Arlington News

To all those who gave to charities this holiday season. Despite a sluggish economy, generosity was apparent, as the United Way, the Holiday Helping Hand Fund and local food drives had successful efforts, in most cases exceeding their own expectations.

It's disingenuous, at best, for Gov. David Paterson to suggest school districts raid their reserve funds to cope with midyear state aid reductions caused by New York's inability to balance a budget.

Plans to construct a veterans memorial park in Niagara Falls soon will receive a big boost thanks to $500,000 in city casino funds.

The Town of Poughkeepsie's Arlington section - home to Vassar College, stores, restaurants and more - is seeking to strengthen its identity and let newcomers know about the area.

Emily Stewart Poughkeepsie Journal There's no shortage of musical talent in the mid-Hudson Valley.

Dutchess County school districts are bracing for $1.72 million in delayed state aid Tuesday that could require them to spend rainy-day funds, borrow money or cut spending to pay bills and meet payroll.

A Poughkeepsie man has been arrested and charged with grabbing the buttocks of 10 women in the Arlington area since September.

With the holidays creeping up on us, Poughkeepsie is even busier than usual. Shoppers travel to and from The Galleria and students are returning home from college for winter break.

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.