Letter to the Editor: 2026 tentative budget To the Editor: I am proud to announce that I handed in my Tentative Budget for 2026 to Town Clerk Linda Zappala on Sept. 30... Letters to the Editor 08 Oct 2025 | 12:31
No More Sun brings alternative metal and rock to Rushing Duck Brewing in Chester on Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. ( Photo provided) Music for the Week Saturday, Oct. 11 The day brings the return of the Sugar Loaf Fall Festival, a beloved Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day... Entertainment 06 Oct 2025 | 12:48
The Joe Cirotti Trio will perform at Trails End Taphouse at GWL Garden Market on Sept. 28. ( Photo provided) Music for the Week Saturday, Sept. 27 Saturday kicks off with the 2nd Annual Oktoberfest at Orange County Distillery at Brown Barn Farms (286... Entertainment 24 Sep 2025 | 04:17
Letter to the Editor: Town Council 4-year and staggered terms To the Editor: In 2024, we finally finished every bureaucratic process necessary to finalize our ward system in Chester.... Letters to the Editor 16 Sep 2025 | 07:47
Angela Pskowski, who teaches first grade teacher at Chester Elementary School, welcomes students to class. Photo provided Superintendent’s Conference readies school, staff for new year T’was the day before school and all through the district, faculty and staff prepared their classrooms to welcome in students... Home 09 Sep 2025 | 11:29
Letter to the Editor: Save the Yelverton Inn To the Editor: Please help save the 1765 Yelverton Inn in Chester. This building, 10 years older than our country, is a witness... Letters to the Editor 17 Aug 2025 | 10:40
Wallisch Homestead Community Garden took first place for Best Community Garden. (Photo provided) Local green thumbs harvest top honors Local gardeners took home top awards at Dirt’s 11th annual Kitchen Garden Tour on Sunday, Aug. 3. About 90 people spent the... Local News 06 Aug 2025 | 10:41
Common Ground Community Garden is one of 15 local food gardens on this year’s Kitchen Garden Tour Kitchen Garden Tour returns Sunday, Aug. 3 Dirt magazine’s annual Kitchen Garden Tour is this Sunday, Aug. 3. The event, now in its eleventh year, gives “garden peepers”... Local News 29 Jul 2025 | 11:44
Patrick A. Gallagher Patrick Anthony Gallagher, 62, originally from Pomona, N.Y., and residing in Chester, N.Y. and Poestenkill, N.Y. for over... Obituaries 08 Jul 2025 | 04:55
Chester Highway Superintendent John Reilly leaves Orange County Court in Goshen last month. ( File photo) Judge orders Reilly’s ankle bracelet removed A judge ordered John Reilly’s ankle bracelet removed last week after being satisfied with the Chester highway superintendent’s... Local News 08 Jul 2025 | 02:30
Letter to the Editor: Pothole repair information In the last month or so, I communicated with the New York State Department of Transportation about potholes along Route 17,... Letters to the Editor 30 Jun 2025 | 11:49
Neenee of The Big Takeover performs July 3 at Railroad Green Park. ( Photo by Katie Palatucci) Music for the week Saturday, June 28 The weekend is packed with live music across Warwick, with sounds to match every mood. Al Gross brings classic... Entertainment 23 Jun 2025 | 07:25
Guilty plea in Chester carjacking A Chester man has pled guilty in Orange County Court to felony third-degree robbery in connection with a February carjacking... Police & Fire 13 Jun 2025 | 06:35
William J. Outwater Jr. William Joseph Outwater Jr. passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. He was 70. Born to William J. Outwater... Obituaries 07 Jul 2023 | 07:57
Chester. Kiwanis 5K race/walk set for Memorial Day weekend Get a healthy start to your holiday weekend with the 28th annual Chester Kiwanis 5K Race/Walk on Saturday May 27, 2023. ... Home 11 May 2023 | 03:31
