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Two Poughkeepsie men face charges in connection with an investigation into a stolen car which began in August, according to New York State Police. Benjamin Prinzivalli, 28, and Michael A. Tarzia, 24, were each charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a felony. Police receive

A house fire has displaced a Town of Poughkeepsie resident and several pets. Firefighters from the Fairview Fire District were dispatched to the blaze on Miller Place at 6:09 p.m. Thursday. The fire was contained and declared under control at 6:57 p.m., according to Fairview Fire Chief Christopher M

MoNahjae Dickens has big dreams for Poughkeepsie's Morse Elementary School. And as the school's first president, she'll have two years to make them a reality, with help from her best friend and vice president, Emani Ferzan. The girls won the seats during Morse's first election in June. Their two-ye

SHAWANGUNK - At a slender airstrip nestled into farm country, a flight nurse and flight paramedic are chatting outside their helicopter on a warm Tuesday morning when the call crackles over their radios. The conversation is cut short; their life-saving capabilities may be needed about 40 miles away

The Old Drovers Inn has been a stately presence in Dover Plains, presiding over the daily life of the area since it was built in 1750. From its early days as a watering hole for drovers herding livestock to market in New York City to its heyday in the 1960s when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton w

Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park adjoins Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and together, comprise more than one thousand acres. The numerous trails that thread through the grounds of both Mills and Norrie State Parks are ideal for walking, jogging, hiking, cycling, cross coun

KINGSTON - Protesters were back in front of Republican Rep. John Faso's office on Broadway Friday, just like health care was back on the front burner in Washington. "It's sad we have to keep doing this over and over again," Patti Eslinger Stalker of Port Ewen said. "Hopefully, this will be it; we ca

"Dark of the Moon," based on the haunting folk ballad, "Barbara Allen," is on stage at The Sherman Playhouse through Sunday, Oct. 15. Howard Richardson and William Berney's eerie tale of forbidden love is set in the supernatural world of the Smoky Mountains, according to a release. It tells the stor

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. >> One resident and a number of pets were displaced, but there were no injuries Thursday after Fairview firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze in a house on Miller Place, according to a press release. At about 6:09 p.m. Thursday, the Fairfiew Fire District was dispatc

The Culinary Craft Association, a union representing 45 employees at The Culinary Institute of America's Hyde Park campus, criticized plans to fire 17 union employees while outsourcing jobs at the school. Video by Geoffrey Wilson/Poughkeepsie Journal Wochit A union representing employees at The Cul

KENT - The North East Watercolor Society's 41th International Exhibition opens Sunday, Oct. 15 and continues through Oct. 29. The opening will include a reception and awards presentation from 2-4 p.m. in The Gallery at Kent Art Association.The public is welcome, free of charge. Gallery hours are 1

POUGHKEEPSIE - Poughkeepsie police on Wednesday arrested the companion of a Hyde Park man who was stabbed to death a week ago, and charged her with manslaughter. Nakia Bruton, 42, of Hyde Park died after being driven by private vehicle to Vassar Brothers Medical Center around 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sep

Thursday Cooperstown Download Zone and Flipster training sessions, 10 a.m., Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St. For info: 547-8344. Delhi Habitat for Humanity, 6 p.m., United Ministry Church basement, 46 Church St. For info: www.habitatdelawarecounty.org, 746-9987. East Meredith 'The Photogr

The Jazz in the Valley festival featured a drummer who performed with Miles Davis. The Bard Music Festival brought Chopin to a concert hall designed by architect Frank Gehry. And Spark Media Project's DROP Studios offered job training in video production for teenagers. All three programs underscore

LLOYD, N.Y. >> A Highland man who allegedly knocked over several mailboxes and garbage cans on New Paltz Road and threw rocks and plants at residences was arrested by town police, they said Friday. Christian A. McKinstry, 21, was arrested by Lloyd police at about 1:20 a.m. Friday and charged with tw

To his right, three police officers stood at attention. To his left stood a lone bagpiper and three more officers, one of them with a police dog. In the midst of it all, his hand on his heart, stood the father of City of Poughkeepsie Detective John M. Falcone, who was killed in the line of duty on F

She is gearing up to open a show for Roger Daltrey of The Who, with whom she has also worked. And Leslie Mendelson is coming to the Hudson Valley to show regional music fans why two of rock music's biggest names enjoy her music. Mendelson on Sept. 30 will perform at BSP in uptown Kingston. She is sh

POUGHKEEPSIE - Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro joined with Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady, Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian "Butch" Anderson, as well as local leaders and law enforcement agencies on Wednesday to announce the final funding award of this year's Dutchess Cou

Subscribed, but don't have a login? If my life was a painting it would be framed by airports and trains. Throughout the years I've grown used to aircraft flying overhead and trains passing in the distance. I've never planned it this way, just the way it has worked out, starting with my early years i

Coughlan and Lois debate POUGHKEEPSIE - The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce's monthly breakfast in Poughkeepsie drew a capacity crowd to hear two-term Dutchess County Comptroller James Coughlan, a Republican, and his opponent, political newcomer Robin Lois, a Democrat, explain their vi