Federal shutdown closes local parks, requires furloughs

... month or more, we are probably not going to feel much of an impact (as a county)," said Valerie Sommerville, Dutchess County budget director. There's still a "big question mark, but one concern was how a shutdown would impact grant funding," ...

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