Woodland games
May 3, 2023
The Ungardener keeps her eye on the prize as she gamifies the most mundane of tasks
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Marinell and Peter Crippen are looking forward to welcoming the community to their new cafe in Station Place in Norfolk. Photo provided
Norfolk Icebox Cafe plans opening on Memorial Day at Station Place
May 3, 2023
NORFOLK — After more than 10 years owning and running Rex Cafe in Hell’s Kitchen and five years managing the iconic Mermaid Inn in Chelsea and Red Rooster in Harlem, New York City restaurateur Peter Crippen and his wife, Marinell Madden-Crippen, plan to bring their culinary expertise to the historic Station Place in downtown Norfolk.
Vital social workers come in short supply
May 3, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is the second and last of a series examining the role of town social service directors in the Northwest Corner.
This 1870s Victorian cottage with garage in the hamlet of Lithgow in the Town of Washington sold quickly at slightly over its asking price of $395,000. Photo by Christine Bates
Recent property sales in the towns of Amenia and Washington
April 26, 2023
The Millerton News will periodically publish a listing of residential real estate sales in eastern Dutchess County towns. Below is a listing of residential real estate sales in the towns of Amenia and Washington during March.
The late Charlotte Shutts, longtime Hillsdale resident and supporter of the Roeliff Jansen Library, provided a bequest to retire the group’s mortgage and fund a new outdoor pavilion at the location. Photo submitted
Charlotte Shutts: Roe Jan Library Friend to the end
April 26, 2023
COPAKE — Charlotte Shutts, the late former president of the Friends of the Roeliff Jansen Library, who died in December 2022, proved to be a friend right to the end as she bequeathed a final gift, which has allowed the library to retire the $232,000 remainder of the mortgage for its new building that opened in 2012.
This 1,700 square foot cottage is tucked away near Hunns Lake. It was listed in October 2022 at $359,999, went to contract in December and closed for $330,000 in February 2023. Photo by Christine Bates
Recent property sales in the towns of Amenia and Stanford
April 19, 2023
The Millerton News will periodically publish a listing of residential real estate sales in eastern Dutchess County towns. Below is a listing of sales in the towns of Amenia and Stanford during January and February 2023.
Proposed legislation to give additional tax break to EMS, firefighters
April 19, 2023
POUGHKEEPSIE — Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Dutchess/Columbia) has introduced A.6274, and act that would allow volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel to receive both a $200 income tax credit from the state as well as a local property tax exemption.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program
Town social workers fill big need
April 19, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series examining the role of town social service directors in the Northwest Corner.
The consensus in many states, including Connecticut, is that communities are safer, happier and healthier when their residents’ basic needs are met at both state and local levels.
Wider access to Narcan
April 19, 2023
In the past five years, over 7,000 people in Connecticut died due to opioid overdoses.
That’s enough to overflow the Hartford Yard Goats’ Dunkin’ Park or fill the main theater at the Bushnell more than twice.
School districts prepare for votes
April 12, 2023
Three local school districts are working on budgets, and clerks are standing ready to accept candidates’ petitions, all in preparation for the Tuesday, May 16, vote for school board members and budgets for the 2023-’24 school year. Candidates have until Monday, April 17, at 5 p.m. to submit their petitions for candidacy.
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