Region’s food pantries: how to utilize and help
January 4, 2023
With winter settling in and seasonal jobs disappearing, more families than ever rely on food pantries to meet basic needs.
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Iron Star Retreat Center withdraws application for permit
January 4, 2023
ANCRAM — John Ingram, chairman of the Ancram Planning Board, received a letter on Dec.
Barbara Demorest, founder of the Bellingham, Wash., Knitted Knockers, shows off some of the free handmade prosthetics for women who have had mastectomies. Volunteer knitters and crocheters who would like to contribute some may drop them at the NorthEast-Millerton Library. Photo by Suzanne Bair photography
Handmade comfort after mastectomy
January 4, 2023
With the holiday knitting and crocheting completed and red and green yarn safely tucked away for anther year, some crafters are looking for a worthy project to start the new year, and the NorthEast-Millerton Library has just the thing to fill those long dark nights while helping women everywhere: Knitted Knockers.
Eileen Fielding, center director of the Sharon Audubon Center, on June 17 stood by a stately oak at the society’s entrance that for two years has been stripped of leaves by spongy moth caterpillars. Photo by John Coston
Spongy moth attack made return in 2022
January 4, 2023
The Northwest Corner saw another damaging year of infestation by spongy months in 2022.
Hardwood trees were defoliated on a wide scale after a hard-hitting attack in 2021 by the invasive insect, formerly named the gypsy moth before a name change that recognized it contained an ethnic slur.
The Blackberry River in North Canaan was running low in September. Photo by Riley Klein
Severe drought gripped region in late summer
January 4, 2023
A summer of high temperatures and unusually low rainfall left the Northwest Corner in severe drought during the months of August, September and early October.
Area experts reported failing crops on farms, reduced landscaping activity, and exacerbated forests as trees struggled to recover from defoliation by Spongy moths in the spring.
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Dutchess crew helps Buffalo
January 4, 2023
A snow-covered street in Buffalo, New York, after a historic series of storms dumped several feet of the stuff on Erie County just before Christmas. On Dec. 27, Dutchess County Public Works sent eight crew members to Buffalo to help the region dig out.
Big stories topped the news in 2022
January 4, 2023
MILLERTON — The big stories in eastern Dutchess County in 2022 were spawned by the actions of governments and politicians, and by business impacts, along with the growing and positive influence of nonprofits and volunteers in the community.
Area libraries plan holiday activities
December 21, 2022
With the December break just beginning, “Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again,” or so sang Bing Crosby in the ‘50s, as the reality of too much time with nothing to do can become a burden for some families.
Serino to join county Office of Aging in January
December 21, 2022
Retiring State Sen. Sue Serino (R-41) will join the Dutchess County Office for Aging (OFA) in January, focused on outreach and engagement with seniors.
Serino, who lost her seat in November to Michelle Hinchey, a Democrat, will start in her new role on Jan. 3, in a part-time position as an hourly communications specialist.
The 55-acre Pope property on Salmon Kill Road is owned by the town of Salisbury and is being considered for affordable housing. Photo by Debra A. Aleksinas
Northwest Corner Land trusts bear the weight of region’s conservation future
December 21, 2022
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series focusing on how land trusts are working in concert to tackle conservation challenges.
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