Fishkill News

Hyde Park officials should not waver on passing a wetlands ordinance that will provide important environmental protections, especially when the law will prove to be less onerous than some landowners apparently believe.

HYDE PARK An East Fishkill woman has been arrested by the Dutchess County SPCA on animal cruelty charges.

View Route 9 Vacancies in a larger map Since the economy caught a crippling cold, some of the symptoms have proved fatal for businesses along the Route 9 corridor.

PAWLING - Madeline Mullaney struck out 10, had two hits and drove in two runs as Beekman defeated Pawling, 6-5, in the District 17, Little League Softball tournament on Saturday.

A group of preservationists, history buffs and New York civic leaders are teaming up to try to save what could be the nation's single largest-known burial site of Revolutionary War soldiers.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Martial arts, reading with dogs, juggling, snakes in the library - the East Fishkill Community Library will be home to all these things and more this summer.

FISHKILL - The annual reading of the Declaration of Independence will take place in front of Van Wyck Hall, the village hall, at 11 a.m Saturday.

Owner Luis Pinto opened Cafe Maya and Cantina in Fishkill five years ago and themed it around his home in the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.

A Yorktown woman who was charged with driving while intoxicated and other offenses after a traffic stop last night on Route 100 in Somers is among several motorists recently charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, state police said today.

FISHKILL - A fundraiser in support of Frankie Flora and his family will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at Michael's Sports Cafe on Route 9. Proceeds will benefit "Frankie's Fund," which was established by the Dutchess County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #333. Flora was severely injured by a relative's dog April 16.

FISHKILL - Postmaster Brian Maher combined the unveiling of a stamp in honor of legendary comedian Bob Hope with helping the troops during the Support Our Troops event at the Village of Fishkill post office today.

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.

With our battered and bruised economy, it's great to find some bright spots on the horizon that might suggest a recovery is on the way.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Escalating salt prices have towns looking for ways to save money.

Like many towns in Dutchess County, Fishkill has been working on updating its comprehensive plan - the essential blueprint for growth - and realizes many things have changed since this was last accomplished in 1989.

FISHKILL - Incumbents swept Tuesday's elections in the village. Incumbent Mayor James Miccio defeated Jeanne Icolari, 179-74. The seat carries a two-year term and pays an annual salary of about $12,000. Miccio, 50, who ran on the Fishkill Village First line, will serve his sixth term as the mayor.

Just over a year after he killed a bicyclist in a collision with his van in East Fishkill, a Putnam County man was sentenced yesterday to up to three years in prison for the crime.

Her name is Veronica, and she and her two sons are still on the run from her abusive husband, so she prefers not to identify herself any further than that.

FISHKILL - A mislabeling of the ballot lines on which candidates for office in the Village of Fishkill appear in Tuesday's election was corrected after being caught by an election inspector.

FISHKILL - Contested races for mayor and trustees face voters in Tuesday's election in the Village of Fishkill.