Hopewell Junction News

APPOINTMENT Hospital names new neurologist - The board of directors of Putnam Hospital Center recently approved the appointment of neurologist Alexandr Safarov of Tivoli.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Martial arts, reading with dogs, juggling, snakes in the library - the East Fishkill Community Library will be home to all these things and more this summer.

Carter Skye McIver of Wingdale will receive his Eagle Scout award at a ceremony this weekend.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - Sixteen students graduated this morning from Orchard View Alternative High School.

Police say a Hopewell Junction man drew their attention Tuesday afternoon by pulling onto Interstate 84 and veering across three lanes of traffic, cutting off a trooper and another car - all with half a pound of marijuana in his car.

There's money to be saved by improving heating and cooling equipment, because it's efficient for fuel and power.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Escalating salt prices have towns looking for ways to save money.

A local Web site for a young professionals' organization doing good things in the community was attacked with pornography and solicitation-type spam recently.

AWARD Credit union employee honored for performance - Suzanne Buddenhagen was awarded the Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Chairman's Award for TALENT.

By Pete Colaizzo Poughkeepsie Journal WAPPINGERS FALLS - A total of 263 runners and walkers participated Saturday in the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club's 32nd annual Memorial Run at Mesier Park in the village.

Hopewell Junction resident Joseph Shepard's favorite news channel is now a blank blue screen.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated within two hours this morning in traffic stops in Putnam and Westchester counties, state police said today.

A Hopewell Junction resident was awarded the New York State Sheriff's Association Institue Criminal Justice Scholarship.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and an accident investigation, state police said today.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - A total of 263 runners and walkers participated Saturday in the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club's 32nd annual Memorial Run at Mesier Park in the village.

A Hopewell Junction man admitted in court today he was dealing the drug commonly known as ecstasy in January.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION -A department of transportation worker from Wappingers Falls was honored Tuesday morning by the East Fishkill Fire Department for trying to save a medic who had a heart attack while responding to an accident last January.

On Wednesday afternoon, neighbors, passersby and visitors who had been evacuated from the Dutchess County Jail gathered around the roadblock police created at North Hamilton and High streets, a short distance south of the jail.

OSSINING - Stephen Taluja laid facedown in front of Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday and marked the culmination of a spiritual transformation that began when he was teenager in India.

As is usually the case, a large contingent of local runners traveled north to Burlington, Vt., for the Vermont City Marathon, which was held on Sunday.