Regional

Absentee ballots are now available for the Nov. 2 municipal elections in all area towns.

Skip Barber presented Mary Taylor of the Corner Food Pantry at St. Mary Church in Lakeville with a donation of $3,290 on Monday, Oct. 11. The money was from the proceeds from Lime Rock Park’s car parade on Labor Day weekend. The Corner Food Pantry provides food for some 73 families a week on average, Taylor said.

Photographer and former Lakeville Journal Co. Classified Ad Manager Mark Niedhammer snapped this photo of  an osprey last week. “He’s eating a fresh fish dinner caught on Indian Lake,” Niedhammer reported; look carefully at the bird’s talons to see what that dinner looked like.

GALLATIN — The spirited history of the Gallatin Community Church (formerly known as the Gallatin Reformed Church) came to light on Sunday, Oct. 3, as its parishioners and community members were invited to join together in celebration of the church’s inclusion in the National Historic Register.

DUTCHESS COUNTY — With just less than a month until the Tuesday, Nov. 2, election, ballots are already starting to come in, according to Democratic Commissioner Hannah Black, of the Dutchess County Board of Elections (BOE).

PAWLING — After more than 50 years of keeping the residents of the Hudson Valley safe, Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at his Pawling home.