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@DailyCatchHV has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in July 2022. The social media accounts linked to from @DailyCatchHV are: • Facebook • Instagram Besides social media accounts, redhookdailycatch has populated their site with: • www.thedailycatch.org • Soho Farmhouse Pulls Application for Millions in Tax Breaks After Pushback from Rhinebeck Officials • Come October, Hudson Jazz Festival Will Turn the City Into a Stage for Global Sounds • Bard Students Keen to Move On After Tumultuous Year That Ended With Botstein’s Departure • Rhinebeck Puts Aside $60K in Possible Step Forward for Lions Mini Park Revamp • Rhinebeck Porchfest Returns Sept. 19 With 46 Acts — and a Fundraising Mission • Pee-ew! Rhinebeck to Move Public Compost Dumpster After Neighbor Complaints Over Smell • Red Hook Sets New Rules Surrounding Immigration Enforcement in Schools • Rhinebeck and Red Hook Rethink Back-to-School • The Short Catch: An Email Scam in Rhinebeck, A New Magazine in the Valley, Red Hook’s Historic Diner and Honors for Bard Profs • Rhinebeck Passes Moratorium on New Hospitality Projects But Dials Back Original Proposal • Red Hook’s New Record Store Digs Through the Past to Attract Next Generation of Music Lovers • Rhinebeck Residents Speak Out in Support of Truck Weight Limit on White Schoolhouse Road • Town of Rhinebeck, Six Senses Developer Agree to Stop Suing Each Other • Red Hook Dips Into General Fund to Pay Sewer Bills Ahead of County Reimbursement • Car Accident in Tivoli: The Latest at Intersection Long Prone to Crashes • Hardscrabble Day Turns 50 as a Beloved Red Hook Tradition Continues to Bring the Community Together • Rhinebeck Reformed Church to Open Thrift Store This Fall, Wednesday through Saturday • Apples, Autumn Hues, and Threads of Light: A Guide to the Area’s Fall Art Exhibitions • Tivoli Fire Company Receives $1 Million State Grant, Bringing New Firehouse Closer to Reality • Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Sued by Neighbor Seeking to Limit Expansion Plans • Rhinebeck Residents Ask Zoning Board to Send Proposed Farm Brewery to Planning Board for Further Review • Silenced by the Nazis, Friedrich Gernsheim’s Music Sounds Again as Bard Resurrects His Legacy • Red Hook’s Beloved Hardscrabble Day Turns 50 • New Red Hook Speed Zone Drops Limit to 20 mph Near Middle School • Red Hook History Comes to Life in New Interactive Exhibit at the Elmendorph Inn • Red Hook Streets Ring With Music and Children’s Laughter for the 50th Anniversary of Hardscrabble Day • Bard Concert Celebrates Half-Century of Music and Mentorship by Joan Tower, 88 • Arnold Davis, Bard College’s Oldest Living Alumnus and Long-Time Champion of the School, Dies at 102 • Milan Town Board Votes to Temporarily Ban Flock Safety Cameras, in First for Dutchess County • Proposed Subdivision in Rhinebeck Hits Snag Over Conservation Easement Requirements • Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Revises Expansion Plan, but Neighbors Still Worry About Its Size and Impact • First Harvest of New Hearty Roots Farm Fields Marks an Organic Turnaround in Red Hook • For Composer John Cage, Mushrooms and Music Grew Together – A Bard Weekend Celebrates Both • Dutchess DA Demands Changes to Flock Camera Contract, Threatens to Oppose Renewal • ArchCare to Sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck to Undisclosed Buyer • Rhinebeck Schools Aim to Cut Chronic Student Absenteeism as High School Rate Hits 27% • Dutchess