Arlington News

The nation's biggest Veterans Day parade, with actor Tony Curtis as grand marshal, paid special tribute to those killed and wounded at Fort Hood -- and to an elite Marine unit, the Navajo Code Talkers.

Town of Poughkeepsie residents Tuesday called on Arlington Fire District officials to make additional cuts to their $15.5 million budget proposal for next year.

The Arlington school district could have saved $405,000 over the last three years by printing its paychecks in-house, the state comptroller said this week.

A small crowd gathered Tuesday at the Arlington Fire District headquarters in the Town of Poughkeepsie for a public hearing on the district's $15 million budget proposal for next year.

Even though the Market Street landmark in the City of Poughkeepsie has been closed for the past two years for renovations, people still came to Adriance Memorial Library, hoping to check out books.

A cab ride is usually a great place to pick up a one-sided conversation a taxi driver is having with someone on the other end of his cell phone.

HYDE PARK - The school district will begin looking for a new leader, following news Superintendent Carole Pickering will leave the district after a decade.

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WAPPINGERS FALLS - Thriving in the new economy was the theme of Wednesday's business trade show, designed to help women find fortuity in today's challenging times and embrace their female professional qualities.

The historic Thayer Hotel at West Point recently hosted Silver Star medal recipient 2nd Lt.

The annual Arlington Street Fair kicked off Saturday in the Town of Poughkeepsie with a tribute to a local businessman who helped shape the district near Vassar College.

An Associated Press investigation found thousands of schools have had drinking-water violations over the past decade for unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of contaminants.

PLEASANT VALLEY - Matt Hunt, 13 hopped on his bike and rode about one mile to Town Hall with his friends Sunday for the last day of his hometown's Pleasant Valley Weekend.

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The changes didn't come in time for Army Ranger Cpl. Benjamin Kopp, who died eight days after being gravely wounded in Afghanistan, to have what his mother wanted for her fallen son - a full-honor funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, complete with a horse and caisson to carry him to his rest.

John Thoman, executive director of Abilities First Inc., was the guest speaker of the Wappingers Falls Rotary Club at a recent meeting of the group held at Longobardi's Restaurant in Wappingers Falls.

IN Edgemont, a high-performing Westchester school district, children as young as 7 could recite colors and days of the week in Spanish, but few if any learned to really converse, read or write.

The majority of Dutchess County school districts - Arlington, Wappingers, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Webutuck, Beacon, Hyde Park and Millbrook - started their 2009-2010 school year this morning.

For many of the sixth-graders starting their first day at Arlington Middle School, Wednesday was not a big deal.

Anne VanHuben of Arlington High School was one of three students sponsored by the Arlington Rotary selected to attend the 2009 Mid-Hudson Valley Rotary Youth Leadership Awards conference.