For the first time in two years, local real estate agents are seeing price adjustments on their listings due to increased living costs and mortgage rates. Prices are starting to plateau and homes are seeing fewer offers than they were at this time last year. But those that are priced to sell or have highly desired amenities such as a swimming pool, like this West Milford listing, are still going for above asking and are getting multiple offers. Photo provided by Dawn Corbo, Weichert Realtors. Higher interest in local homes At first glance, it looks like housing costs are continuing to soar. In Sussex County, NJ, a three-bedroom, two-bathroom... Local News 09 Aug 2022 | 01:41
Shoplifting in the era of heavy surveillance Sometimes it’s a frazzled mom with kids in tow who’s fed up with a self-checkout machine that just won’t scan the sliced... Local News 19 Jul 2022 | 12:03
How dirty is your dirt? Too dirty As victims of an illegal C&D dump on our property, it was all too familiar news to see your recent article. We did not realize... Letters to the Editor 06 Jul 2022 | 11:02
15 teen overdoses in two weeks stoke fears about new generation of synthetic marijuana At least 15 teenagers in the mid-Hudson region overdosed in the first half of March on marijuana-type products, ending up... Local News 30 Mar 2022 | 01:44
Everett Cox ( Photo by Dorothea Hahn) Reflections upon retiring from Vet2Vet I dodged the bullet. That was my first thought. My partner gave me a notebook when I retired from the Orange County Vet2Vet... Letters to the Editor 21 Feb 2022 | 03:36
Snow-covered Greenwood Lake Greenwood Lake Annual Winter Carnival this weekend Event organizers are expecting visitors from throughout the tri-state region to attend Greenwood Lake’s Annual Winter Carnival... Entertainment 13 Feb 2022 | 05:46
Covid and opioids make ‘a great storm of the worst possible things’ Covid has amplified the already aggravated, ongoing opioid crisis. During the first pandemic year, 2020, the tristate area... News 25 Jan 2022 | 06:15
Crusading Philippino-American journalist Maria Angelita Ressa, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has connections to Orange County - her siblings all graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School. ‘She’s four foot nothing and braver and stronger than someone eight feet tall’ The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 jointly to crusading journalists Maria Ressa of... Local News 10 Nov 2021 | 07:42
Online auction to help feed children in Orange County to be held Oct. 24 through Nov. 6 Paul McCartney’s signed violin bass, Prince’s autographed purple guitar, or a trip for two to Scottsdale, Arizona. These... Local News 11 Oct 2021 | 03:21
Bus drivers needed sign in Franklin, NJ ( Photo: Jeanne Straus) ‘It’s beyond anyone’s control’ Across the country, a national shortage of bus drivers added another layer of disruption to the 2021 school year. Local districts... Local News 22 Sep 2021 | 09:18
From left: Members of the Orange County NY Libertarian Party, Robert Cocomellow, Mathew Bathrick, and Pietro S. Geraci, wearing the flag, circulating a petition to tell New Windsor to not opt out of recreational cannabis sales and distribution on Aug. 21 at New Windsor Community Day. Photo provided. Do we want a bud shop in our town? Part II Now that recreational marijuana is the law of the land in five states from New Jersey to Maine, towns and villages across... Local News 24 Aug 2021 | 11:48
Blame the pandemic: Living is much more expensive than it was two years ago COVID-19 has changed the landscape. And in doing so, it has affected the most basic of necessities - food, housing, fuel.... Home 20 Aug 2021 | 04:03
Head cider maker Cooper Graney with a six pack of Doc’s pear cider. Sip New York’s original cider at the Black Dirt Beer Bash The best local brews and hard ciders join forces September 18th at Dirt magazine’s Black Dirt Beer Bash, a one day event... Home 17 Aug 2021 | 11:56
Spotted lanternflies are a vintner’s worst nightmare. Here you can see them preying on a grapevine in a vineyard in Boyertown, Pa. (Photo by Dr. Julie Urban) Get ready for the summer of bugs As we settle into summer with one infectious disease less on our minds, expect to see more infestations of another kind.... Local News 29 Jun 2021 | 10:28
Orange County Sheriff’s Department in Goshen, N.Y. Photo by Hanna Wickes ‘The conversation has to start someplace’ After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last May, Black Lives Matter protests, petitions, fund... Local News 26 Apr 2021 | 10:35
