Hughsonville News

Mark Palmateer, 38, of Hughsonville killed June 26, 2008, when his convoy was hit by improvised explosive devices, small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

FISHKILL - Firefighters from four counties are pooling manpower to surround a brush fire that began late Thursday afternoon and has spread to about 100 acres.

Sunday should be sunnier and dryer than Saturday, when rain and wind swept through the region.

Day-care school opens in Wappinger - A licensed day-care and preschool facility called Kidz Town of Dutchess opened at 1299 Route 9 in Park Plaza near Hughsonville, owned by Danielle Canero of Fishkill.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - The building moratorium in the Town of Wappinger may end Friday, but not because the town board wanted it to.

HUGHSONVILLE - Damage from a trailer fire in the Town of Wappinger early Friday morning was confined to the structure's rear deck.

Damage from a trailer fire in Wappingers Falls early this morning was confined to the rear deck of the structure.