County to Remove Flock Cameras After Top Officials Withdraw Support • The Pod Catch - The Daily Catch • ‘Wearable Art,’ New Math Curricula and New Faces Await Rhinebeck Students This Fall • Nominate a Neighbor • Experimental Therapy Offers Rhinebeck Theater Director New Hope in Battle With Rare Blood Disease • Valentines Day Message - The Daily Catch • Bard Violinist Launches Innovative Classical Series in a Revived Historic Kingston Church • At 12, Red Hook’s Bobby Coon Chases His Big Sister — and a Master Showman Crown • Bard’s Becker Reveals Changes — and Charts a Path Forward • How the Pandemic Led Roving Photographer Andrew Moore to Train His Lens on the Hudson Valley • Fair Food Rescue Collects Leftovers to Feed Families Across Dutchess County • Red Hook School District Names New Athletic Director • A Sweet Win: Red Hook’s Taste Budd’s Named Top Vendor at the Dutchess County Fair • Bard Tightens Donation Policy After Epstein Revelations; Botstein to Take Academic-Year Sabbatical • High Bids and Hard Goodbyes as Child Farmers Sell the Animals They Raised at Dutchess Fair Auction • At One Fair Costume Contest, Cows Become a KPop Star, a Lobster, and a Giant KFC Chicken • Faces of the Fair (Day 5): A Roving Bookstore, An 80-Year Pickle Tradition + The Piglets Return After a 2025 Fiasco • New Live-Music Venue Takes Shape on Former Locavore Spot in Red Hook • Faces of the Fair (Day 4): An 11-Year-old Canine Agility Champion, A Senior Who Dresses Up Toddlers + Real Bees Are Buzzing • The Catch-Up (Episode 71): Meet Carolyn McGraw, The Dutchess County 4-H Leader For Kids in a Digital World • In Full Bloom, Dutchess County Fair Flower Contest Draws Nearly 700 Entries • With Notes of Apple Crisp and Cinnamon Buns, Red Hook’s John Griffin Takes Top Prize in Honey Taste Contest • After a Bruising Disqualification in 2025, Rhinebeck’s Addie Kilmer Engineers a Poultry Comeback • Speeding Stop in Red Hook Leads to Arrest of Man Wanted Since 2007 on Sex Abuse Charge • CPR, Multiple Defibrillations Revive Unresponsive Patient at Dutchess County Fair • Faces of the Fair (Day 3): When a Scooter Comes in Handy, Steelpan Drummers Get the Crowd Dancing + A Sharp Veggie Peeler Sales Gal • Beyond the Bins: A Different Way to Think About Organizing Your Home • Before the Rides on the Midway Whir into Action, These Safety Inspectors Get to Work • Faces of the Fair (Day 2): A Caricature Artist Plies her Trade, The Dog Collar Man Retires + Sharing the Fair in Silence With ASL • Rhinebeck Village’s Holiday Calendar Gets Merrier with the Return of Tree and Menorah Lighting Festivities • Faces of the Fair (Day 1): Smokin’ Turkey Legs, Awaiting 7 Cow Births + Getting Hooked on Trout • With 61 Entries and a Title at Stake, Red Hook’s John Neilson Cultivates Another Grand Championship • Faces of the Fair (Day 0): Can the Apple Crisp Win Again? + Clermont’s Belgian Draft Horses + Noelle the Heifer Takes A Bath • Behind the Canvas: 28 Local Artists Invite Visitors Into Their Studios, Gardens and Homes • The Short Catch: Bard Acting President on Student Voting, Kaatsbaan’s New Advisor, Tara Westover Joins Bard, and Olana Has New Archive • The Catch-Up (Episode 70): Why Rhinebeck Voters Are Asked to Approve $15.7 Million in School Capital Projects • Inaugural Broadway Festival Producers Reflect on First Year as Plans Begin for 2027 Return • Red Hook Soars and Rhinebeck Drops in New Best High Schools List, But Methodology Change Muddles Results • State Comptroller Audit of the Village of Rhinebeck Finds