APPLY BY DECEMBER 8th Public Safety Dispatcher Trainee Civil Service Exam Enjoy helping your community? Want to make a difference in someone’s life? Looking for a new career? Apply today for the Public Safety Dispatcher Trainee Civil Service Exam! Registration deadline…

Sherman Artists Open Studio. December 2 & 3, 2023 10 am – 4 pm The third annual Sherman Artists Open Studio is this coming Saturday and Sunday, December 2 & 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Twenty-five local artists are participating in this year’s Open…

Popular Millbrook Library Holiday Event Is Back After a Four-Year Hiatus By Sam Falk, Friends of Millbrook Library        It is once again the time of year where festive celebrations and charitable events highlight the community spirit that makes the…

Pawling Man charged after child pornography investigation The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Daniel Arnold, age 37 of Holmes NY, in connection with a recent investigation by the Sheriff’s Office’s Detective Bureau in conjunction with the US…

Dutchess County to Participate in Statewide STOP-DWI Thanksgiving Enforcement Effort Impaired driving crackdown runs Nov. 22nd-26th Poughkeepsie … Law enforcement agencies throughout Dutchess County will participate in a special enforcement effort to crack down on impaired driving to coincide with the…

Darwin L. Richard, 84, a longtime resident of Wingdale, NY, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2023 in Kent, CT. Born on November 18, 1939 in Constable, NY, he was the son of the late Leonard P. and Emma (Miner)…

Samantha Pries of Holmes, Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi BATON ROUGE, LA (11/20/2023)– Samantha Pries, of Holmes, New York, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective…

Edward H. Millus, Jr, a resident of Poughquag, NY, passed away on November 17, 2023 at the age of 76. Ed was born at Northern Dutchess Hospital on August 10, 1947 to Edward and Helen (Shook) Millus, Sr.  He grew…

NYS COMPTROLLER DINAPOLI TAPS DUTCHESS COMPTROLLER ROBIN LOIS AS DEPUTY  Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Dutchess County Comptroller Robin Lois announced today that she will be accepting the position of NYS Deputy Comptroller of Local Government & School Accountability (LGSA) under NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli…

Scott D. Cromie, 64, a long-time resident of Pawling, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. Born on July 10, 1959 in New Milford, CT to the late Edmund R. Cromie and Ruth D. White,…

Medical Reserve Corps to Host Pet First Aid Training on December 12th     Poughkeepsie … The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Dutchess County will again offer its popular Pet First Aid Training on Tuesday, December 12, at 6 p.m., at…

Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of November 20 Thanksgiving week office hours: Mon 11/20-Wed 11/22 – regular office and Friendship Center hours Thu 11/23 – office and Friendship Centers closed Fri 11/24 – office…

Dr. Neil Victor Salzman, 83, a longtime area resident, died on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. Born on October 25, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the…

County to Host Sensory-Friendly Performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ at Bardavon 1869 Opera House Free ThinkDIFFERENTLY event on Dec. 8th celebrates holiday classic Poughkeepsie … Dutchess County invites residents of all abilities and their families to a free, sensory sensitive performance of…

Assemblymember Fahy Introduces ‘Greenway Trails For A Green Future’ Package to Modernize New York Trail System Legislative package addresses trail detours, pedestrian and cyclist safety, and grows trail system ALBANY, NY (Nov. 16) – Today, Assemblymember Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) introduced…