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.

Dive teams search Delaware River in N.Y. for missing mom

Pocono Record - Thu Nov 05

With a search helicopter buzzing overhead, state police and other authorities combed the riverbanks of the Delaware on Wednesday as dive teams continued to look for a Staten Island woman who vanished a week ago.

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.

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.

Schiff returns as Sullivan sheriff

Mid-Hudson News - Wed Nov 04

Schiff: "... a battle you continually fight" LIBERTY Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff won a second four-year term as the county's top law enforcement official.

Farrell is new Sullivan County DA

Mid-Hudson News - Wed Nov 04

MONTICELLO By a more than two to one margin Sullivan County Chief Assistant District Attorney James Farrell defeated attorney Glenn Kroll to become the county's new district attorney.

Election Day to decide several key area races

Mid-Hudson News - Tue Nov 03

Virginia Thoby is one of a handful of early voters at Wallkill Town Hall. Georgeanne Witz is a poll monitor.