Hopewell Junction News

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - A car has run into a tree on Townsend Road near the Hosner Mountain Road intersection, East Fishkill police said.

Editor's note: Hopewell Junction resident Sheri Keith attended Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday night with her friend and Poughkeepsie resident Anne Close.

Law journal readers select Hopewell company as 'best' - CompuWeather Inc. of Hopewell Junction was the recipient of the Connecticut Law Tribune's 2009 Best award.

Marlboro resident and professional dance instructor Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios, and his student, High Falls resident Dorrie Boice, won second place in the Pro/Am division of the American Lindy Hop Championships in Stamford, Conn., on Oct 24.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION: The East Fishkill Community Library hosts an opening reception for a photography exhibit 7 p.m. Nov.

With thumbs in his suspenders and white socks yanked high, Steve Urkel announced Friday United Way of Dutchess County's campaign cauldron is nearly half full.

Two years ago, Miesha Rodriguez watched one of her clients collapse in tears on the seat of her car.

Hopewell Junction, NY --Francis Dunnery, founder of 1980s English progressive rock band It Bites, recently released a new album recorded entirely through a Metric Halo 2882 converter and interface.

Many, if not most, health-care providers are urging people to get the seasonal flu shot and/or H1N1 vaccination.

'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.

Every day scores of trucks from Royal Carting Service of Hopewell Junction unload trash at the Dutchess County burn plant in the Town of Poughkeepsie, paying a fee to dump that is 8 percent below the going rate.

Pick up today's Poughkeepsie Journal for Part II of a special report into practices at the Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is pushing for reform legislation he says would put trust back in the pension system by creating a board to oversee it.

M&T names branch manager - M&T Bank announced Rosemarie Giammatteo was named to manage two offices in Poughkeepsie, the Main Mall and Jefferson Plaza branches.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Town of East Fishkill homeowners could see a slight decrease in property taxes if the 2010 tentative budget is approved.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Police and emergency officials are at the scene of a car versus school bus accident in the Town of East Fishkill.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - About 25 jobs will be created or saved due to two projects aimed at protecting the Fishkill Creek and funded by federal stimulus money.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - Thriving in the new economy was the theme of Wednesday's business trade show, designed to help women find fortuity in today's challenging times and embrace their female professional qualities.

WICCOPEE - Laurel Jendras of Hopewell Junction stood against the wall of the John Jay High School auditorium Thursday studying a floor plan of the school.

Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name.