Millbrook News

With winter right around the corner, many municipalities are oiling up their snowplows in preparation for the first storm.

At the October Boy Scout Troop 95 Court of Honor, six Scouts and three adult Scouters were recognized for taking part in a 50-mile backpacking trip at Cranberry Lake in upstate New York.

MILLBROOK - The Millbrook School's drama society will present Michael Cristofer's 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama 'The Shadow Box' at 8:15 p.m. Nov.

Editor's note: The Poughkeepsie Journal will run a series of candidate profiles before the Nov.

PLEASANT VALLEY - To prevent future flooding of town hall, work will begin soon on clearing fallen trees and stumps from Wappinger Creek.

MILLBROOK: Millbrook Rotary's guest speaker Wednesday will be Dr. Manoj Abraham, who is certified in facial plastic, reconstructive and laser surgery.

Every day scores of trucks from Royal Carting Service of Hopewell Junction unload trash at the Dutchess County burn plant in the Town of Poughkeepsie, paying a fee to dump that is 8 percent below the going rate.

Plenty of people are peeping at leaves, poking around pumpkin patches and sipping steaming cider, so here's a different idea for a fall trip in the Hudson Valley: wine and spirits tasting.

Editor's note: The Poughkeepsie Journal will be running a series of candidate profiles prior to the Nov.

Time changes have been made to the Dutchess County Children's Immunization Clinic schedule.

MILLBROOK: Millbrook Rotary's guest speaker Wednesday will be Frank Evert, founder of Water Without Borders, a U.S.-based nonprofit committed to providing safe drinking water throughout the world.

Thursday is a sad day. The CW is toiling away at their next attempts in the hour-long drama genre, Jonah Hill continues to get work, and the cultural achievement that is the Fox Reality Channel will be gone by March.

RED HOOK -Police are urging area residents to be on the lookout for a suspicious man in a car who approached a 13-year old female student on Thursday asking for directions.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan visited Dutchess County today to bless a school building for special needs children.

A total of $7.9 million in federal stimulus money has been set aside for clean water projects in the Hudson Valley.

MILLBROOK - Hospice Foundation Inc. will present a world-class equestrian show-jumping competition as part of its fall fundraising event, A Blue Ribbon Afternoon, from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct.

New Paltz gains insurance provider - Steve Laubach opened a Nationwide Insurance Agency office at 501 Main St., New Paltz, at Tantillo's Marketplace near Route 299 and North Ohioville Road.

Federal stimulus money will be coming to the mid-Hudson Valley for clean and safe drinking water projects.

It is a bit of an understatement to say Joseph Lombardi enjoys traveling. The 77-year-old Town of LaGrange resident has been to China, Dubai, South America and Turkey during the past few years and has, in his words, been to Europe more times than he can count.

These photographs from our region's past were sent in by Jeannine Williams of Poughkeepsie.