Fairview News

POUGHKEEPSIE New grants, totaling nearly $1.1 million, will be awarded through Dutchess County's 2009 Community Development Block Grant to fund an array of local projects throughout Dutchess County.

Fairview Fire District's biggest problem is too many politicians. This column will point directly to one, our state Assemblyman Joel Miller, and his flawed reasoning behind his betrayal as outlined in his recent 'Valley Views' column in this paper .

A little bit of rain Saturday could not stop participants of the seventh annual Father's Day Parade from marching down Main Street to Waryas Park in the City of Poughkeepsie.

When Dutchess Community College first proposed a 450-student residential dormitory, I had concerns, but as I researched the issue and spoke with the parties involved, I realized those concerns were unsubstantiated.

State Assemblyman Joel Miller wants Dutchess Community College to oversee environmental reviews for its proposed on-campus dormitory - a stance that has angered Fairview residents who oppose the project.

Here are summaries of school budgets, and board races, up for a vote Tuesday across the region.

A fire Sunday in the City of Poughkeepsie was allegedly set intentionally. Chief Kenneth Boyd of the City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department said firefighters were called to 35 Franklin Street at 9:45 p.m. He said the fire started in the bedroom, but was contained to the structure.

Dutchess Community College is urging students to be true to their school when it comes to a proposed campus dormitory.

A phone call about a distraught man with a gun had two police forces searching locations in the town and city of Poughkeepsie Thursday afternoon.

Town of Poughkeepsie Police are outside a private residence on summit Avenue this afternoon for a report of a man inside with a gun.

Dutchess Community College has dropped plans to construct a dormitory complex on county-owned land - opting instead to build it on campus.

Firefighters successfully battled an early morning fire that claimed a City of Poughkeepsie business, but they had to contend with a lack of water along with flames.

The improper disposal of a cigarette was the probable cause of fire today at the Dutchess County Resource Recovery facility on Fulton Street in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

The Town of Poughkeepsie plans to challenge Dutchess Community College's effort to oversee the environmental review for its proposed 450-student dormitory complex off Cottage Road.

Kingston Common Council meeting - Kingston City Hall, 421 Broadway, Kingston. 7:30 p.m. March 3. The City of Kingston Common Council meets the first Tuesday of the month.

Firefighters across the state are up in arms over an obscure vehicle and traffic law that requires them to hold commercial driver licenses when driving fire trucks during nonemergencies.

Two neighborhood leaders want authorities to investigate a 2006 agreement between Marist College and the Fairview Fire District - claiming Marist may have illegally hiked its financial aid to the district in ...

Landing a $42,782 federal grant will enable the Fairview Fire Department to purchase new life-saving equipment.

Fire late Tuesday afternoon damaged a house at 180 Cardinal Road in Hyde Park. On arrival of Roosevelt fire Department Chief Bill Steenbergh reported heavy fire coming from the center window on the second ...

HYDE PARK - Firefighters from the Roosevelt Fire District are investigating the cause of a two-alarm house fire that took place Tuesday in Hyde Park.