Possible ICE activity in the Monroe/South Blooming Grove area. Photos provided. Residents report possible ICE arrests in Monroe area Multiple residents reached out to Straus News and the Blooming Grove Town Supervisor’s office this morning to report possible... Local News 09 Jul 2026 | 12:38
New York State Senator James Skoufis poses with Garnet Health nurses at the picket. Photos provided. Hundreds of nurses and healthcare workers picket outside Garnet Health Approximately 300 nurses and healthcare workers picketed outside Garnet Health on April 30. The informational picket called... Local News 05 May 2026 | 12:34
SantaCon attendees in New York City on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy) Hewitt SantaCon organizer charged with wire fraud Hewitt, N.J. resident Stefan Pildes was arrested Wednesday, April 15 in Manhattan and charged with one count of wire fraud,... Local News 20 Apr 2026 | 05:59
State Assemblyman Brian Maher Officials react with caution to news ICE is no longer looking at Chester warehouse New York State Assemblyman Brian Maher said last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) informed him that the... Local News 25 Feb 2026 | 10:53
Approximately 50 protesters gathered outside the Orange County Government Building on Feb. 14., a day after the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it purchased the former Pep Boys Warehouse in Chester. ( Photos by Molly Colgan) Valentine’s Day protest Goshen. Approximately 50 protesters gathered outside the Orange County Government Building on Saturday, Feb. 14., On Feb.... Local News 18 Feb 2026 | 03:00
A van caught passing a stopped school bus on external cameras. Photo provided. Area school buses install stop-arm cameras More than 20,000 violations have been issued since Orange County, N.Y., rolled out new, AI-powered stop-arm cameras to fine... Back to School 29 Aug 2025 | 07:17
Klaas Vogel shows off his veggie garden in Monroe, N.Y., featuring custom-made fencing, during a past Kitchen Garden Tour. He will participate again this year on Aug 3. (Photos provided) Learn how to grow your groceries today Dirt magazine’s Kitchen Garden Tour returns Sunday, Aug. 3 with a jam-packed day of garden peeping, followed by a farm-to-table... Local News 03 Aug 2025 | 10:20
Local measles cases likely contracted while traveling in Belgium Measles was confirmed in three Orange County, N.Y. children under the age of five this week. According to the Orange County... Local News 09 May 2025 | 03:46
Warwick Advertiser’s team took home top awards from the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest last week. Left to right: Editor Keith Kelly, Deputy Publisher Becca Tucker, Senior Graphic Designer Megan Bowen, Reporter Molly Colgan, Publisher Jeanne Straus, Director of Design Christina Scotti, Business Manager Ann Marie Vitoulis, Senior Account Executive Terry Reilly and Account Executive Scott Petrie. Warwick Advertiser wins top awards for journalism and design Warwick Advertiser took home multiple awards for its journalism and design last weekend at the New York Press Association’s... Local News 24 Mar 2025 | 08:17
New York State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec with constituents in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, Monday, Jan. 20. From left are Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, Brabenec, Orange County GOP treasurer Joseph Coleman, Wallkill Councilman Mark Coyne, Ryan Greene, Orange County GOP chairwoman Courtney Greene, Orange County Teen GOP chairman Sean Coyne, Ray Jagos, Thomas Brabenec and Tina Kakascik. ( Photo provided) Orange County residents attend inauguration New York State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec organized a trip to Washington, D.C., for President Donald Trump’s second inauguration... Local News 21 Jan 2025 | 08:12
Local homeless population rises A warm place to shelter from brisk winter weather is a luxury that many people can’t afford. The population of homeless people... Local News 21 Jan 2025 | 10:29
With Sterling Forest closed, hunt this public land instead The entirety of Sterling Forest State Park – a wooded natural refuge spanning over 21,000 acres in Tuxedo, NY – is closed... Local News 19 Nov 2024 | 03:41
Award-winning ads and reporting by Straus News staff. Newspaper wins for journalism and design Straus News earned multiple awards from the New York Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. Winners were announced... Local News 07 May 2024 | 03:23
Spongy moth caterpillars were all over a hoop house in a home garden in Matamoras, Pa. ( Photo by Becca Tucker) Spongy moth caterpillars descend on Orange County Last week, spongy moth caterpillars cast their web over Orange County, seemingly cropping up out of nowhere. The tiny black... Local News 07 May 2024 | 02:22
‘Too stressful’: why some students are saying no thanks to standardized tests As students across the tristate region sharpened pencils - or, increasingly, fired up computers - in preparation for multiple... Local News 02 May 2024 | 11:23
