Salt Point News

A Rhinebeck man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a youth club he managed the finances for, state police said Friday.

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

While the Village of Wappingers Falls remains a thoroughfare for countless vehicles traveling along Route 9D to nearby malls and Interstate 84, the community boasts a historically rich past, prominently featured in its downtown district.

A steady stream of people flowed in both directions on the Walkway Over the Hudson on Sunday, the first full day of public access for the pedestrian span.

On Sunday, September 13, 2009 a community spaghetti dinner/bake sale will be offered at the Salt Point Firehouse at 30 Cottage Street, Salt Point to raise money for Michael Kelsey's Dutchess County legislative race.

SALT POINT - Richard Czech knows his 80-acre fruit farm is ready for the pick-your-own season when he steps on his porch and hears a drumbeat symphony of apples dropping to the ground.

Dutchess County Young Republicans Chairman Michael Kelsey of Salt Point is running for the county Legislature in District 25.

Lighting on the Walkway Over the Hudson will make use of a new system developed by a Dutchess County company.

A Dutchess County judge could decide as early as Thursday whether City of Poughkeepsie resident Sean Gatewood is guilty of assault charges in a case stemming from an altercation last year between Gatewood and a motorcylist.

Jennifer Dugas of Salt Point has been promoted to senior accountant at the public accounting firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni and Weddell.

With more than $12,000 raised to reassemble the 1792 North Log Cabin in Lansing, town officials have chosen a site in Myers Park for the historic structure.

PLEASANT VALLEY - An 18-year-old Pleasant Valley woman has been charged with a felony count of vehicular assault for her role in a one-car crash that took place in earlier this month.

PLEASANT VALLEY - Proposed zoning regulations will either preserve the rural character of Pleasant Valley or restrict business growth and residential housing.

The public accounting firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGiovanni, & Weddell has promoted Jennifer Dugas to senior accountant status.

ANL Lighting Ltd. of Salt Point has awarded a contract to the Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled, of Poughkeepsie, to provide various services toward the manufacture of ANL's new Green Lighting Project.

SALT POINT -At the intersection of Route 82 and County Route 13 sits a stately mansion that in the early 19th century was the center of a thriving industrial site.

PLEASANT VALLEY - Some say the town center hamlet should extend a quarter-mile east of the mill site to allow more business development along Main Street.

Red Hook Rotary Club President Jonah Triebwasser has been named an assistant governor of Rotary District 7210 in the Hudson Valley for 2009-10. Triebwasser will act as liaison between Dutchess County clubs and the Rotary District.

A Hyde Park man faces a jail term and five years on probation for driving while he was drunk in the Town of LaGrange in March.

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck announced Renate Friedrichsen of Salt Point was recently honored as its employee of the year.