Arlington News

Two candidates are squaring off Tuesday for one seat on the Arlington Fire District's Board of Commissioners.

Jennifer Foster and Lauren Fornabaio of New Creations hair salon attended a two-day hands-on haircutting class with Nick Arrojo, formerly of TLC's "What Not to Wear," in October.

State transportation officials have re-striped a stretch of Route 376 in the Town of Poughkeepsie near Vassar College after local leaders complained the road was unsafe.

PLEASANT VALLEY - The next stop, and possibly the end of the line, for the town's former train station is the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck.

Want to know where you can find a Harper's Weekly from May 30, 1885, a David Baldacci hardcover or a manual on feng shui? Try the holiday book sale organized by the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District.

The Red Cross assisted four City of Poughkeepsie residents who were displaced Sunday after a fire damaged their Harrison Street home.

It was 7:45 in the morning. The faculty rock band led by the always cool Denise Vandongen, in a crisp white shirt and orange tie, was already warming up the crowd with 'Down on the Corner,' at the Arlington School District Superintendent's Convocation.

The swine flu virus continues to cause alarm, particularly among parents of school-age children, but while absences at local schools are elevated, officials said they have not reached levels seen elsewhere in the country.

Firefighters responded to a fire at 12 Raymond Ave. in the Town of Poughkeepsie this morning about 10 a.m. Jeff Pells, deputy chief of the Arlington Fire Department, said it was extinguished pretty rapidly, about 10:17 a.m. The structure is a multiuse office building.

Remember the transportation stimulus package? Whatever happened to that money? Ia m pretty sure it got allocated, but weightier transportation stories like hot-air-balloon fraud seem to have bumped highway spending off the front page.

The nation's biggest Veterans Day parade, with actor Tony Curtis as grand marshal, paid special tribute to those killed and wounded at Fort Hood -- and to an elite Marine unit, the Navajo Code Talkers.

Town of Poughkeepsie residents Tuesday called on Arlington Fire District officials to make additional cuts to their $15.5 million budget proposal for next year.

The Arlington school district could have saved $405,000 over the last three years by printing its paychecks in-house, the state comptroller said this week.

A small crowd gathered Tuesday at the Arlington Fire District headquarters in the Town of Poughkeepsie for a public hearing on the district's $15 million budget proposal for next year.

Even though the Market Street landmark in the City of Poughkeepsie has been closed for the past two years for renovations, people still came to Adriance Memorial Library, hoping to check out books.

A cab ride is usually a great place to pick up a one-sided conversation a taxi driver is having with someone on the other end of his cell phone.

HYDE PARK - The school district will begin looking for a new leader, following news Superintendent Carole Pickering will leave the district after a decade.

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WAPPINGERS FALLS - Thriving in the new economy was the theme of Wednesday's business trade show, designed to help women find fortuity in today's challenging times and embrace their female professional qualities.

The historic Thayer Hotel at West Point recently hosted Silver Star medal recipient 2nd Lt.