Tag: New York

Volunteers Rejuvenate Port Jervis With Top-Line Recreation

As a production electrician, Mike Ward used to create Broadway shows with his team in Manhattan from scratch and saw them through to completion, no matter how challenging the projects were. Following retirement, he put that same tenacity into building watershed trails in Port Jervis, New York, a small city with limited financial means on…


New York’s Grand Central Terminal Evacuated Over Hazmat Investigation

Multiple emergency crews responded to a series of suspicious packages at Grand Central Station in New York on Tuesday afternoon that were leaking an unknown substance. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) ushered commuters from a portion of the concourse level out of the station just after 2 p.m. It comes after police found what they…


Orange County Partnership Gears Up to Attract Semiconductor Businesses

The nonprofit that has driven Orange County’s high-value business growth for decades now sets its eyes on the burgeoning semiconductor industry. Orange County Partnership President Maureen Halahan and Vice President of Business Attraction Conor Eckert have been meeting with key industry players lately, seeking to bring home a share of the growing semiconductor supply chain. Primarily…


County Homeless Population Up to 380, Raw Point-in-Time Data Says

The homeless population in Orange County, New York, has climbed to 380 as of early this year, according to preliminary point-in-time data.  Point-in-time (PIT) is a mandatory annual count of sheltered and unsheltered people for communities nationwide receiving federal homeless grants.  For Orange County, the homeless count is 12 percent higher than the previous year,…


Middletown Police Make 2 Drug Arrests Following Month-Long Investigation

Middletown police officers arrested two men for illegal drug possession after a month-long joint investigation with the district attorney’s office, according to a March 24 police release.  The investigation aimed to disrupt the illegal trafficking of cocaine and heroin in the area.  One of the defendants, Noah Stark-Morris, was also caught with an illegal firearm. …


Schumer Warns of ‘Skin-Rotting Zombie Drug’ Gaining Popularity in New York

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his constituents in New York about a new drug that he says could cause people’s skin to rot. “We all know what a scourge fentanyl has been across the New York area—New York City, Long Island, all the suburbs—but now we’re seeing a new even worse type of drug…


NTD News Today (March 27): Executive Orders on Climate Coming: John Kerry; US, Canada Strengthen Immigration Law

The Biden administration wants a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by the end of the decade, and Climate Envoy John Kerry says the administration is ready to employ executive orders and other measures to achieve it. New Yorkers who love cooking over a flame could soon find themselves out of luck. The Democrat-led government is close to banning…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: NY Case Against Trump Begins to Crumble; AG Says Trump Spread Arrest Rumors

The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged that the evidence has dramatically changed the case. Afterwards, District Attorney Alvin Bragg canceled a follow-up hearing without initially stating a reason. Now, DA Bragg…


LIVE NOW: NY Case Against Trump Begins to Crumble; DA Says Trump Spread Arrest Rumors

The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged that the evidence has dramatically changed the case. Afterwards, District Attorney Alvin Bragg canceled a follow-up hearing without initially stating a reason. Now, DA Bragg…


NY Case Against Trump Begins to Crumble; DA Says Trump Spread Arrest Rumors

The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged that the evidence has dramatically changed the case. Afterwards, District Attorney Alvin Bragg canceled a follow-up hearing without initially stating a reason. Now, DA Bragg…