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DOVER PLAINS — In a private home situated on Ten Mile River that was once the power station for the area, about 70 Democratic supporters gathered for a garden party and brunch on Saturday, Sept. 9, with four Dutchess County and four Amenia and Dover candidates on the ballot for the Nov. 7 election.
The airstrip in North Canaan on West Main Street is owned by Ryan Salame, who is listed as as principal. Photo by John Coston
Lenox restaurant and real estate entrepreneur and North Canaan airstrip owner Ryan Salame has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to make unlawful political contributions and defraud the Federal Elections Commission.
A load of “recycling” on the tipping floor of the Dover Plains transfer station, on Friday, Aug. 25. Photo by Deborah Maier
Part 2 of a series on recycling in Millerton
COUNTY — Millerton’s recycling goes directly to the Harlem Valley Transfer Station, south of the Cricket Valley fracked-gas facility on Route 22.
Basten Farm South, a certified Passive House in Stone Ridge completed by North River Design Build in fall 2022. Photo submitted
STONE RIDGE — Climate change has become a recurring issue in the world, and people like Peter Reynolds, design director at North River Design Build, are trying to make an effort to help future generations.
Reynolds has been passionate about environmental change and sustainability since he was in school.
DUTCHESS COUNTY — On Aug. 9, the Office of the County Executive announced that Dutchess County is beginning a four-step plan to set up a permanent emergency housing facility.
Built in 1838 as a Baptist church, this 3,200-square-foot, light-filled structure later was a grange hall and more recently used as an antiques and artisans’ retail store. Although the “For Sale” sign remains on the property, the building, purchased on June 16 for $650,000, is not for sale. Photo by Christine Bates
The Millerton News will periodically publish a listing of residential real estate sales in eastern Dutchess County and adjacent towns.
Photo by Savage Frieze
Yale Professor in the Practice of Choral Music Jeffrey Douma leads a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, Op.52 in the Norfolk Music Shed. The Saturday, Aug.
Christine Ford, left, bus driver instructor/training coordinator, discusses scheduling with Kathryn Greene, head bus driver/dispatcher at the Webutuck Central School District transportation office. Photo submitted
DUTCHESS COUNTY — For several years, school districts around the country have been combatting a shortage of school bus drivers, and this area of Dutchess County is no exception.
John Coston Photo by Bridget Starr Taylor
John Coston, editor-in-chief of The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News, is one of 20 journalists over the age of 50 to be recognized in the Sept. 1 edition of trade publication Editor & Publisher.
The home of Reardon Briggs Hardware store since 1917 was sold for $2 million in July. Hardware and farm equipment has been sold at this location since the 1870s. Photo by Christine Bates
The Millerton News will periodically publish a listing of residential real estate sales in eastern Dutchess County and adjacent towns. Single-family homes for sale are in very limited supply, but several interesting commercial and land sales closed in the Town of Washington and Village of Millbrook during June and July.
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