One glint of good news in this season of grim economic forecasts is that many town governments are planning relatively modest property-tax increases in January, despite rising costs and plunging revenues.

Orange County is losing a strong advocate for victims of domestic violence, but all of New York state is gaining one.

Less than two months before Christmas, a battery-powered hamster already is proving to be the Tickle Me Elmo and Cabbage Patch Kid of 2009.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Orange County Classic Choral Society commissioned Steve Margoshes to compose a new work.

ALBANY With the state facing a $10 billion budget deficit over the next two years, its multi-million commitment to the Walkway Over the Hudson should have been put on hold.

Education: St Thomas Elementary School - Cornwall NY; Cornwall Central High School; SUNY Oswego with a BS in Business Administration Family: Married to Regina Rose Hines 19 years; 4 children, Colin age 15, Justin age 14, Stephanie age 11, Ryan age 9. Questions: 1. I am running for the Orange County Legislature to continue the sound fiscal policy of ...

Family: married to Joseph, one daughter. Questions: 1. Why are your running? I feel that the 5th Legislative District is one on the districts dealing with many of the hot-button issues that face our county.

Questions: 1. Why are you running? In this year's election, we need to demand more legislative oversight of our County government.

A federal judge refused to dismiss an Orange County sheriff's deputy's lawsuit against Sheriff Carl DuBois, ruling the deputy raised a legitimate issue about why he was passed over for promotions.

Orange and Sullivan county residents with new or gently used coats and other winter apparel to donate to the needy can bring them to their local police stations for an annual, weeklong collection that starts Saturday.

Police spent nearly two months on an undercover drug sting that resulted in the arrest of two residents of the area on Oct.

PEARL RIVER Orange and Roland Utilities has begun work in Orange County on two new natural gas service extension projects aimed at making underutilized properties in good, appropriately zoned locations ready for business and residential expansion.

They're calling it the case of the disappearing gravel. In a village already rife with intrigue over the unexplained resignations of three top police officials, government leaders are now conducting an inquiry into the disappearance of millings - or gravel produced from grinding up roads - stored at the village Department of Public Works.

A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a trial that could revisit one of the most bitter recent controversies in the City of Newburgh.

Several lawmakers complained Wednesday about Orange County Executive Ed Diana granting two extensions to the intended buyer of the Camp La Guardia property without consulting with or notifying the Legislature.