Be-a-Better-Gardener Multiplication by Division Daylilies, a fail-safe perennial. The Daylily Collection at Berkshire Botanical Garden represents years of hybridizing and dividing.   By Thomas Christopher   Relax: what follows is not some remedial course in basic mathematics.  In fact, what I am…

          Carson: Carson is a very friendly and outgoing boy!  He loves to play, especially with toys that squeak.  Carson is eager to please and enjoys going for a walk.  Come down to visit Carson and take him…

  Legal Services of the Hudson Valley Announces 4th Annual Dutchess Partners in Justice Reception Honorees   POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, August 21, 2017: Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) will hold its 4th Annual Dutchess Partners in Justice Reception on…

  Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of August 21, 2017 Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens Todd N. Tancredi, Director Dutchess County Office for the Aging   OFFICE FOR THE AGING…

  Frank A. Plunkett, age 89, a 36 year resident of Patterson, NY, formerly of Fairfield and Norwalk, CT, died on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Carmel, NY. Frank was born on March 27, 1928 in Port Chester, NY to…

  James (Jamey) Lorand Rollins, age 64, lost his courageous battle with Cancer August 17, 2017 at Northern Dutchess Hospital. Born in Burlington Vermont December 19th, 1952. Jamey is survived by his parents, Leslie and Beverly Rollins of Millbrook NY,…

  Pilot Program for Rotational Grazing with Sheep Moves to Rondout Reservoir and Merriman Dam Sheep are part of a rotational-grazing pilot program that began last year at Neversink Dam A herd of 28 sheep last week began gobbling grass…

  Norma Irene Larrabee, 79, a long-time resident of the Wingdale-Dover area since 1966, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017 at Vassar Bros. Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Born in Augusta, Maine on November 2, 1937, she was the daughter of…

  State Police prepare for the 172nd Annual Dutchess County Fair NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert C. Gregory Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE Rhinebeck, New York – The 172nd Annual Dutchess County Fair will begin on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, in…

  What is the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs (FMNP)? The New York State Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) consists of two programs: the Women, Infants and Children Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (WIC FMNP) and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program…

Metro-North to Make Upper Harlem Line Improvements on August 22 and August 25-27 Buses to Substitute for Certain Off-Peak Trains Between Wassaic and Southeast on August 22, and for Continuous Weekend Period August 25-27.   MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced…

  Art Exhibit: Mythology & Mysterious Layers/Abstraction Works by Joann Zwolzki & Nicole Hughes at Studio Around the Corner   The Cultural Arts Coalition will present their September Art Exhibit with works by Joann Zwolzki & Nicole Hughes at the…

  Two Dutchess County residents arrested following ID theft investigation NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert C. Gregory Troop K Commander   PRESS RELEASE   Pleasant Valley, New York – On August 15, 2017, New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks…

  Doris Bell Greig (Dee) of 76 South Kent Road, Gaylordsville, Connecticut passed away gently at home on August 6, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Greig was born March 12,1930 in Newark, New…

Thomas F. Sullivan, 73, a resident of Poughquag for 39 years and formerly of the Bronx, passed away at the Regional Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Danbury on August 16, 2017. Born on February 4, 1944, he was the…