Melissa Hadden used to chase her high-on-drugs daughter out of the house and away from the kids, but now all she wants is for her to come home alive. “I just hope that nothing bad happens to her. I just want my daughter home. The kids want her home,” Hadden told The Epoch Times on…
China-Linked Activist Is Funding Group That Targets Local Arts School
DEERPARK, N.Y.—Grace Woodard, a resident of Mount Hope, New York, is using her unregistered environmental group—which receives funding from a group headed by an individual with deep ties to China—to target the development of a local performing arts school founded by Chinese dissidents who fled religious persecution in China. Woodard’s group, Deerpark Rural Alliance, isn’t…
Orange County Halts Pistol Permit Processing After New Gun Laws Take Effect
As new gun laws took effect in New York on Sept. 1, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office put all pistol permit applications on hold pending rules for implementation. The new laws require a review of new concealed carry permit applicants’ social media accounts for the past three years, yet guidelines for the review are still…
Orange County District Attorney Links Bail Reform to Overdoes Spike
As the dual forces of the pandemic and fentanyl drive up overdose deaths, bail reform is inflaming the crisis even further, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Since the pandemic, Orange County drug overdose deaths have climbed from 79 in 2019 to 102 in 2020 and 123 in 2021, according to data published…
Orange County District Attorney Links Bail Reform to Overdose Spike
As the dual forces of the pandemic and fentanyl drive up overdose deaths, bail reform is inflaming the crisis even further, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Since the pandemic, Orange County drug overdose deaths have climbed from 79 in 2019 to 102 in 2020 and 123 in 2021, according to data published…
Middletown District Bans Cellphone Use in New School Year
As the new school year starts next week, students at the Middletown City School District in Orange County, New York, cannot use their cellphones anytime during the school day. The new policy applies to all district students, about 7,000 in total, ranging from kindergarteners to high schoolers. Before the school day starts and after it…
Port Jervis Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation During Dry Season
The city of Port Jervis is asking residents to use water more efficiently as reservoir levels remain below 50 percent. “It’s a bad dry season; we just had intermittent rains,” the city’s Chief Water Plant Operator Scott Decker told The Epoch Times. “What really worries me is the forecast for rain, because if we don’t…
Some Federal Courthouses in New York Require Double-Masking for Entry
Anyone seeking to enter federal buildings in some New York areas is now required to wear two masks or a “properly fitted” FDA-authorized KN95 mask, according to a new policy. The new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus measures must be followed by people visiting the federal courthouses in the Southern District of New York, which…
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