Fishkill News

FISHKILL: The Town of Fishkill's newly created 2010 Census Complete Count Committee will hold a kickoff meeting Dec.

BEACON - Patrons of Madam Brett Homestead, the oldest house in Dutchess County, are celebrating the historic site's 300th anniversary with a pictorial postmark.

The 99-room property has increased its profitability and its sales to higher-revenue transient guests using technology from hotel SystemsPro , a leading provider of ASP-based enterprise solutions that helps hotel companies increase market share through improved hotel operations in property and staff performance.

An East Fishkill man is one of 43 people indicted in connection to a cocaine trafficking ring in Westchester County, federal officials announced Tuesday.

The Hudson Valley branch of the U.S. Green Building Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Eleven 11 Grill, 1111 Main St., Fishkill, to regionally introduce the Thousand Home Challenge.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - The East Fishkill Community Library has received an automated external defibrillator from Julia Tucker, a longtime Hopewell Junction resident.

Sematech, a consortium of semiconductor manufacturers, has announced the appointment of Daniel Armbrust to serve as its president and chief executive officer.

Interstate 684: Adrian Horner, 38, of Yonkers was charged at 2:05 a.m. Friday with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors, after a trooper stopped him in the northbound lanes, police said.

HOPEWELLJUNCTION: Debbie Troiso will give a cooking demonstration at the East Fishkill Library 11:30 a.m. Nov.

FISHKILL Strong winds fanned the flames Friday as a brush fire consumed more than 100 acres of woodland on the Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill.

FISHKILL - Firefighters from four counties are pooling manpower to surround a brush fire that began late Thursday afternoon and has spread to about 100 acres.

The word 'entrepreneur' certainly fits Joe Lepore. He built a business from scratch, rebuilt a decrepit warehouse into a nifty office suite and is now busy enlarging his business and creating jobs.

A Fishkill man clocked at 75 mph on the Sprain Brook Parkway this morning was driving drunk, state police said.

BEACON - A regional environmental organization launched 40 years ago by a humble folk singer will be recognized Thursday for the role it plays in the local economy.

Travelers heading east on Interstate 84 into Dutchess County should expect delays and congestion between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday between Exits 13 and 15 in the towns of Fishkill and East Fishkill.

On the Record features birth announcements on Page 2B on Mondays and announcements about local residents in college and the armed services on Page 3B throughout the week.

Hudson Valley Eye Surgeons was the cover story of M.D. News magazine's September issue.

WAPPINGER Two men are under arrest in Wappinger following a series of events that began with a fight outside a bar in the City of Newburgh.

FISHKILL - Republican candidates were leading the council and clerk races at press start.

HYDE PARK - Hyde Park resident Megan Elliott didn't mind giving away some of the candy her two daughters, ages 5 and 7, collected on Halloween.