Spending Oversight Gaps but No Fraud • The Short Catch: Care for Caregivers, No Holiday Light Show, Scholarship Winners + Starr Grant • Sheds, Gazebos and a Woman’s Touch: Bayhorse Structures’ New Owner Brings Fresh Energy to Long-Time Local Business • Rhinebeck School Board Proposes $15.7 Million Upgrade Plan, Sets Oct. 20 Vote • Rhinebeck Residents Pack Town Hall, Plead Their Cases For and Against Hospitality Moratorium • Broadway Comes to the Hudson — and Its First Festival Brings Down the House, Attendees Say • Daily Catch Board Member Shares Her Journey Through Grief and Loss on Anderson Cooper’s Podcast • It’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Again in an Ambitious New Staging of the Cult Classic Film-Turned-Musical in Rhinebeck • Stars, Stripes and Stomach-Churning Rides: Your Guide to the 180th Dutchess County Fair • Red Hook Zoning Board Declines to Hear Appeal on Whether Aerodrome is a Museum or an Airport • Cyclospora Outbreak Puts a Fresh Focus on the Upsides of Locally Grown Produce in the Hudson Valley • Dance, Drama and a Bonfire: Kaatsbaan’s Summer Festival in Tivoli Is Three Fests in One • Red Hook Approves Purchase of Water District Land to Help Pay for Tank Repair • Rhinebeck Approves Raising Permit Fees For Construction Projects in Village • 96-Year-Old Rhinecliff Woman Allegedly Beaten By Grandson Expected to Recover, Family Says • Tivoli Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Severe Beating of His 96-Year-Old Grandmother, Police Say • The Catch-Up (Episode 68): The Dangers of Kratom and an Aunt’s Plea for Regulation • Dutchess County Moves Closer to a Ban on Concentrated Forms of Kratom • The Milkman Leaveth: Del’s Dairy Lists Red Hook Property In Another Sign of a Shifting Farm Economy in Northern Dutchess • Saw Kill Tributary Coalition Ends Signature Campaign Against Red Hook Sewer Bond • Bard Service Workers Reach Agreement on New Contract, Ending Threat of Strike • Camp Rising Sun Drops Weddings and Parties From Proposal for Expanded Use of Clinton Campground • Rhinebeck Business Leaders Argue Hospitality Moratorium Will Deliver a Blow to the Town • After Decades of Waiting, Botstein Brings Mozart to the Bard Music Festival for Two Weekends and 11 Programs • Two Germantown Firefighters Lose Everything to Flooding While Working to Help Others • The Short Catch: Amtrak Elevator Fixed, LAMS Long-Time Teacher Honored, Martial Arts Wins, Local Grants + More • Coalition Says It Has Roughly Half the Signatures Needed to Challenge Red Hook Sewer Bond • Pavel Reports from Ukraine with A New Plan to Evacuate: “Our Entire Life as We Knew it is Ending” • Rhinebeck’s Soho Farmhouse Draws Excitement and Anxiety as Construction Approaches • After Nephew’s Death, Red Hook Woman Pushes Kratom Crackdown As Two Village Outlets Sell the Addictive Compound • Rhinebeck’s Mirbeau Inn & Spa Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Hotel Pricing Practices • From Ruin to Revival: The Long Road Back for Wyndclyffe, One of Rhinebeck’s Most Storied Mansions • Full Steam Ahead for Rhinecliff Station Upgrade with Two New Features, Officials Promise at Community Meeting • The Catch-Up (Episode 67): Funding the Red Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Expansion • Rhinebeck Supervisor Spinzia Shifts Course on Linwood, Floats Plan for Purchase to Turn Property Into a Park • A Knock at the Door. A Town Under Water. A Germantown Man Faces a Flood. • Deluge Leaves Farms, Homes and Roads Underwater as Region Receives a Month’s Worth