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ANCRAM — Getting a start for this year’s General Election, the Ancram Republican and Democratic Committees held their caucuses on Saturday, July 10, to nominate candidates for the two open seats on the Ancram Town Board and the open seat for Ancram town supervisor.
From left, Wassaic residents Soloman and Rebekah Chapman brought Rebekah’s parents, Patricia and Dave Martineau, to the new mini-golf course at Kelly’s Creamery on Route 22 in Dover Plains for a friendly round of put-put. Photo by Kaitlin Lyle
DOVER PLAINS — On top of savoring a frozen sweet treat from the creamery on a sweltering summer day and grabbing a tasty bite from the food truck next door, customers can delight in 18 holes of “put-put” now that a new mini-golf course has been installed at Kelly’s Creamery in Dover Plains.
WINGDALE — With help from the local band, Scarecrow, and a few other special guests, the Dover-Wingdale community both thanked and paid tribute to the essential workers living in the Hudson Valley, with a special recognition concert held on Saturday, July 17.
The Boston Corner farm owned by Anthony Palumbo in the town of Ancram has been farmed for more than 100 years, the last 20 by farmer John Langdon.
A knoll on the farm is now the subject of a controversial excavation application before the Ancram Planning Board. Photo by Norman Osofsky
BOSTON CORNER — According to www.worldatlas.com, the difference between a knoll and a hill is that “knolls are generally secluded and smaller in size than hills.” The British term “knoll” typically refers to “an ordinary hill” that is comparatively “tiny in size” and “characterized by a round top,” added t
DOVER PLAINS — Several months since the controversial Cricket Valley Energy Center (CVEC) last made headlines, the Dover Plains natural gas power plant announced on Thursday, July 15, that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with General Electric (GE), to help reduce carbon emissions at CVEC’s combined cycle power plant by converti
DUTCHESS COUNTY — After the Democratic members of the Government Services and Administration Committee of the Dutchess County Legislature got up and left the chambers in protest, the committee’s Republican members unanimously adopted legislative remedies to the Commission on Reapportionment. The final vote tally was 10 yeas and 0 nays.
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RAILROAD BURGER
Weds.-Sat., 5 am - 9 pm, 21 Railroad St. Come to the Olde School Deli and try our Railroad Burger: with melted Swiss cheese, Thousand Island dressing and coleslaw. Served with our housemade chips $8.50.
COPAKE — Looking to artist Henri Matisse and his work creating cut-out designs, local residents were inspired to let their inner artist free by imitating Matisse’s style at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library’s Matisse and His Cut-Outs workshop on Thursday, March 25, at 7 p.m.
Katya, one of 14 participants at the Saturday, June 26, program, carefully patted the soil after a plant was introduced to Native American garden right next to the sensory garden. Photo by Tia Maggio
COPAKE — Greenagers Education Coordinator Aretha Whitehead helped young patrons of the Roeliff Jansen Community Library anchor a trellis in their newly installed Three Sisters Garden, which is a kind of traditional Native American garden that grows three main staple crops: Corn, Squash and Beans.
COPAKE — As of Tuesday, June 29, the town of Copake joined five other rural New York towns and seven state organizations in a lawsuit against New York State to challenge the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) to overturn regulations that set the standard uniform conditions applicable to all renewable energy projects in the state.
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