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Beginning with this issue, we have cut back on the number of issues we are printing during the pandemic. We will now print only enough copies to accommodate our subscriptions and one retail sale outlet in each of our area towns.
Donald J. Trump became the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, on Wednesday, Jan. 13, on one article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection.
DUTCHESS COUNTY — Volunteers who are anxious to “foster cooperation and good will between people throughout the county and respond to any tension and conflict” have a chance to make a difference by joining the Dutchess County Human Rights Commission, according to director Jody Miller.
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Heath Benansky of the Copake area paddled into the icy waters of a pond on Pat’s Road in Ancramdale for Andy, a shivering Austrian German shepherd, who had fallen in. After the rescue, officer and dog were happily on dry land, having been warmed by other first responders at the scene. Photo courtesy of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
ANCRAMDALE — Man’s best friend got a helping hand from Sgt. Heath Benansky, of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, who braved the icy waters of a pond on Pat’s Road in Ancramdale to rescue a Doggie in Distress, a one-year old Austrian German shepherd named Andy who had strayed from home.
A resident of Middletown, Joseph Albanese posed beside his wife, Barbara, for a post-vaccination photo after receiving the Pfizer version of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Dover Middle/High School, a county distribution site, and the only one in the Harlem Valley. Photo by Kaitlin Lyle
DOVER PLAINS — Almost one year after the coronavirus was declared a global health crisis, the United States has begun vaccinating its citizens, though the rollout has not been without problems, including here in New York State.
HARLEM VALLEY — New York State residents who are struggling to meet rent payments may find help through Hudson River Housing (HRH) in Poughkeepsie.
Visiting from Stockbridge, Mass., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, Linda Russell, left, and Liz Hazen rode their bicycles on the Harlem Valley Rail Trail’s recent extension in the town of Amenia with their husbands (not pictured) along the path known as the Trail to Train project, that leads from the Wassaic Metro-North Train Station off of Route 22 into the hamlet of Wassaic. Photo by Kaitlin Lyle
NEW YORK STATE — Outlining an agenda geared toward reimagining, rebuilding and renewing New York State in 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo invited the public to look toward the new year with “the spirit of optimism that is grounded in experience” as he delivered his 2021 State of the State Address starting on Monday, Jan.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D), at left, spoke with pastor and food drive organizer Steven Darr, at right, at the First Congregational Church in Torrington on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Photo by Hunter O. Lyle
TORRINGTON — To combat the rising threat of food insecurity, which has only been made more prevalent with the pandemic, the First Congregational Church in Torrington has continued its decade-long mission of feeding its community.
GOSHEN — At the Jan. 14 meeting of the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (held online), John Fields, the regional coordinator for the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, spoke about the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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