Staatsburg News

STAATSBURG - Visitors to the Mills' country house around the turn of the 20th century would probably have been impressed with the building's interior illumination.

HYDE PARK - Newly promoted police Chief Don Goddard is asking the Town Board to form a police advisory committee to help him make the best use of his manpower and resources.

STAATSBURG Local hospitals Vassar Brothers and Northern Dutchess each received multiple Specialty Excellence Awards Thursday afternoon as HealthGrades recognized them to be in the top five percent nationally in their respective programs.

NEWBURGH - In April 1883, four Dominican Sisters traveled by boat up the Hudson River from Manhattan to start an elementary school in Newburgh.

STAATSBURG - When Daniel Beahan took a CPR class at school, he didn't know he would use the skills a year later to save his grandfather's life.

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

It's been nearly 30 years since Betty Storms has heard the voice of her son, Lester Storms Jr.

HYDE PARK: Town highway Superintendent Walt Doyle will meet with local residents from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Staatsburg Fire Station 2 on South Cross Road.

SAATSBURG - A lit candle sparked a second-alarm house fire Tuesday night. A log-cabin style home on Mills Cross Road in Staatsburg caught fire around 11 p.m., an official said.

STAATSBURG - Staatsburgh State Historic Site and the Red Hook Car Club will host the 23rd annual Gathering of Old Cars from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

HYDE PARK - A multimedia display of the people and places of Hyde Park will debut Oct.

The state park police will be in charge of patrolling the Walkway Over the Hudson when it opens Saturday - but local law enforcement will respond to emergencies as needed.

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School's boys golf team is young, but coach Kevin Hart thinks they have made a lot of improvement this year.

HYDE PARK - An architect, a judge and a three-time governor of Vermont will join the Anderson Center for Autism in receiving a 2009 Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal.

When it comes to keeping kids safe from Internet predators , authorities say parental involvement is key.

STAATSBURG - Residents of the Staatsburg Library District in the Town of Hyde Park approved Sept.

KINGSTON - Fall for Art 2009 will spotlight an added feature to its 13th annual art show and sale: the "Quadricentennial Invitational Exhibit." The exhibit offers participating artists an opportunity to display work in their individual mediums that best reflects the theme of New York's Quadricentennial celebration.

STAATSBURG: A two-car accident was blocking Route 9 in the area of Norrie Point Environmental Center as the Journal went to press Thursday night.

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HYDE PARK - Most town residents are being asked to increase the library tax by 3.9 percent to pay for rising costs.