Man who kept dead mom in freezer is sentenced

Mid-Hudson News - Sat Nov 07

MONTICELLO The man who kept his dead mother's body in his freezer in his Colchester home in October 2008, was sentenced in Sullivan County Court Friday to six months in jail for cashing her social security checks.

Giving to United Way

RecordOnline.com - Sat Nov 07

Gary Boucher, Hudson Valley consumer marketing executive for Bank of America, and Patrice Chester, left, banking center manager for the Monticello branch, present Kaytee Warren, center, chief professional officer of United Way of Sullivan County, with a $2,500 contribution.

National unemployment tops 10%

Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-Record - Sat Nov 07

The national unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.

NY Man Gets Jail For Cashing Dead Mother's Checks

WCBSTV.com - Fri Nov 06

Share + Nov 6, 2009 1:35 pm US/Eastern MONTICELLO, N.Y. An upstate New York man who hid his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashed her Social Security checks has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Bethel voter drive unlikely to change election results

Middletown Times Herald Record - Fri Nov 06

A much-ballyhooed registration drive from Hasidic groups in the Town of Bethel might have spurred a surge in absentee ballots, but is not expected to change the outcome of Tuesday's races.

Skeptics speak out on proposed waste fee changes in Sullivan

Mid-Hudson News - Fri Nov 06

The Sullivan County Legislature put off a vote on the user fee for the solid waste management system today until next Tuesday in order to discuss issues that came up during a public comment forum.

Infrastructure and cumulative impacts

Http - Thu Nov 05

It was clear that members of the multi-municipal gas drilling task force had done their homework and were prepared to advocate for their towns.

Sullivan lawmakers to discuss solid waste user fee Thursday

Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-Record - Thu Nov 05

Special meetings of the Sullivan County Legislature will take place on Thursday to consider a new local law that will create a solid waste user fee countywide.

Farmworker kills dog after alpacas slain

RecordOnline.com - Thu Nov 05

In the early morning hours of Oct. 20, six alpacas and one llama belonging to Stuart Salenger, who owns a controversial farm in Forestburgh, were brutally killed.

Part of D&H Canal towpath wins restoration funds

RecordOnline.com - Wed Nov 04

An overgrown, forgotten stretch of the historic Delaware & Hudson Canal could soon get new life.