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Wait Until Next Winter to Prune Your Oak Trees

  Wait Until Next Winter to Prune Your Oak Trees   Many people prune their trees in spring and summer. DEC recommends holding off on pruning oak trees until winter to protect them from oak wilt, a deadly tree disease….

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DEC Announces Opening of Spring Turkey Season on May 1

  DEC Announces Opening of Spring Turkey Season on May 1 Annual Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend is April 22-23   The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is opening spring turkey season on May 1 in upstate New…

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Mental Health First Aid Training for Military & Veterans Available in Poughkeepsie

  Mental Health First Aid Training for Military & Veterans Available in Poughkeepsie   Poughkeepsie, NY … Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health (DBCH)’s Divisions of Veterans’ Services and Mental Hygiene, together with Vet-2-Vet Peer Services, will sponsor…

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Greetings Art Lovers:

  Greetings Art Lovers: The trees are flowering, the Forsythia bushes are almost budding, and the garden is getting cleaned up because it is spring. The holidays at this time celebrate a sense of hope and renewal which is reflected…

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Special Earth Day Lecture at the Cary Institute: Terry Tempest Williams. The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks

  Special Earth Day Lecture at the Cary Institute: Terry Tempest Williams. The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks On Saturday, April 22 celebrate Earth Day with a special lecture from author and scholar Terry Tempest…

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Governor Signs Legislation Enacting First-in-the-Nation Excelsior Scholarship Program to Provide Tuition-Free College to Middle-Class Families

  Governor Signs Legislation Enacting First-in-the-Nation Excelsior Scholarship Program to Provide Tuition-Free College to Middle-Class Families   First-in-the-Nation Program Makes NYS Public Universities Tuition-Free for Families Making Up to $125,000 Per Year, Alleviating Crushing Burden of Student Debt and Placing…

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Tuesday Morning Golf League, at The Dutcher Golf Course in Pawling, is looking for new members

  Tuesday Morning Golf League, at The Dutcher Golf Course in Pawling, is looking for new members The Tuesday Morning Golf League, at The Dutcher Golf Course in Pawling, is looking for new members. The league starts on May 2nd…

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Millerton Native Jesse Capellaro Named to Empire 8 President’s List

  News from Ithaca College   Millerton Native Jesse Capellaro Named to Empire 8 President’s List ITHACA, NY (04/12/2017)– Jesse Capellaro, a Clinical Health Studies major at Ithaca College hailing from Millerton, NY, was one of over 150 IC students…

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Lifeguards Wanted

  Lifeguards Wanted The Town of Pawling is looking for outgoing and energetic waterfront lifeguards. Guards must be available Memorial Day to Labor Day. For employment and certification information, email us at recreation@pawling.org .

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Obituary, Kenneth Philip Mitchell

  Kenneth Philip Mitchell passed away at his home in Pawling Monday, April 10, 2017.  Kenny was 74. A life-time Pawling resident, Kenny was born in the Bronx on November 22, 1942 to the late Harold and Ruth (Fesselmeyer) Mitchell. …

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Rise in Anti-Semitism is Focus of Lecture at DCC

    Rise in Anti-Semitism is Focus of Lecture at DCC   April 12, 2017 – Dutchess Community College will welcome Evan Bernstein, New York regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, for a lecture called “Anti-Semitism: Global to Local” on…

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Application Process Now Open for County’s Municipal Innovation Grant Program

  Application Process Now Open for County’s Municipal Innovation Grant Program   Poughkeepsie… Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro has announced applications are now being accepted for the County’s 2017 Municipal Innovation Grant Program, which makes $1 million available to…

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The Mid-Hudson Bridge displayed purple lights in honor of the New York State Police’s 100th anniversary.

  The Mid-Hudson Bridge displayed purple lights in honor of the New York State Police’s 100th anniversary. NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert M. Nuzzo Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE Members of the New York State Police from Troop K and Troop…

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