Weather update: Snow falling; first phase of storm could make for...

... mid-Hudson Valley beginning tonight and lasting through Friday morning. Snow began to fall in some parts of Dutchess County around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The snow may taper to flurries or stop for a few hours, between mid-morning and late ...

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Dateline: Stone farmhouse built in mid-1700s

... served in the military." In 1775, Jacobus Freer became a lieutenant in his brother's, Col. John Freer, 4th Dutchess County Militia. Six years later, he was appointed an assessor and tasked with seizing property that belonged to "people whose sons ...

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Fire damages Union Vale home

... time but later arrived while the fire was being fought, Griffin said. There were no injuries reported. The Dutchess County Fire Investigation Team is investigating the cause of the fire, Griffin said. The Red Cross said it provided one adult and ...

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Sheriff: Dutchess teen burglarizes grandfather's home

A Dutchess County teen broke into her grandfather's Garrison home while he was on vacation and stole jewelry, which she later pawned, Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith said.

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$300M project seeks to boost cable links

A Connecticut company is proposing to fix the energy bottleneck preventing power from coming to the Hudson Valley by upgrading existing transmission lines and burying a new one as deep as 40 feet under the Hudson River from the Town of Newburgh to Dutchess County.

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De Blasio to use FDR's Bible in oath

... Valley residents, the star of today's public mayoral inauguration ceremony will be a piece of history from Dutchess County. For Bill de Blasio's swearing-in as the next mayor of New York, a Bible from the collection of President Franklin D. ...

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Police: Accused drunken driver crashes into fire hydrant

... prior drunken driving conviction in the past 10 years. He was arraigned in Hyde Park town court and sent to Dutchess County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or bond. He's due back in court on Friday, police said.

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