Wappingers Falls News

The pilot of a 1974 Piper Cherokee, who owned the navigation technology company AirGator Inc., was killed and his passenger critically injured Sunday when the aircraft experienced engine problems and went down in the woods in New York State's lower Hudson valley.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - Renee Serino has big shoes to fill here. Three months ago, she started running Reflections of the Falls, a hair salon that had previously been owned by the same people for 34 years.

Whether it be for pure entertainment, a learning or a teaching mechanism, or even just an evening to spend with friends, attending a play is always a pleasurable event.

A Bedford Hills, N.Y., man whose company provides digital navigation equipment used by both pilots and mariners was killed Sunday afternoon when his Danbury-bound airplane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Amir Tirosh , owner of AirGator Inc., based in Mount Kisco, N.Y., was at the controls of a ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. - One person is dead and a second is injured after a small plane crashed in upstate New York.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - The Town of Wappinger will operate in 2010 under the supervisor's $7.3 million tentative budget.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - The annual Christmas Tree Lighting for the Town of Wappinger will be at 5 p.m. Dec.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan concluded the 2009 Youth Congress Nov. 7 with a celebration of Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie.

Michael Crocco was a Marine who was sent to Vietnam in 1969. 'I have some bad memories about it, but I have a few good ones,' the Town of Poughkeepsie resident said.

PHILIPSTOWN - A 57-year-old Dutchess County driver involved in a head-on accident with a flatbed truck on Route 9 died from his injuries Tuesday, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.

A Dutchess County woman found dead at her Purchase College, SUNY, job may have been staying in her janitorial office to save money and avoid a long commute.

GARRISON A Dutchess County man was killed Tuesday morning in a car crash on Route 9 in Garrison.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - Shannon Moloney, 14, said making choices comes with the responsibility of taking credit or blame for whatever decision was made.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - The Oak Grove Grange is hosting its annual free Thanksgiving dinner for senior citizens of Southern Dutchess County on Nov.

"Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose was a successful 1957 film courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda and directed by Sidney Lumet that became a Broadway hit play in 2004.

The Wappingers Falls Rotary Club hosted the Students of the Month from three local schools at a recent meeting of the club.

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.

Wondering how your great, great grandparents on your mother's side first met each other? Or when your father's great Aunt Sonja moved to Italy? How about why your Armenian ancestors made their way from Syria to the United States more than a century ago? Well, then, create a family tree.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - People who require wheelchair ramp access to their homes will face fewer requirements if proposed legislation is enacted in the Town of Wappinger.

If you are looking for candidates who will best represent you and your families, who are concerned about our constitutional rights, and who have a true respect for life, please look seriously at Row D before you pull the lever on Tuesday.