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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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Registered Sex Offender from Wurtsboro Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography

Registered Sex Offender from Wurtsboro Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Joseph A. Tripodo  Troop F Commander      PRESS RELEASE The New York State Police at Wurtsboro announce the arrest of Gerard T. Colbert, age 65,…

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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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Allison Pushkarsh of Poughquag Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

  News from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi   Allison Pushkarsh of Poughquag Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi BATON ROUGE, LA (04/12/2017)– Allison Pushkarsh of Poughquag, New York, was recently initiated into The Honor…

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Connecticut man charged with tampering with evidence following traffic stop

  Connecticut man charged with tampering with evidence following traffic stop NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert M. Nuzzo Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE  Brewster, New York – On April 10, 2017, the New York State Police from Brewster arrested 25-year-old Alexander…

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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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Rockland County Man Indicted In White Plains Federal Court For Narcotics Trafficking

  Rockland County Man Indicted In White Plains Federal Court For Narcotics Trafficking Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Division of…

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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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Obituary, Joan Trank

  Stormville – Joan Trank, 74, a resident of Stormville since 1974 passed from this life on April 11, 2017 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She passed quietly in her sleep, surrounded by her loved ones. She will…

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Two Poughkeepsie residents arrested following welfare check

  Two Poughkeepsie residents arrested following welfare check NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert M. Nuzzo Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE            Christiani                Parker Poughkeepsie, New York – On April 12,…

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Yonkers man arrested following burglary investigation

  Yonkers man arrested following burglary investigation NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert M. Nuzzo Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE Cortlandt, New York – On April 11, 2017, New York State Police from the Cortlandt Barracks arrested Peter T. Kennelly, 35 years…

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David Wylock Chair of the Town of Dover Planning Board is this year’s recipient of the Levine Community Service Award

  David Wylock Chair of the Town of Dover Planning Board is this year’s recipient of the Levine Community Service Award This year’s recipient of the Levine Community Service Award is David Wylock Chair of the Town of Dover Planning…

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