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James D. Palmateer Jr., known to family and friends as Jim or Flattop, died Oct. 26, 2026, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Rhinebeck on April 13, 1942, to the late James and Florence (Rifenburg) Palmateer...

A new mental health clinic has opened in Red Hook, with plans to start offering much-needed services to children and teens next year. A new mental health clinic has opened in Red Hook, with plans to start offering...

Barbs and olive branches on the Red Hook Boat Club eminent domain issue were exchanged at Wednesday night’s Red Hook Town Board meeting, with Deputy Supervisor Bill Hamel proposing opening negotiations with club leaders...

Enrollment in the Rhinebeck Central School District has fallen to its lowest level in at least 18 years, and Superintendent Albert Cousins warned Tuesday that the numbers could continue to drop as larger graduating...

Barbara Thompson of Saugerties died Oct. 27, 2026. She was born March 14, 1933, to the late Udell and Vivian (Pinkerton) Young. Barbara married Henry B. Thompson Jr., in 1952; Henry predeceased her in 2001. She was a...

Patricia A. “Pat” Dallas, a resident of Peterborough, New Hampshire, died Oct. 20, 2026, at the Monadnock Community Hospital. She was born Oct. 20, 1934, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to the late George and Loretta...

The musical “Come From Away,” which opens this Friday for a four-weekend run at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, is based on real events that unfolded in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But it’s...

The Rhinebeck Town Board postponed a vote on its proposed 2027 budget Tuesday following a push from local parents for soccer field lighting and concerns that Starr Library could lose out on a funding increase on the...

During his long tenure as president of Bard College, Leon Botstein turned the school into a significant musical force, complete with a major classical concert festival, a conservatory that draws students from around the...

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A 55-year-old Red Hook man was hospitalized with head and neck injuries Sunday afternoon after he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a utility pole with his truck in Upper Red Hook. Police say the 55-year-old driver...

The Rhinebeck Town Board voted unanimously Monday to enact a 25-ton weight limit for trucks traveling on White Schoolhouse Road, where Red Wing Properties has state permission to operate a sand and gravel mine. The...

The Rhinebeck Town Board introduced a law Monday that would impose a 3% tax on hotel rooms, short-term rentals, and other overnight lodging throughout the Town and Village. Town Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia said revenue...

Bard College announced Friday that it was extending Acting President Jonathan Becker’s term through the end of the academic year. Jonathan Becker became Bard’s acting president in July and was initially supposed to be...

On a recent afternoon, Yana Lahoda sat in a corner office at Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement surrounded by papers. But it wasn’t just schoolwork for the 22-year-old economics major: she was refining Language and...