Jan 26, 2008 | Midhudsoncentral.com
New Interact club forms at Pawling High School
“I think this is a nice partnership with Rotary. I am glad you are here and a part of our school. You add a lot to the building.”
Interact is a service club sponsored by local Rotary clubs for young people ages 14-18. The purpose of these clubs is to give young people an opportunity to participate in meaningful service projects and to ... via Midhudsoncentral.com
Up on the roof: 'Green Gang' pitches solar
“The $97,000 would equal only $6.06 per person”
The adage, "and the children shall lead us," was more than fitting at a recent Arlington Central School District, when a group of students asked the board for funding to reduce the district's impact on the ... via Midhudsoncentral.com
Arlington's Neumann a soccer All-American
Arlington High School's David Neumann was honored Saturday at a luncheon in Baltimore for being one of 80 players selected to the 2007 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Boys High School ... via Poughkeepsie Journal
Fixing how to pay for schools dominates education forum topics
“Someone has to make them responsible and accountable”
Local educational organizations, state representatives, and the public, came together at Millbrook High School on Jan. via Daily Freeman
Accused: I had no intent to kill
“I was exercising my constitutional right to let them know how I felt”
Accused murderer Hugh Bailey told a Dutchess County jury Tuesday he didn't mean to harm 22-year-old Aaron Plain when he swung a knife at him in the parking lot of a Town of Poughkeepsie gas station. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Local reaction: Property tax plan a good first step
“The first thing they have to do is cap the education spending”
Issue: Gov. Eliot Spitzer is calling for the formation of a commission on whether the state should put a cap on property taxes. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Allergen sends Vail Farm students to hospital
“We have all the environmental testing going on now”
UNION VALE - Two second-graders went to the hospital and four suffered minor rashes Friday due to an allergic reaction to an unknown substance in their Vail Farm Elementary School classroom. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Saland: School financing system needs change
“Property, real property, is no longer an accurate measure of wealth”
MILLBROOK - More than 100 local taxpayers and residents descended on Millbrook High School Wednesday evening to talk candidly with state representatives about public school financing. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Fight described in fatal stabbing
“He was held, punched and kicked in the head while he was on the ground.”
A jury heard testimony Tuesday about an argument outside a service station that ended in a fatal stabbing as Town of Poughkeepsie resident Hugh Bailey's murder trial opened in Dutchess County Court. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Two charged in connection with college thefts
Poughkeepsie Police from a number of agencies banded together to arrest two people they believe were involved in thefts at Vassar college in the Arlington section of the Town of Poughkeepsie. via Mid-Hudson News
Forum set in Millbrook on school financing
MILLBROOK - Reform in Educational Funding, Help Arlington Lower Taxes and the Dutchess County School Boards Association will host a public forum on school financing at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Millbrook High School, ... via Poughkeepsie Journal