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Webutuck graduates save life, are honored by county Legislature

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 9:23am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com

POUGHKEEPSIE — Always ready to recognize a call to action, the Dutchess County Legislature commended Webutuck High School graduates Stone Scasso and Daniel Swift for using CPR to save Amenia resident Patricia Cascio’s life last month. The Legislature also recognized the Millerton Fire Company for helping save Cascio.

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Amenia, Dover and North East/Millerton negotiate with NDP: Harlem Valley towns pursue joint EMS coverage

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 9:21am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

HARLEM VALLEY — The issue of regional ambulance service has been discussed by the municipalities of Amenia, Dover and North East/Millerton for more than a year — emergency services are facing a volunteer shortage and the Harlem Valley is feeling the pinch. 
The matter came up for discussion again at a North East Town Board meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8. According to North East town Supervisor George Kaye, a Request for Proposals (RFP) for ambulance service was recently distributed. The response, he said, was somewhat disappointing.

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Cold Spring Principal Jay Glynn retires

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 9:17am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com

STANFORDVILLE — Following an 18-year career in the Pine Plains Central School District, Cold Spring Early Learning Center Principal Jay Glynn decided to retire. His retirement went into effect at the end of the 2018-19 school year.

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Bear near elementary school

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 8:23am

 This photo taken by Kelly Casey may be hard to make out, but at approximately 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, July 27, a black bear was spotted walking up the driveway of Sharon Center School. The driveway leads up to the school’s playground. Students will return to the elementary school for the first day of class on Monday, Aug. 26.

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Back to school in Region One on Aug. 26

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 8:14am

The first day of classes for the seven schools in the Region One School District is Monday, Aug. 26. 
New teachers will be welcomed to the region at the annual meeting at Housatonic Valley Regional High School on Monday, Aug. 19, and their photos and short bios will be featured in The Lakeville Journal issue of Aug. 22.

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Nature waits quietly for us to notice

Wed, 08/14/2019 - 8:12am
By
Tim Abbott

It seems odd that I have not yet seen a bear this year. There are plenty around, and I know from the state of my bird feeders and trash bins in early spring that at least one bear paid my house a visit during the night, but our paths have yet to cross. 
Last year I saw four of them, including one that ambled down our street at twilight and others that lumbered across various highways and back roads before my approaching car.

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Suspect found naked following barn fire

Wed, 07/31/2019 - 10:19am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

ANCRAM — Police are still scratching their heads about why an arson, kidnapping and burglary suspect was discovered naked when he was apprehended. 
According to the New York State Police, Livingston barracks, 56-year-old Henry C. Harasymczuk of Ancram was arrested on Tuesday, July 23, and charged with kidnapping in the second degree (a class B felony), burglary in the second degree (a class C felony) and arson in the third degree (a class C felony).

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Lessons learned from the storms of 2018

Wed, 07/31/2019 - 9:01am
By
Shane Stampfle

GOSHEN — Paul Gibb, special projects coordinator for the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) Region 5, spoke on lessons learned from the storms of May 15, 2018, at the Northwest Hills Council of Governments meeting in Goshen on Thursday, July 11.
Region 5 includes 43 towns. The southern part of the region includes towns in northern Fairfield and New Haven counties; the northern section of Region 5 is all of Litchfield County.

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Read the can’s label

Wed, 07/31/2019 - 8:49am
By
Bernard A. Drew

This week in This Old Window, we replace the brittle screening in a 36-by-48-inch wood-sash window.
Our subject window is in a rear sunporch on a circa 1920s Sears, Roebuck bungalow. Its first owner was a professional carpenter who later built the porch from scratch.

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Plant for fall under the summer sun

Wed, 07/24/2019 - 8:24am

It is 90 degrees out and the jewels of summer are starting to ripen in the form of tomatoes, cantaloupe and red peppers. Who has head space for planning out their Thanksgiving menu? 
Full-season gardeners have an almost surreal relationship with time. We have to be fully present to stay on top of the zucchini harvest lest the fruits double in size while we turn our heads, but we have to simultaneously be sketching out the next season to maintain succession plantings.

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