KINGSTON, N.Y. Dozens of friends, neighbors, family and political leaders from both sides of the aisle gathered Thursday on the lawn of Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad on Lucas Avenue to honor congregant Maurice Shnaider’s family members who were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Shnaider’s sister Margit Silverman and brother-in-law Yosi […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Gregory Thayer was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in state prison for the shooting death of Bruce Swierc, a man Thayer called his best friend, according to a press release from the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office. Thayer, 50, was convicted on May 10 of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree weapons possession following […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Two former colleagues are squaring off to become Ulster County’s next district attorney in one of the most hotly contested races in the county. Chief Assistant District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji and former Chief Assistant District Attorney Michael Kavanagh are running for the office now held by District Attorney David Clegg, who is not […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County District Attorney David Clegg argued before an appellate court in Albany on Wednesday that Ulster County Judge Bryan Rounds overstepped his bounds when he allowed the defense attorneys to preclude key evidence from being used in the murder trial of Raymond Snyder. In a brief proceeding before a five-judge panel […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Republican candidate Michael Kavanagh outraised his Democratic opponent in the race for Ulster County district attorney over the past three months, but Emmanuel Nneji received more than twice the number of campaign donations, according to filings with the state Board of Elections. According to the 32-day pre-general election filing, Kavanagh raised $71,480 […]