of Rain in One Night • Village of Red Hook Won’t Build $28M Sewer Expansion Unless It Receives More Grants, Officials Say • Rhinebeck Democratic Committee Puts Josh Pulver on November Ballot to Fill Out Allan Scherr’s Town Board Term • After the Trojan War: Bard’s ‘The Egyptian Helen’ Reimagines Myth’s Most Famous Marriage • In a Tough Era for New Musicals, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Gives Original Work a Fighting Chance • Rhinebeck Zoning Battle Brewing Over Mill Road Taproom As Neighbors Demand Planning Board Oversight • Red Hook’s Nathan Prezzano Wins Top Dutchess County Fair Scholarship; Two Other Local Students Honored • The Catch-Up (Episode 66): Commodore Richie Ross Reflects on the Political Future of The Red Hook Boat Club and Town Supervisor Robert McKeon • Red Wing Sues Rhinebeck, Seeks to Bypass Planning Board Review of Mine • Amanda Miller Turns Down Republican Effort to Draft Her to Be Town Supervisor Candidate in November • Graphic Design Couple Takes the Helm at Red Hook Stationery Co. • WKZE’s ‘Frolic at the Farm’ Returns with New Venue, Local and National Talent • Owner of Red Hook Natural Food Store, Ill with Cancer, Seeks New Owner Who Will Continue His Legacy • Clinton Planning Board Moves Forward with Six Senses Environmental Review Despite Lawsuit • Lawyers for Gerson Turcios Make Fresh Push to Win His Release from Detention • Botanical Illustrator Wendy Hollender Unveils 24 Plant Family Portraits in Kingston Exhibition • The Catch-Up (Episode 65): Two New Town Board Members Try to Shake Up Boat Club Debate • Classic Car Show Helps Red Hook Boat Club Rally Community, Raise Legal Fund • Victory Garden Takes Root at Rhinebeck American Legion Through Donations and Volunteers • The Short Catch: Milan Community Day, Grants Available for Resiliency + Local Grant Winners • Brookmeade Supporters Urge Zoning Board of Appeals to Allow Fundraising Events at the Facility • Clinton Town Board Extends Hospitality Moratorium Into 2027 as Comprehensive Plan Process Takes Shape • Smoke and Heat Dome Create Unhealthy Air Quality Over Hudson Valley Through Thursday • Rhinebeck Town Board Introduces Nine-Month Moratorium on Hospitality Developments; Rhinebeck Villa Hotels Likely Affected • Red Hook Town Board Rejects Bid By New Board Members, Dousharm and Migliorelli, to Halt Boat Club Takeover • Village of Red Hook’s Phase 2 Sewer Project Costs Climb 40% As Officials Look to Grants to Offset Increase • Town of Rhinebeck Expands Eligibility for Property Tax Break to Seniors with Up to $50K Annual Income • Knock, Knock, Who’s Bear? What Residents Need to Know As Bears Reclaim the Hudson Valley • Holy Cow Owner Pat Bowman Serves Up Community One Scoop at a Time – For Nearly 50 Years • Local Scrapyard Draws Scrutiny Over Noise, Traffic and Environmental Violations • Former Rhinebeck Principal Robert Kalman Photographs 500 Faces of America • Six Senses Sues Town of Rhinebeck Over Alleged Violation of Open Meetings Law • Wilderstein Looks Ahead with Tennis-Themed Garden Party and A New Capital Campaign • The Pavilion at Brookmeade, Rhinebeck’s Largest Event Space, Caught in Zoning Dispute – Again • A New Generation Takes Root in Clinton (Part 6 of 6) • As Gold Prices Climb, Area Jewelers Adapt • A Historian Looks to Clinton’s Future (Part 5 of 6) • Clinton Planning Board Urges Camp Rising Sun to Skip Weddings, Stick to Mission for Its Expansion Plans • The Catch-Up (Episode 64): Ken Migliorelli On His New Attempt to Sell His Red Hook Orchard • A