U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan led a rally at the Regional Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Montgomery on Monday in protest of cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program. He estimated the cuts will mean two million fewer meals to families in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties. Photo by Dylan Skriloff. Community rallies to protest cuts to food bank funding U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan led a rally at the Regional Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Montgomery on Monday in protest of unilateral... Local News 22 Apr 2025 | 04:21
Pick station employees at Medline. ( Photo provided) Big-box country: On the warehouse floor As thousands of Amazon workers nationwide walked out on Thursday, Dec. 19, the Everything Store’s million-square-foot Montgomery,... Local News 23 Dec 2024 | 10:41
Regional Food Bank Hudson Valley expands facility Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced the grand opening of the Regional Food Bank Hudson Valley’s new 50,000-square-foot... News 09 Dec 2024 | 10:10
Montgomery has changed since the million-square-footers went up, whether for better or worse depends whom you ask. (Photo by Nick Horton, www.thepathfinderstudios.com) Big-box country: Ground zero of the warehouse boom On a Tuesday afternoon in October, the spotless offices of medical supply juggernaut, Medline, are quiet but for the click-clack... Local News 19 Nov 2024 | 11:29
Assemblyman Brian Maher (R-101). Assemblyman Brian Maher announces reelection campaign Assemblyman Brian Maher (R-101) announced on January 21 that he will seek a second term to represent the 101st District of... Local News 23 Jan 2024 | 04:19
Colin Schmitt activated for Army National Guard Duty for Buffalo Blizzard mission Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt (R,C- New Windsor), a sergeant in the Army National Guard, has been activated for the Buffalo... Home 27 Dec 2022 | 09:13
Uprising against Orange County IDA To the editor: Elected officials sent this letter to the Orange County Industrial Development Agency: Dear IDA Board: While... Letters to the Editor 06 Sep 2022 | 10:16
The new Amazon fulfillment center, SWF1, was the biggest building in the county when it opened last year, but will soon be the third-largest warehouse in the Town of Montgomery, NY. ( Photo: Becca Tucker) Locals mount grassroots resistance to mega-warehouse blitz Amazon’s million-plus-square-foot warehouse in Montgomery, NY, was the biggest building in Orange County when it opened last... Local News 17 May 2022 | 04:37
Pictured from left to right are: Marietta Allen, director of St. Mary’s Outreach; Skip O’Donnell, president of the Veterans Coalition of Orange County; Christian Farrell, director of the Orange County Veterans Service Agency; Tom Urtz, vice president of operations for ShopRite Supermarkets Inc., SRS; Brian Maher, Montgomery Town supervisor; Jaci Balcombe, special events coordinator, and Carol Griffin, program coordinator, Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Photo provided by BML Public Relations. Cornwall-on-Hudson. ShopRite donates $10,000 to Food Bank of the Hudson Valley ShopRite representatives present a $10,000 check to representatives from Food Bank of the Hudson Valley on Wednesday, Nov.... News 23 Nov 2020 | 02:54
