Beacon News

GOSHEN A Newburgh teen, who pled guilty to stabbing a Beacon man to death when he came to Newburgh to buy drugs, was sentenced to 19 years to life in Orange County on Wednesday.

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of Walter J. Shuster III, 31, of Beacon, after he led police on a chase that started in Putnam County and ended in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

BEACON - Meals will be provided free of charge during the summer in the Beacon City School District.

BEACON - A 17-year-old burglary suspect is scheduled to appear in Beacon city court Wednesday after he resisted arrest and fought with a police K9 before being taken into custody early Sunday.

A weaker economy had an advantageous effect on renters in Dutchess County this spring.

FISHKILL - Beacon High School's 2009 commencement exercises this evening offered a lot of excitement for about 200 graduates and thousands of family members and friends.

A Beacon man was sentenced today to four years in prison for stabbing another man in the city in January.

Wappingers Falls resident Bruce Copeland was still in shock when he walked out of the Best Buy in the Poughkeepsie Galleria Thursday evening.

BEACON - Puzzles, games and mind-stimulating materials will be a part of Thursday morning activities for seniors in July at the Howland Public Library.

Private dining hall at Del Posto. If the recession has you eating in every night but longing for a taste of New York 's famed restaurant circuit, then take advantage of "recession specials" being offered by many of the city's notable eateries.

Deposits are down, and lending is in the gutter. But banks' treasury services businesses seem to be humming along just fine.

NEW BUSINESS Equine massage therapist offers services in mid-Hudson Valley - Liz Dollinger, a Hudson Valley-based equine massage therapist, is proprietor of Equine F-L-E-X Ability, which offers services to horses in the Hudson Valley.

Two local sites have been recommended for the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

John Cronin is director and chief executive of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and a senior fellow for environmental affairs at Pace University.

The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon is inaugurating two new concert series this summer that will feature a Grammy winning bluesman and a legendary jazz pianist, among many others.

Government from the federal level to the local level has failed. All politicians care about is their own self worth.

Independent film buffs no longer have to travel to Manhattan to check out the latest talent in the field.

BEACON, NY, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Mr. John W. Marallo, Jr., Mathematics Teacher for Marlboro Central School District, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of secondary mathematics.

BEACON - When Beacon's Dorel Hat Company closed a few years ago, it marked the end of an era in the southern Dutchess city.

BEACON - The Beacon Community Center is collecting pennies and other spare change to help support programs for teens, seniors and English language learners.