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PTNY applauds full funding for 750-mile Empire State Trail in final NYS budget deal

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ PTNY applauds full funding for 750-mile Empire State Trail in final NYS budget deal Historic $200 million investment will create the nation’s longest multi-use trail ALBANY – The New York State’s FY18 budget deal represents a major step…

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National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 9-15

  National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 9-15   Poughkeepsie…This week, public safety dispatchers throughout the U.S. are being recognized for their service and dedication to the community during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, celebrated annually the second week of…

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Four DCC Students Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

  Four DCC Students Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards   April 10, 2017 – Four Dutchess Community College students were presented with 2017 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence. The awards were presented by SUNY Chancellor…

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MRC TO OFFER TICK-BORNE DISEASE PROGRAM ON APRIL 20th

  MRC  TO OFFER TICK-BORNE DISEASE PROGRAM ON APRIL 20th The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Dutchess County will offer a program on tick-borne diseases on Thursday, April 20th, at 7 p.m., at the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response,…

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Obituary, Anna Marie Evans Ward

  Anna Marie Evans Ward, a 41 year resident of Patterson, NY, Died Friday April 7, 2017 at her home. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Ward was born on December 8, 1939 to the late Mabel Awrytis Evans and…

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31st Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards Nominations are Now Open

   31st Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards Nominations are Now Open POUGHKEEPSIE: Nominations for the 31st Annual Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards are now open. The County Executive, in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, annually recognizes outstanding residents of and businesses or organizations…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of April 10

  Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of April 10   Note: The Office for the Aging is seeking volunteers for our annual Summer Senior Picnic program. Right now we’re looking for clerical assistance at…

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Newburgh Man Arrested for Criminal Contempt and Harassment

  Newburgh Man Arrested for Criminal Contempt and Harassment NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Joseph A. Tripodo  Troop F Commander      PRESS RELEASE 04/05/2017 – The New York State Police – Montgomery BCI announce the arrest of 37 year old,…

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Obituary, Linwood B. Boone

  Linwood B. Boone entered into eternal rest at his home in Wingdale, NY on Sunday, April 9, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was 79. He was born to Willie C. Boone and Lenore Futrell Boone in Potecasi,  NC on June…

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Obituary, Patricia Stipak

  Patricia Stipak, 59, a lifelong resident of Patterson, NY (Putnam Lake), died on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Bethel, CT. Patricia was born on January 7, 1958 in Brooklyn, NY to Joseph W. and Lorraine (DeBetta) Braun of Patterson,…

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Hamlet of Wallkill man arrested in multiple stabbing

  Hamlet of Wallkill man arrested in multiple stabbing  NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Joseph A. Tripodo  Troop F Commander      PRESS RELEASE The State Police in Highland announce the arrest of Eric Martine, age 19 of the hamlet of…

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Budget agreement in Albany includes the free college tuition plan at SUNY and CUNY two and four-year colleges for working- and middle-class families, approves riding sharing statewide,

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today announced an agreement on the FY 2018 State Budget. The agreement continues the state’s record of fiscal responsibility,…

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Obituary, Alivia Lynne Butler

  Alivia was born on May 31, 2014 and passed away in April 2017. Alivia was a resident of Pine Plains, New York at the time of her passing. Friends are invited and may call on Tuesday April 11 2017…

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Obituary, Mary Lou Strassburger Treat

  PUTNEY, VT – Mary Lou Strassburger Treat, age 89, died peacefully at her home in Putney, Vermont with family by her side on April 1, 2017 after a long and eventful life. An inveterate and adventuresome traveler, librarian, lifelong…

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Fishkill man charged with operating motorcycle with a fake license plate

  Fishkill man charged with operating motorcycle with a fake license plate NEW YORK STATE POLICE  Major Robert M. Nuzzo Troop K Commander   PRESS RELEASE   Poughkeepsie, New York – On April 6, 2017, New York State Police from the Wappinger…

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