WAWARSING, N.Y. A Lake Katrine man who allegedly assaulted and then robbed an 84-year-old town woman as she pumped gasoline at the Mobil gas station on state Route 209 is being charged with robbery as a hate crime because of the victim’s age, Trooper Steven Nevel said Wednesday. At about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. […]
WAWARSING, N.Y. Town Supervisor Terry Houck said Friday the owners of a plaza on U.S. Route 209 that houses a ShopRite Supermarket set to close this summer are in advanced talks to bring another grocery store to the space. Houck said he’s worked with Ken Chapman, representing the plaza’s owner, Long Island-based SR Equity […]
Trooper Jason T. Wurtz “admits he shot Daniel McAlpin to death” on Sept. 9, 2022, but denies the shooting was a “gratuitous, excessive or unconscionable use of force.” Wurtz’s defense filed his response in October 2023, in an answer to an August 2023 complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A two-term GOP state senator who represents parts of Ulster County said Friday, Jan. 5, he will run again for the 51st Senate District seat. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, said he will run for a third two-year term. The 51st Senate District includes the Ulster County towns of Olive, Marbletown, Rochester, Gardiner, Shawangunk, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A Napanoch woman pleaded guilty of charges related to two separate incidents of driving under the influence of drugs, the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Nancy Naccarato, 55, pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 18, before Judge Bryan Rounds in Ulster County Court to two separate aggravated vehicular assault felonies stemming […]