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Last summer, a 16-member Certificate of Need (CON) Task Force was created to study and deliver recommendations on how to improve the existing CON process in response to an evolving health care industry and changing market conditions.
With his second round of gun-safety proposals in four days, Gov. Ned Lamont would update Connecticut’s 1993 ban on military-style weapons, strengthen its post-Sandy Hook law and generally test the desire of the public and General Assembly for further gun controls.
The barns and goats at Kemmerer Farm in Stanfordville on Saturday, Jan. 21, one of two Dutchess County family farms recognized as Century Farms at the New York State Agricultural Society’s 2023 annual meeting, held Jan. 12 in Syracuse.
Photo by Dee Salomon
I have been thinking about borders, those of the garden variety. The word can connote both a barrier, such as a border with the neighbors, and a gateway, as with a border along a path, or with an entrance into the woods. Aesthetically, plant borders create focus, drawing the eye toward them.
POUGHKEEPSIE — Dutchess County Legislature Chair Gregg Pulver announced the introduction of a local law that will give a property tax exemption of 10% to volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel.
(From left) Dr. Julie Clas, Dr. Teddy Chase, Dr. Isaac Angell and Dr. Chris Moyer on Jan. 4 outside of the Bentley Veterinary offices in Stanfordville, N.Y., getting ready to head out for the day. Photo by Elias Sorich
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series focusing on a day in the life of a large-animal veterinarian’s practice in the tri-corner region.
Projections for state tax receipts ticked upward again in mid-January, pushing the current fiscal year’s surplus beyond $3 billion, according to a new report from Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office and the legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal staff.
In early February, more than 155,000 qualified frontline workers in Connecticut who staffed vital services in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic will begin receiving “hero pay” bonuses.
GOSHEN — Leaders from across the region gathered on Thursday, Jan. 12, for the first Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) of 2023.
The hybrid meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at NHCOG headquarters in Goshen.
Rachel Kashimer, newly appointed deputy county executive and chief of staff. Photo submitted
POUGHKEEPSIE — Rachel Kashimer has been appointed to serve as Dutchess County deputy county executive and chief of staff under William F. X. O’Neil, who held those roles himself until he was sworn in as county executive on Jan. 3.
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