Wappingers Falls News

With increasing costs for air and auto travel, a buyer's housing market and a generally slow economy, it's not surprising more local residents are sticking close to home.

RED HOOK - Guy Timperio, James Simmons and Jake Moir had two hits apiece as Red Hook defeated Philipstown, 16-0, in a District 17 Junior League baseball first-round game on Tuesday.

Flags will be flown at half-staff in Dutchess County to honor Hughsonville native Spc.

Over the last few days, some local students moved up, some moved on. All have memories they will take with them and hopes and dreams for the future.

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has helped settle a dispute between Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and doctors over a policy by the insurer that made it more difficult for doctors to order MRIs and other ...

As the five women finished their very first 5K on Saturday in Poughkeepsie, they had two questions for Leo Saposnick: '1. When can I do the next road race? 2. How can I can get faster in the next race?'' It ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS - The nurses nicknamed Shirley Cheng 'the happy baby,' who constantly smiled despite the pain she felt from rheumatoid arthritis.

Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell LLP, with offices in Newburgh and Wappingers Falls, announced Jay Tompkins, an accountant in the Client Service Department, has graduated from the Greater Southern ...

A point of pride for the Clearwater Festival Great Hudson River Revival has always been the music.

ELMSFORD - A Dutchess County woman was killed and another injured in a pre-dawn crash today on the Sprain Brook Parkway ramp to eastbound Interstate 287.

YORKTOWN - The body of a Dutchess County man was found yesterday morning inside a parked car at a Route 202 strip mall, police said.

NEWBURGH - Two Wappingers Falls residents face criminal charges for allegedly using stolen credit cards in the Town of Newburgh.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - A town-wide moratorium on residential development was put into place Monday by the Wappinger town board.

A number of communities in the Hudson Valley have been awarded state Environmental Protection Fund Local Waterfront Revitalization Program grants.

There are parents who need guidance and there are services to help them. The Parents Expo 2008 at Governor G. Clinton Elementary School in the City of Poughkeepsie was about bringing the two groups together.

Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell LLP, certified public accountants, business development consultants, with offices in Newburgh and Wappingers Falls, recently hired Jennifer Boniface of Bloomingburg ...

BEACON - It almost fell apart on the financing. But it didn't. So, Meadow Ridge II was built and Friday, the 52-unit apartment complex for seniors was dedicated in a ceremony at the Matteawan Road site.

WAPPINGERS FALLS A motor vehicle crash on Route 9 in Wappingers Falls Friday afternoon resulted in police shutting the road down in both directions in the area of New Hackensack Road for hours.

Like a machine that squeaks because it doesn't have enough oil to lubricate it, the household economy grows noisier by the week with new squeaks.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - There are a number of Memorial Day events today in the Town of Wappinger: 9 a.m. Parade from Wappingers Rural Cemetery to St.