01/21/13 THE COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY

• Inaugural luncheon features food from local businesses _{2013-01-21, 11:02 am}
  ... goodies representing New York State, Golden Harvest Apples from Columbia County and Crown Maple Syrup from Dutchess County. To top it all off, Chef Shannon Shaffer, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, will serve as the head ...
• Inaugural festivities have New York flavor _{2013-01-20, 09:38 pm}
  ... menu items include a dry riesling from the Finger Lakes region, cheese from Cooperstown , maple syrup from Dutchess County, apples from the Hudson Valley and honey from Rochester . He will offer welcoming remarks at the inauguration and has selected ...
• NY woman accused of stabbing boyfriend to death _{2013-01-21, 03:43 am}
  ... second-degree manslaughter on Sunday morning shortly after she was located by police. She was sent to the Dutchess County Jail on $25,000 bail to await a court appearance on Tuesday. Police say the 31-year-old victim was found unconscious at his ...
• Inauguration will have a New York flavor _{2013-01-21, 03:00 am}
  ... Valley apple pie, cheese from Cooperstown and Rochester-area honey. A sauce using Crown Maple Syrup from Dutchess County also will be served. And with performers from Brooklyn, Rochester and Staten Island, the event will look and taste like it was ...
• Water-leak bypass work starts Feb. 1 _{2013-01-21, 02:04 am}
  ... bypass between Newburgh's hamlet of Roseton, where the biggest leak is located, and the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County is due to be completed in 2020.
• Inauguration to have distinct New York flavor _{2013-01-20, 03:00 am}
  ... Valley apple pie, cheese from Cooperstown and Rochester-area honey. A sauce using Crown Maple Syrup from Dutchess County also will be served. And with performers from Brooklyn, Rochester and Staten Island, the event will look and taste like it was ...
• City will dig billion dollar tunnel to fix leaks in water system _{2013-01-18, 07:54 pm}
  ... will cross under the Hudson River from the town of Newburgh in Orange County to the town of Wappinger in Dutchess County, the DEP says. The shafts for the bypass tunnel will be 900 and 700 feet deep in Newburgh and Wappinger respectively. Shannon E. ...
• jbakeman _{2013-01-18, 06:56 pm}
  ... forfeiting a scheduled state aid increase. New York City, Fallsburg in Sullivan County and Pine Plains in Dutchess County never submitted plans for review. Hamburg in Erie County submitted a plan, but it was not agreed upon by local unions, so it ...
• Deadline Passes, Six Districts to Lose State Aid Including Hamburg _{2013-01-18, 09:58 am}
  ... forfeiting a scheduled state aid increase. New York City, Fallsburg in Sullivan County and Pine Plains in Dutchess County never submitted plans for review. Hamburg in Erie County submitted a plan, but it was not agreed upon by local unions, so it ...
• The Great Outdoors: Candidates abundant for best tree honors _{2013-01-18, 03:00 am}
  ... York state's Big Tree Register on the state's Department of Environmental Conservation website. A tree in Dutchess County holds the state's white oak record. Its circumference measures 251 inches -- just a shade under 21 feet. So my oak's not the ...
• Thanks to Schumer, inauguration will have a New York flavor _{2013-01-18, 03:00 am}
  ... Valley apple pie, cheese from Cooperstown and Rochester-area honey. A sauce using Crown Maple Syrup from Dutchess County also will be served. And with performers from Brooklyn, Rochester and Staten Island, the event will look and taste like it was ...
• North Country jails lose funds from housing downstate inmates _{2012-10-11, 03:00 am}
  ... Washington county's correctional facilities have benefited from a surplus of funds by housing inmates from Dutchess County. "In the past couple of years, we've averaged about $400,000 per year from Dutchess County in revenues," Warren County Sheriff ...
• Home Sales on the Rise in Westchester _{2013-01-18, 01:24 pm}
  Coinciding with a wider upward trend in county home sales for the last quarter of 2012, area realtor Houlihan Lawrence announced their own optimistic news.
• County jails dealing with lost revenue _{2013-01-18, 12:10 pm}
  ... in lost revenue. For the past several years, each jail had been housing between 15 and 20 inmates a day from Dutchess County, where a shortage of jail beds existed. Late last year, local Sheriff's were told those inmates would be returning closer to ...
• Harrison just makes teacher evaluation deadline _{2013-01-18, 03:00 am}
  ... of districts missed -- was in July. Districts that did not submit proposals included Pine Plains in Dutchess County and Fallsburg schools in Sullivan County. Carmel began the day without approval but its revised proposal was approved Thursday. ...
• Pine Plains School District to break teacher evaluation deadline _{2013-01-17, 09:28 pm}
  ... City schools could lose $250 million in state funding if they miss a midnight teacher evaluation deadline. Dutchess County features one of three other districts statewide set to break the legal requirement. As YNN's John Wagner reports, in Pine ...
• 'Handful' of Schools Risk Missing Evaluations Cutoff, Losing Aid _{2013-01-17, 08:26 am}
  ... are Harrison schools in Westchester County, Fallsburg schools in Sullivan County and Pine Plains in Dutchess County. It is unlikely these districts will get approval, as the state Education Department required every single approved district -- about ...
• Fourteen Districts Risk Missing Evaluation Cutoff, Losing Aid _{2013-01-17, 12:20 pm}
  ... others are Harrison schools in Westchester County, Fallsburg schools in Sullivan County and Pine Plains in Dutchess County. It is unlikely these districts will get approval, as every single approved district - nearly 680 of them - had to make ...
• Refs lead way in cancer fight with local tournament _{2013-01-17, 02:29 am}
  A dedicated father of six, nothing slowed Larry Koehler from working and providing for his family.
• Stay warm and get competitive at the alley and pool hall _{2013-01-16, 04:22 pm}
  ... more Skywalker - who is on air from 2-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, by visiting K104's website, k104online.com . In Dutchess county, head to Juliet Cafe Bar and Billiards. They have moved to their new location on Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie, near Marist ...