Pine Plains News

The Poughkeepsie Journal is doing a series of candidate profiles for the Nov. 3 election.

A regional arts organization dedicated to a genre of music that celebrates the average person's trials and triumphs will observe its 30th anniversary this weekend with two evenings of song.

MILTON - Ten New York state farms, including three in the mid-Hudson Valley, will receive funds to install solar energy systems, make renewable upgrades and cut energy consumption.

Beauty. Mystery. Nature Transformed. A group show of five local Hudson Valley Artists pays homage to the environment at Hammertown Gallery in Rhinebeck.

PINE PLAINS - An 88-year old Pine Plains died Friday due to a two-car automobile accident on Mount Ross Hill Road in town.

A candidate for the Dutchess County Legislature's 19th District is offering a $500 reward for information on the individual or individuals who stole his political signs.

Dutchess County Budget Director Valerie Sommerville warns the 2010 budget process will be challenging due to the impact of the struggling economy.

Two Dutchess County legislators would like the Legislature to be involved with the budget process before County Executive William Steinhaus releases a proposed budget on or before Nov.

The Dutchess County Legislature's budget committee tabled Thursday a proposed local law that would require county elected officials, managers and confidential employees to pay 15 percent of their health insurance premiums, but Chairman Roger Higgins said he plans to call for a vote on the controversial proposal at Monday's board meeting.

PINE PLAINS -Richard Azoff, principal of Seymour Smith Elementary School, said he told many of the kindergartners that attended orientation Wednesday they shouldn't get too attached to their surroundings.

Preparations for transportation in the new school year in the Webutuck school district began during the summer.

RED HOOK - The nearly 800 students who entered Red Hook High School for the start of the school year Wednesday may have noticed a slight change as they walked through the halls.

Long known for its farming and mill operations during the late 19th century, Pleasant Valley was also a popular tourist destination.

The Dutchess County Office for the Aging has several sessions of 'Medicare Orientation' scheduled in the coming weeks.

NEW PALTZ - Children from low-income families living in northeastern Dutchess County will receive new shoes thanks to a $1,500 Northeast Dutchess Fund grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation to The Susie Reizod Foundation.

Astor Services for Children & Families has received a $4,326 grant from Head Start Body Start National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play to improve the outdoor play space at its Pine Plains Center in Pine Plains, NY.

MILAN - Town officials and the Pine Plains school board have approved a tax certiorari settlement with the Durst Organization, requiring a refund of some taxes paid from 2003-09. The settlement was approved by the town board last month to avoid a potentially long and costly legal battle with the Durst Organization.

Dutchess County Legislature Chairman Roger Higgins plans to propose a local law requiring all county elected officials, managers and confidential employees to contribute 15 percent of their health insurance premiums.

Mary Woods, a real estate manager in Greenwich Village, is a Democrat in Manhattan, where there are six Democratic votes for every Republican.

Mary Woods, a real estate manager in Greenwich Village, is a Democrat in Manhattan, where there are six Democratic votes for every Republican.