Rhinebeck News

The 2012 motion picture, "Hyde Park on Hudson," focused on the relationship between former United States president and Dutchess County native Franklin D. Roosevelt and a distant cousin from this community, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley.

Accord: McLaughlin, Ryan and Emma Gumpel, a daughter, May 19, at Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck.

In response to layoffs at local and global IBM Corp. facilities, government officials are discussing what can be done to help mitigate the damage.

A debate has stirred up between some residents and the Town and Village of Rhinebeck about additional sports fields at Thomas Thompson-Sally Mazzarella Park.

Walking around I saw hundreds of cicadas on the trees. Since then, regardless of the rain and cooler temperatures, thousands of cicadas have gone through their metamorphosis.

The book is part biography, part memoir and part social history. Based on journals and diaries that span more than 100 years, "Women of Privilege" explores how the absence of human warmth can harm a child, and how little inherited money matters in the end.

Peter Dykeman and I are strolling through a sunny field in Rhinebeck looking for food - not garden crops, for which it is far too early, but edible wild plants.

State lawmakers are expected next week to restore $90 million in aid for services for the developmentally disabled after it was cut as part of the state budget in March.

Stapell, a professor of history at the school, has taught at the school since 2004, when he was hired as an adjunct professor.

IBM, located on Route 52 in Hopewell Junction, says the plant layoffs will happen in September and are occurring due to the economy.

The troop held the drive to complete the 20-hour community service requirement for the Bronze Award, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can receive.

The one-shoulder gown is a sexy compromise between a corset and strappy dress this season.

Nonperishable breakfast and lunch items are needed to provide healthy meals for children during the summer, when school breakfast and lunch programs are not available.

4-6 p.m. June 9. Music by Shorty Kings Clubhouse. Free. Visitors welcome to picnic, dance and enjoy the swing music.

For more than two decades, Drs. James Wing and John Sabia have dedicated their careers to not only helping patients but going beyond their primary responsibilities to engage and heal the community.

A U.S. senator and three House of Representatives members are demanding to know why 7-year-old treatment guidelines for Lyme disease were not revised under rules that require updating every five years -- rules guideline managers say don't apply.

There also will be cooking, crafting and other do-it-yourself demonstrations along with local food for sale.

The secret's out. From the classically trained Culinary Institute of America graduates peppering the area, to the antique stores lining the roads of Beacon and Rhinebeck, the Hudson Valley is teeming with culture.

If you want a strong nation and a strong state, "then invest in everyone and treat everyone equally," he said.

Luckily for journalists and fans, Matt Berninger, of the National, hasn't tired of talking about his band's new album, "Trouble Will Find Me," despite granting numerous interviews in the past few weeks.