Poughkeepsie News

Poughkeepsie Day School will host Dr. Paul B.Yellin, director of the Yellin Center for Student Success, at 6 p.m. Nov.

ALL THREE HOSPITALS IN DUTCHESS COUNTY NOW HAVE VISITOR RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE TO HELP PROTECT PATIENTS AND STAFF FROM THE SPREAD OF SWINE AND SEASONAL FLU.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan will celebrate Mass at Our lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie Saturday.

The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce in Poughkeepsie recently announced the addition of Lynn Russell as membership development associate.

A City of Poughkeepsie woman testified today she was fighting with 23-year-old Taneka Murphy outside an apartment complex last year when she saw Murphy raise a "silver object." Seconds later, 34-year-old Jynelle Green told a Dutchess County jury, she realized she had been stabbed.

NEW YORK - Metro-North is adding two trains and extra cars to its commuter railroad lines to fit extra riders who want to attend the Yankees World Series victory parade Friday in Manhattan.

The bulk oil business is back in business on a site that literally blew up two years ago in the City of Poughkeepsie.

IN TOWN AND CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE RACES: TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE SUPERVISOR DEMOCRAT PAT MEYERS DEFEATS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER JON J. BAISLEY 52 TO 47 PERCENT.

WAPPINGER Two men are under arrest in Wappinger following a series of events that began with a fight outside a bar in the City of Newburgh.

Three long-standing members of the Poughkeepsie Day School community were honored at the recent 75th anniversary kickoff event on Founders Day.

It appears Republicans could hold a 5-3 majority next year on the City of PoughkeepsieCommon Council, ending four years of Democratic control.

Democratic Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Patricia Myers was fighting to hold onto her seat Tuesday night, facing a challenge from Republican Councilman Jon Baisley.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in the City of Poughkeepsie has enacted new, more stringent visitor restrictions because of the swine flu, according to a press release.

Sixty-five years after an ill-fated mission in the South Pacific, Arthur Carl Miller is coming home.

FOUR POUGHKEEPSIE RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER SOMEONE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT AND STRUCK A HOME ON THOMPSON STREET LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

City of Poughkeepsie Police are investigating two reported shootings that occurred late last Friday night, October 30.

When William Siegrist reported for work on his first day as a City of Poughkeepsie police officer, he was something less than prepared for the job.

Norma crossing over a high rise bridge. Courtesy Evie Weber Diane McKinnery, pointing out all the hazards on Route 17.

Overnight visitors to the mid-Hudson region can satisfy their tastes with a smorgasbord of accommodations that cluster together from Fishkill to northern Dutchess.

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