Category: Washington

Obituary, Kenneth V. Spiro

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Kenneth V. Spiro, 84, an area resident since 1960, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at his home. Born in Staten Island, New York on April 10, 1931, Ken was the son of Max and Susan (Rourke)…

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Arson Awareness Week: Accelerant Detection Canines – Sniffing Out Arson

Arson Awareness Week: Accelerant Detection Canines – Sniffing Out Arson The United States Fire Administration has designated May 3-9, 2015 as “Arson Awareness Week”. Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson would like to take the opportunity this week to raise…

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Kristopher James Cuddeback

My name is Kevin Placentino and I am setting up this fund in honor of my brother Kristopher James Cuddeback. This is his story – a story of love and tragedy. Kris was born on June 27, 1991. From the…

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Dutchess County Department of Human Resources Exam Announcement

Dutchess County Department of Human Resources Exam Announcement Exam Title: Library Director II State Exam Number: 60234 Exam Date: 5/29/2015 Last File Date: 5/29/2015 A civil service exam has been announced in a title you indicated interest in. If you…

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Five Students Honored at DCC History, Government and Economics Department Award Ceremony

Photo: Caleb Angell (right) receives the Eugene Sheridan Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences from Dr. Mikko Manner, associate professor of economics. Five Students Honored at DCC History, Government and Economics Department Award Ceremony May 4, 2015 –Dutchess Community…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS

· 2015 Senior Picnic Schedule Announced · HEAP Cooling Component Now Available · Brain Games Orientation Program (5/14) · Free Adult Computer Classes (6/4) · May Events at the Fountains · Relatives as Parents Program Meetings · No Cost Healthcare…

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Senator Serino’s Week In Review

This week I spent some time with Assemblyman Kieran Lalor at the opening of a very cool local business, joined Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro at the Walk to Cure Parkinson’s and at the Autism Walk and Expo, and threw…

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Theresa Howard Carter, 85, archaeologist

Theresa Howard Carter, 85, of West Chester, a distinguished archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Near East, died Sunday, April 19, at home of causes related to aging. Dr. Carter was one of a dwindling generation of pioneering women archaeologists…

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Dutchess County receives POW/MIA Chair of Honor in remembrance of County veterans

Dutchess County receives POW/MIA Chair of Honor in remembrance of County veterans Rolling Thunder veterans present chair to County Division of Veterans Services Poughkeepsie… Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro and Nelson Eddy Rivera, USN (Ret), Director of the Dutchess County’s…

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In Search of Lost Frogs

Join the Cary Institute on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. for a visually-rich presentation on the world’s rarest amphibians by conservationist, author, and award-winning photographer Robin Moore. His new book, In Search of Lost Frogs, details Conservation International’s expedition…

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Ridership Rises Again on MTA’s Railroads in 2014

Ridership Rises Again on MTA’s Railroads in 2014 The Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail both welcomed rising numbers of customers in 2014, new Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) ridership figures show, making them respectively the busiest and second-busiest passenger railroads…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS

· May is Older Americans Month · Celebration of Aging (5/18) · Bootlegging in the Hudson Valley (5/4) · Learn a Foreign Language · Brain Games Workshop (5/14) · Rhinebeck Town Hall Forum (4/29) · Get Fit Hudson Valley (5/1)…

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