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Marlboro, NY

Brand-New TV Show Helps Families Find Their Hudson Valley Dream Homes Brand-New TV Show Helps Families Find Their Hudson Valley Dream Homes
Brand-New TV Show Helps Families Find Their Hudson Valley Dream Homes Television’s newest home improvement show will feature a familiar backdrop to New Yorkers. HGTV’s “Small Town Potential” will follow along as life partners Davina Thomasula and Kristin Leitheuser help families find - and renovate - their dream homes in the Hudson Valley. In each episode, real estate agent and designer Thomasula comes up with a “timeless design plan” complemented by the area’s natural surroundings, while contractor Leitheuser brings the vision to life with her master carpenter dad Don, according to the network. The couple is no stranger to the region. Leitheuser grew up in…
COVID-19: Tony Falco, Owner Of Popular Hudson Valley Performance Venue, Dies At 65 COVID-19: Tony Falco, Owner Of Popular Hudson Valley Performance Venue, Dies At 65
Covid-19: Tony Falco, Owner Of Popular Hudson Valley Performance Venue, Dies At 65 The owner of a well-known performance venue in the Hudson Valley has died at the age of 65. Anthony "Tony" Falco, of Marlboro, died on Thursday, Oct. 28, after he experienced complications from COVID-19 for six months, according to an announcement from Live at the Falcon, which is located in Ulster County. "A man with many passions and skills, a loving husband and father, and an engaged community leader, Tony is perhaps best known as the owner of The Falcon, the innovative music venue he founded in the early 2000s in Marlboro," his obituary reads. Falco is survived by his wife, Julie Farre…
COVID-19: These Hudson Valley School Districts Had Most Cases This Fall COVID-19: These Hudson Valley School Districts Had Most Cases This Fall
Covid-19: These Hudson Valley School Districts Had Most Cases This Fall With students set to return to the classroom - whether fully in-person or partially remote - this week, school districts will once again come face to face with the COVID-19 pandemic they battled for four months. In New York, the state has been monitoring school districts’ progress in combating the virus, posting daily data updates on how many teachers, staff members, and students have tested positive for COVID-19 since classes resumed in September. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the state launched the New York State COVID-19 Schools “Report Card,” which requires districts to send data to the Depart…
Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen Dropping Off Daughters At Home Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen Dropping Off Daughters At Home
Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen Dropping Off Daughters At Home State Police are asking the public's help in locating a 34-year-old man who was last seen several weeks ago dropping off his daughters at their home in the area. Steven Dean Kraft is described as being 5-foot-9 and weighing between 200 and 215 pounds. Kraft, a resident of Marlboro in Ulster County, was last seen on Tuesday, April 28 just before 7 p.m. leaving West Church Street in Beacon in a Toyota Camry bearing NY registration HFY8886. (See images above.) His car was located in Orange County on Friday, May 1 in the city of Newburgh on Carpenter Street unoccupied.  Anyone with infor…
Westchester Man Charged With DWI In Detail Westchester Man Charged With DWI In Detail
Westchester Man Charged With DWI In Detail During a Halloween crackdown on impaired drivers, law enforcement agencies in Dutchess County arrested more than two dozen drivers for alleged DWI. Between Thursday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 3, local, county and state police agencies teamed to increase DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout Dutchess. In total, 26 arrests were made, 25 of which were for impaired driving. The crackdown was the first of eight planned during the holiday season. According to Dutchess County Sheriff’s Lt. Frank LaMonica, Jr., “The objective of this continued enforcement grant is to revitalize and en…
Body Of Bridge Jumper Pulled From Hudson River Body Of Bridge Jumper Pulled From Hudson River
Body Of Bridge Jumper Pulled From Hudson River The body of a 53-year-old woman who jumped from the Mid-Hudson Bridge between Highland and Poughkeepsie was pulled from the Hudson River on Monday afternoon after a two-and-a-half hour search, authorities said. The woman, whose name has not yet been released, was a resident of Marlboro in Ulster County, Town of Lloyd Police said. The woman jumped from the south side of the bridge at around 12:05 p.m. After a coordinated search with numerous police agencies, her body was located and recovered by the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit on the east side of the Hudson River near Hyde …
Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses
Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses A house fire led to the discovery of six marijuana grow houses and the seizure of more than 300 pounds of pot in two Hudson Valley counties. The operations were uncovered on Wednesday, June 6, when members of the Town of Marlborough Police and Fire departments responded to a structure fire at 212 Bingham Lane in Marlboro, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. First responders quickly determined that the entire residence had been converted to an indoor marijuana growing and processing operation,, the department said. Marlborough Police requested the assistance of detectives from the Sher…
Service, Viewing Scheduled For Frank Skartados, Hudson Valley Assemblyman Service, Viewing Scheduled For Frank Skartados, Hudson Valley Assemblyman
Service, Viewing Scheduled For Frank Skartados, Hudson Valley Assemblyman A prayer service and viewing have been scheduled for longtime Assemblyman Frank Skartados, who died Sunday from pancreatic cancer. The viewing is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at DiDonato Funeral Services at 1290 Route 9W in Marlboro. A prayer service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Skartados represented the 104th Assembly District, which includes both the City of Newburgh and the Town of Newburgh; as well as the City of Beacon, the City of Poughkeepsie, the Hamlet of Marlboro, and the Town of Lloyd. Skarta…
Hudson Valley Assemblyman Frank Skartados Dies At 62 Hudson Valley Assemblyman Frank Skartados Dies At 62
Hudson Valley Assemblyman Frank Skartados Dies At 62 Frank Skartados, longtime Assemblyman for the 104th District in the Hudson Valley, died Sunday morning at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh just weeks after being hospitalized with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 62. The 104th district includes both the City of Newburgh and the Town of Newburgh; as well as the City of Beacon, the City of Poughkeepsie, the Hamlet of Marlboro, and the Town of Lloyd. U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, whose 18th district includes parts of Westchester, Putnam, Orange and Dutchess, said Skartados "leaves a proud legacy as a fighter for the peo…