Category: North East

Metro-North Schedules to Change April 26

Metro-North Schedules to Change April 26 A Number of Minor Schedule Adjustments Aim to Improve Reliability and Convenience Metro-North Railroad’s new train schedules effective Sunday, April 26, improve reliability and put more trains in service, making travel more convenient for…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS

· Exercise Leaders Wanted · Senior Walking Groups Reforming for Spring · Last Chance to Nominate a Senior of the Year · A Physician’s Perspective on Medical Practice (3/25) · Important Message for SSP Recipients · Additional Home Heating Help…

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Obituary, Alma Rose Golnek

KINGSTON – Alma Rose Golnek, 86, of Golden Hill Drive formerly of Amenia, N.Y., died Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Golden Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 4, 1928 in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late…

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County Executive Molinaro Signs Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan into Law

County Executive Molinaro Signs Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan into Law Poughkeepsie… Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro was joined today by members of the Dutchess County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, county and municipal officials and local farmers at…

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Kevyn Ayala, Millerton Resident Spends Spring Break Working at Habitat for Humanity Housing Site

News from Providence College Kevyn Ayala, Millerton Resident Spends Spring Break Working at Habitat for Humanity Housing Site PROVIDENCE, RI (03/19/2015)(readMedia)– Kevyn Ayala, a resident of Millerton, NY, and a member of the class of 2017 at Providence College, recently…

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Kendall Elected 1st Vice-President of the New York State Association of County Clerks

Kendall Elected 1st Vice-President of the New York State Association of County Clerks Poughkeepsie… Bradford H. Kendall, Dutchess County Clerk, was recently elected to serve as 1st Vice-President of the New York State Association of County Clerks (NYSACC). He was…

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Metro-North Fare hikes coming

Metro-North Fare hikes coming Metro-North commuters will start this spring by getting soaked by fare increases for the fifth time since 2008. Prices will rise about 4 percent. The increases are part of sweeping fare and toll hikes that will…

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Molinaro Announces over $900,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program Awards

Molinaro Announces over $900,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program Awards Poughkeepsie, NY… Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro has announced more than $900,000 will be awarded to 11 municipalities through the Dutchess County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program,…

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Sobering news, N.Y. now America’s heroin capital

Posted by Senator Terrence P. Murphy on Monday, March 16th, 2015 Heroin Task Force ALBANY, NY – The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York gave testimony this week that New York has become the…

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Obituary, Vivian Larmore

Vivian Larmore, 77, a longtime resident of Dover Plains, NY, formerly of Putnam Lake, NY, died on Friday, March 13, 2015 at Sharon Hospital in Sharon, CT. Mrs. Larmore was a school bus driver for 32 years for Brewster Central…

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Obituary, Brian Patrick Darnell

Brian Patrick Darnell, 75, Passed away Saturday March 7, 2015 after a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Queens, NY on April 21, 1939 to John and Yvonne Darnell, Brian and his family moved to Amenia, NY in…

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