Birder’s Vision for Protecting Clinton’s Wild Places (Part 4 of 6) • Cornerstone Addiction Treatment Center Given Six More Months to Clear Expansion Hurdles • Bard Grounds and Environmental Service Workers Authorize Strike as Contract Talks Stall • Rhinebeck Villas Hotel Clears Major Hurdle as Planning Board Ends Environmental Review • After More Than 200 Years, A Lifetime Red Hook Resident Says Goodbye to Her Beloved Copper Beech Tree • Ruby Hill Farm Owner’s Vision for Sustaining the Farm, Sustaining Clinton (Part 3 of 6) • Outgrowing Its Space, Rhinebeck’s Phantom Gardener Plans Expansion for 2027 • Rhinebeck Bank Clears Key Vote in Push to Become Fully Stock-Owned • Still Asking the Big Question – Why Marry? – ‘Company’ Opens in Rhinebeck • Inching Toward Retirement, Ken Migliorelli Puts 210-Acre Orchard Back on the Market • A Lifelong Local Reflects on the Clinton He Knew (Part 2 of 6) • Couple Who Launched Their Lives in Rhinebeck Celebrate Their Platinum Jubilee • As Development Pressures Mount, Six Clinton Residents Describe Their Visions for the Rural Town They Love (Part 1 of 6) • A Music Director Duo Celebrates 35 Years and 127 Productions at Rhinebeck’s Center for Performing Arts • The Catch-Up (Episode 63): Reshaping Hospitality with Six Senses and Linwood • Red Hook School District Says New Gym Floor Is Defective, Withholds $362,000; Contractor Sues • Mexican Grocery, Oaxaca Style, Opens in Rhinebeck, Bringing Authentic Ingredients to the Village • At a Kingston Arts Center, Inaugural Biennial Showcases the Hudson Valley’s Photography Boom • Rhinebeck Chamber Board Leadership to Shift from Restaurateur Luciano Valdivia to Rhinebeck Bank VP Sharon Whiteley • Red Hook Town Supervisor Faces Lawsuit from Former Town Attorney Over Outside Law Firm Use in Boat Club Fight • The Daily Catch Homepage • Donate to The Daily Catch here! • In Bard Retrospective, Self-Taught Artist Uman Looks Back on an Unlikely Rise • Welcome to July: Threats of Severe Storms, Then Oppressive Heat On Tap for Northern Dutchess • Majority of Fisher Center Staff Lead Public Push to End Leon Botstein’s Performance Roles at Bard • Six Senses Sues Clinton Planning Board to Block Additional Environmental Review • Under Sunny Skies, 76 Rhinebeck Seniors Celebrate Commencement • Red Hook High School Cleared to Reopen After Weeks of Cleanup From Bathroom Fire • Faces of Rhinebeck Veterans to Line Village Streets Under New ‘Hometown Heroes’ Banner Program • From Campaign Trail to Rescue Mission, Amanda Miller Saves Lost Dog • New Red Hook Town Board Member Issues Rare Public Statement, Rebuking Eminent Domain Plan • Town of Red Hook Suffers Second Court Defeat in Effort to Turn Boat Club Into Public Park • How Did Debbie Hecht Do It? Door Knocking and Kindness Keys to Victory in Rhinebeck Supervisor Race, She Says • The Catch-Up (Episode 62): A Victorious Hecht Describes Her Strategy • Rhinebeck Town Supervisor Primary Draws More Than Twice the Participation of Other Key Dutchess Races • Two Finalist Proposals, Both Featuring Boutique Hotels, Vie for Rhinebeck’s Linwood Estate • Rhinebeck Town Board to Appoint Former Member Josh Pulver to Fill Scherr Vacancy • 160 Art Venues, 5 Days: Our Guide to Upstate Art Weekend • Town of Red Hook Must Reapply for $2.56-Million State Sewer Grant and Include the Village, State Officials Advise • Rhinebeck Town Board Member Allan Scherr Resigns After 12 Years; Board to Vote on Temporary Replacement July 13 • The Catch-Up (Episode 61): Bard’s 2026 SummerScape Season