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Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino has unveiled a $722 million budget proposal for 2027 that would increase spending by 10.5%, raise the county sales tax and use $28.5 million from general fund reserves. Serino presented the proposal Oct. 30 after her administration sought to close a gap between projected costs...
About 35 years ago, Robin Massa helped her daughter create a family tree for school. Soon, she was helping strangers on online forums research ancestors who might have once lived in Ancram. Today, Massa is Ancram’s town historian. She collects and catalogs old documents and photographs so that future generations...
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Ian Gindes has served in the National Guard for 22 years. Gindes is also a concert pianist and worked with a composer and singers, to put together 100 pages of sheet music that is based off letters that soldiers received and sent from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War. […]
Democrats saw large victories across Dutchess County in the Nov. 3 elections. Incumbent Democratic Representative Pat Ryan defeated Republican opponent Jackie Mary Auringer by almost 25 percentage points. In what was supposed to be a competitive state Senate race for New York’s District 39, County Legislator Lisa Kaul defeated Republican incumbent Rob Rolison by over 10 percentage points.
Holiday Helping Hand , the annual fundraising drive, is back for its 44th year. The Poughkeepsie Journal and the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region have partnered once again for this campaign in the 2026 holiday season. Holiday Helping Hand raises funds for Dutchess County programs that help provide a small amount of assistance for local kids and families who might otherwise have little or nothing for the holidays. According to previous Journal reporting, Holiday Helping Hand was developed in 1982 by former Poughkeepsie Journal Managing Editor Bill Pukmel, who died in October 2011. The local organizations involved will help deliver everything from holiday gifts and visits from Santa to utility assistance and holiday dinners to those who need it most this time of year. The funds raised will go toward the following holiday season's programs. Last holiday season's 193 donors, who gave a total of $22,849.14, are enabling programs to function during the 2026 holiday season. Your generosity is needed now to help families through the 2027 holiday season. To donate, visit uwdor.org/HHH26 or mail a check to Holiday Helping Hand, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region, 75 Market St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Checks should be made payable to
TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – Veterans, elected officials and community members gathered at the Dutchess County War Memorial in Arlington on Wednesday to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces, while calling attention to the challenges many veterans face after returning to civilian life.
