Category: Government

Dutchess County Emergency Response to Facilitate Citizen Preparedness Training in Stanford

Dutchess County Emergency Response to Facilitate Citizen Preparedness Training in Stanford Poughkeepsie, NY…With the recent natural disasters in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and elsewhere, now, more than ever, it is important to prepare yourself and your loved ones in the…

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Letter To the Editor, A Road to Nowhere

  A Road to Nowhere Throughout the 40th Senate District, from Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County to Beekman in Dutchess County, many of our roads are without sidewalks or streetlights. We are a district of dense population and rural splendor,…

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Governor Announces Measures to Increase Organ Donations in New York State

  Governor Signs Executive Order Directing State Health Department to Work with State Agencies in Making Organ Donation Enrollment Options More Available to the Public Governor Signs Legislation Making Lauren’s Law Permanent in New York State Department of Health Partners…

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County Seeks Proposals for Youth Program Funding

  County Seeks Proposals for Youth Program Funding Grant workshops set for Nov. 1st and 2nd Poughkeepsie… The Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services’ Division of Youth Services is requesting proposals for youth development services from municipalities and non-profit, community-based…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of October 16

  Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of October 16 Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens Todd N. Tancredi, Director Dutchess County Office for the Aging   SENIOR SEMINARS RETURN IN NOVEMBER…

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Governor Reminds New Yorkers to Register to Vote by Friday for General Election in New York

  Deadline to Register to Vote is October 13  Nearly 951,000 New Yorkers Have Registered using DMV’s Online Voter Registration Since 2012, Including More Than 438,000 First-Time Voters Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today reminded New York State residents that this…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Officer Highlights – ECO Actions for Late September

  ECO Actions for Late September New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York. In 2016,…

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New York State Issues Letter Warning That Federal Cuts Jeopardize Health Care for 350,000 Children

  New York State Issues Letter Warning That Federal Cuts Jeopardize Health Care for 350,000 Children   Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker today issued a letter to Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, warning…

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Twenty-eight Earn Coveted DCC Foundation Scholarship Award Covers Tuition for Top High School Graduates

  Twenty-eight Earn Coveted DCC Foundation Scholarship Award Covers Tuition for Top High School Graduates   Twenty-eight DCC freshmen were awarded the 2017 Charles E. and Mabel E. Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Seated in the center, front is Dr….

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OFFICIAL DUTCHESS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS NOVEMBER CANDIDATES

LEGAL NOTICE To all voters of Dutchess County, New York General Election, Tuesday, November 7, 2017   The following is a true and correct list of all nominations of candidates for the offices to be filled at the General Election…

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Lecture at DCC

  Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Lecture at DCC   October 10, 2017 – Dr. David Kennedy, Pulitzer prize winner and Stanford University professor emeritus, will discuss “Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Twentieth-Century Life” at Dutchess Community College Oct. 19 at 7…

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Dutchess County Emergency Response to Facilitate  Amateur Radio Licensing Class

    Dutchess County Emergency Response to Facilitate  Amateur Radio Licensing Class Poughkeepsie, NY… The Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response in partnership with the Mt. Beacon and QSY Society Amateur Radio Clubs, will host a two-day Technician Level amateur…

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Maloney Introduces Local FARMS Act to Help Hudson Valley Farmers Deliver Produce Directly to Customers

  Maloney Introduces Local FARMS Act to Help Hudson Valley Farmers Deliver Produce Directly to Customers   Poughkeepsie, NY – In response to the recent explosion of interest in organic and locally-grown foods, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), a member of…

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Dave Clegg Raises $220,000 in First Fundraising Quarter

Dave Clegg Raises $220,000 in First Fundraising Quarter Only candidate with 3 decades in NY’s 19th Congressional District Receives broad Local Support (Kingston, NY): Today, NY19 Democratic Congressional candidate Dave Clegg announced that he raised over $220,000 in his first…

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