 Nov 2020 | 07:37
Pictured from left to right are: Marietta Allen, director of St. Mary’s Outreach; Skip O’Donnell, president of the Veterans Coalition of Orange County; Christian Farrell, director of the Orange County Veterans Service Agency; Tom Urtz, vice president of operations for ShopRite Supermarkets Inc., SRS; Brian Maher, Montgomery Town supervisor; Jaci Balcombe, special events coordinator, and Carol Griffin, program coordinator, Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Photo provided by BML Public Relations. Cornwall-on-Hudson. ShopRite donates $10,000 to Food Bank of the Hudson Valley ShopRite representatives present a $10,000 check to representatives from Food Bank of the Hudson Valley on Wednesday, Nov.... News 23 Nov 2020 | 02:54
Schmitt recognizes Finnegan’s Pub as small business of the month Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt has a small business of the month appreciation program designed to show recognition for a local... Business 20 Nov 2020 | 02:58
Caitlin Rollman, an ICU nurse, has Covid. She had to call around to five places and drive 40 minutes to get a test, then wait two hours in her car, while feeling sicker than she’s ever felt. Doctors and nurses feel alone and angry as they gear up for the next wave When Caitlin Rollman, an ICU nurse at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, N.Y., started feeling awful after tending... Local News 20 Nov 2020 | 01:52
Soldier Support Day a success The Monroe-Woodbury Girl Scout Community’s annual Soldier Support Day, held every November, was reimagined to be a socially... Local News 17 Nov 2020 | 04:34
American Legion post accepting turkey donations American Legion Post 488 in Monroe is again looking for the community’s involvement to help needy vets to make their own... Local News 17 Nov 2020 | 04:04
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
Health Commissioner urges residents to take COVID-19 safety precautions Orange County Health Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman is reminding residents to take precautions to stay safe during Thanksgiving... Local News 17 Nov 2020 | 02:50
Monroe. Village announces Thanksgiving trash pickup Village of Monroe and Village of Harriman refuse will be picked up on Friday, Nov. 27 and Town of Monroe’s refuse will be... Local News 16 Nov 2020 | 04:22
