April 2014 – The Cornwall Local

Public hearing tomorrow

April 28, 2014 Ken Cashman

The public hearing on Kiryas Joel’s request to draw water from a well on Route 32 in Mountainville will be held April 29 at Cornwall Central High School.

A harrowing road to recovery

April 25, 2014 Ken Cashman

A couple driving through Cornwall started to fight because he wouldn’t take her to get heroin.

Methodist pastor will miss the people most

April 25, 2014 Jason Kaplan

For the last two years, Reverend Andrew Peck-McClain has led the congregation, in worship, at the Cornwall United Methodist Church, but come July 1, Peck-McClain will no longer serve as pastor. He will be moving

Former “mat rat” in National Hall

April 25, 2014 Ken Cashman

“I grew up as a mat rat,” Don Blaine recalled.

Obituaries – April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014 Editorial Staff

James Sudler “Sud” Cockey February 26, 1926-April 19, 2014 James Sudler “Sud” Cockey III died peacefully at home on April 19. He was 88 years old. The son of James S. Cockey, Jr. and Frances

Cornwall assists with brush fire

April 24, 2014 Jason Kaplan

At approximately 1:30 p.m., Cornwall Fire Department was called to assist with a brush fire in New Windsor off of Forge Hill Road.

Ethics Board meeting

April 18, 2014 Jason Kaplan

The Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Ethics Board will hold a meeting on April 21 in the Village Hall Board Room.

You can find it here in Cornwall

April 18, 2014 Ken Cashman

From the beginning we assumed there was heroin in Cornwall. It was everywhere else, and we believed that no community was immune.

Scout creates easier access to park

April 18, 2014 Jason Kaplan

Nestled at the top of a sharp 100-yard incline is E.B. Roe Park. A small sign, on Boulevard in Cornwall-on-Hudson, indicates where the trail begins, but the park isn’t one of the more well-known in Cornwall.

Kids take a new look at Holocaust

April 18, 2014 Ken Cashman

“They were engaged in history all day.”