Beacon News

BEACON - Civility. Conscience. Collaboration. Those were three traits Beacon parents were urged to cultivate in themselves if they want to help their children succeed in school and life.

MILLBROOK - Christopher Colby was excited to move to this area. A college graduate, he'd landed a job with an architecture firm in Newburgh that paid more than one he'd been offered near his home outside Syracuse.

Dutchess County Family Court Judge Peter M. Forman has been re-elected unopposed to a second 10-year term.

Beacon gains florist shop - Carole Cappillio, owner of The Lollipop Tree Flower Shop in Poughkeepsie, recently opened a second location in Beacon.

BEACON - Slow returns meant there were was only one clear winner in the city council races before press time.

BEACON - Police charged a Beacon man in a home invasion that occurred in the city Oct.

More than 200 people were at The Grandview in the City of Poughkeepsie on Wednesday to celebrate the local arts community during the 23rd annual Dutchess County Executive's Arts Awards dinner.

BEACON: The execution of a no-knock search warrant led to the arrest Wednesday of a Beacon man on a drug possession charge.

If you are looking for candidates who will best represent you and your families, who are concerned about our constitutional rights, and who have a true respect for life, please look seriously at Row D before you pull the lever on Tuesday.

FISHKILL - A car fatally struck a pedestrian who was walking along Route 9D Wednesday night.

The Dutchess County Children's Immunization Clinic in Beacon will be cancelled on Nov.

BEACON - A Beacon woman was assaulted during a home invasion Sunday night while her husband was outside getting groceries from their car.

The Beacon man who was arrested by federal agents and charged with possessing child pornography was released to home confinement on $50,000 bond.

A City of Poughkeepsie woman admitted in court Tuesday she smashed the windows of her mother's car during an argument in Beacon last July.

Rita Brannen was named by the Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency today to be its new chief financial officer.

Time changes have been made to the Dutchess County Children's Immunization Clinic schedule.

BEACON - A 45-year-old Beacon man led who police on a high-speed chase Sunday afternoon with his two-year old daughter in the car was arraigned and sent to Dutchess County Jail Monday morning.

The Beacon Sloop Club is hosting its annual Pumpkin Festival on the Beacon Waterfront.

BEACON - Howland Public Library, 313 Main St., will host a program for Breast Cancer Awareness Month at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

BEACON - The Howland Cultural Center will hold two "Meet the Candidates" nights for city council and county Legislature races.