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Comptroller A. Gregg Pulver Releases First Audit of Tenure

Comptroller A. Gregg Pulver Releases First Audit of Tenure Dutchess County Comptroller Gregg Pulver has released the first audit of 2024 for Dutchess Tourism, Inc. (DTI) for the calendar years 2018-2022. Dutchess Tourism, Inc. is a nonprofit organization providing destination…

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Bridge to be Replaced on Ridge Road in Dover

Bridge to be Replaced on Ridge Road in Dover Poughkeepsie…The Dutchess County Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced work to replace a bridge on Ridge Road in the Town of Dover has begun as crews install temporary traffic signals….

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Presley Damiano of Patterson, New York, earned a place on Furman University’s dean’s list for the 2023 fall semester

GREENVILLE, S.C. (March 20, 2024) – Presley Damiano of Patterson, New York, earned a place on Furman University’s dean’s list for the 2023 fall semester. Furman’s dean’s list is composed of full-time undergraduate students who earn a grade point average…

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Obituary, Evelyn M. Zimlinghaus

Evelyn M. Zimlinghaus, 94, a longtime resident of Dover Plains, NY, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2024 at her home in Dover Plains surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Zimlinghaus and her husband, Ernest, owned and operated Zimmy’s Service…

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Obituary, Brenda J. Wilkins

Brenda J. Wilkins, 82, a longtime resident of Wingdale, NY, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Lutheran Care Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. Mrs. Wilkins was a therapy aide at Wassaic Developmental Center in Wassaic, NY and later worked…

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County to Offer Free Rabies Clinic on Sunday, April 7th

County to Offer Free Rabies Clinic on Sunday, April 7th Poughkeepsie…The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health (DBCH) and the Dutchess County SPCA continue their partnership hosting their next free rabies vaccination clinic on Sunday, April 7, 2024,…

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Obituary, Marion L. Priest

Marion L. Priest, 78, a longtime resident of Wingdale, NY, passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, CT. She was with loved ones at…

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Obituary, Melissa F. Kolmer

Melissa F. Kolmer, 34, of Amsterdam, NY, formerly of Wingdale, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 11, 2024, in Milton, NY. Born on November 27, 1989 in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of Rhonda (Clark) Hegeman of Wingdale,…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of March 18th

Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of March 18th HOW TO TALK TO SOMEONE WITH HOARDING – DO’S AND DON’TS In last week’s column we discussed the difference between common household clutter and a situation…

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Obituary, Raymond F. McEnroe, III

Raymond F. McEnroe, III, 73, a lifelong resident of Millerton, NY, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, alongside his immediate family members. Mr. McEnroe was a fourth generation dairy farmer who…

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ECOs pull over dump truck suspected of illegal dumping in Patterson

To Catch a Dumper – Putnam County On March 4, ECOs Franz and Schuck observed dump trucks entering a property carrying what appeared to be restricted fill material in the town of Patterson. The Officers followed the trucks onto the…

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Serino Delivers First State of the County Address

Serino Delivers First State of the County Address Poughkeepsie, NY … Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino presented her first State of the County Address this evening, outlining many of her priorities for Dutchess County Government, before hundreds of residents, business and…

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Sheriff’s Office warns of increasing scams

Sheriff’s Office warns of increasing scams he Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office would like to take this opportunity to warn the residents of Dutchess County and surrounding areas about scams that once again seem to be on the rise. Scams are…

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Obituary, Joan Frances Benson Keller

Joan Frances Benson Keller, 90, died peacefully on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, New York. She was born at Sharon Hospital on February 25, 1934, the last of five children and the only one…

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Obituary, Herman C. Schreiber

Herman C. Schreiber, 97, a lifelong resident of Wingdale, New York, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 11, 2024, at The Grand in Pawling, NY. Born on June 2, 1926, in Wingdale, NY, he was the son of the late…

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