Promises to Be One of its Richest Ever • After Tumultuous Ending to the School Year, Red Hook Commencement Unfolds with Joy Under Sunny Skies (Photo Gallery) • Owners to Demolish Rhinebeck’s Derelict Eveready Diner, Suggest Plan to Build a Beer-and-Burgers Restaurant • Ranking House Judiciary Committee Member Seeks Botstein Interview and Bard Records in Expanded Epstein Inquiry • Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Robert Stone Returns to Patty Hearst Story in Rhinebeck Screening • Bard Turns Tennessee Williams’ ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ Into a New Gothic Opera • Supervisor Candidate Amanda Miller Vows to Forego Rhinebeck Legal Work as Some Raise Conflict of Interest Concerns • Surprise Heart Attack Sends Red Hook Resident to New Risk Reduction Program at Northern Dutchess Hospital • Rhinebeck Artist Ransome Builds a National Following With Paintings That Explore His Family History • Federal Judge Rejects Bid to Free Rhinebeck Graduate Gerson Turcios, Held by ICE • Facing Opposition from Neighbors, Rhinebeck Aerodrome Counters Monday With International Campaign of Support • Radio Free Rhinecliff’s Friday Comedy Roast Leaves Few Egos Unscorched • Early Voting for Rhinebeck Democratic Primary Begins with Political Dust-Up on First Day • Bard Marks America’s 250th Birthday by Honoring 12 Campus Trees Older Than the Nation • With One App, Four Lights and a Sea of Orange, Church of the Messiah Celebrates the Knicks • The Catch-Up (Episode 60): Meet the Girls Who Organized Red Hook’s Pride Celebration • Red Hook Woman Charged With Felony DWI After Troopers Find 1-Year-Old Child in Vehicle • Continued Closure of Red Hook High School Is Based on Air Quality Standard the District Has Not Specified Publicly • Red Hook Parents Push District to Restrict Middle School Laptop Use • Rhinebeck Village Advances Lions Club Mini Park Project, Seeks Master Plan for Entire Park • In Final Days of Supervisor Race, Rhinebeck Village Trustee Lydia Slaby and Town Board Member Dana Peterson Endorse Debbie Hecht • Bard EVP Jonathan Becker, Architect of Project to Secure a Campus Voting Spot, Named Acting President of the College • Kingston Food Pantry Will Accept Dutchess County Residents As It Seeks to Meet Growing Need • Full-Time or Part-Time? Supervisor Workload Emerges as Key Divide in Rhinebeck Primary • Rhinebeck Author Traces the Rise of America’s Country Newspapers in New Book, Empire of Ink, Coming Tuesday • Horse Trapped in Trailer on Route 9G Freed in Unusual Rescue Involving Firefighters, Troopers, and Vets • Red Hook Village Board Forms Wetlands Group to Probe Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plant and Safeguard Ecological Sites • Last Call for The Kroeg? Rhinebeck Village’s Beloved Pub Could Soon Get New Owners • At 86, Dance Pioneer Lucinda Childs Returns to the Stage With a Six-Decade Retrospective at Bard • As Development Pressures Mount, 6 Clinton Residents Describe Their Visions for the Rural Town They Love • St. Christopher’s Opens Doors to Displaced Red Hook High School Students for Regents Exams • Rhinebeck Firefighters Among Local Crews Called Back as Hudson River Psychiatric Center Blaze Rekindles • Daily Catch Wins Three First-Prize Awards in State Contest • Red Hook Teens Save Pride Celebration, Drawing Hundreds to Annual Event • Sunshine, Snow Cones and Veteran Honors Prevail as Clinton Community Day Draws Hundreds • New Air Quality Findings Keep Red Hook High School Closed Through End of School Year • Rhinebeck Bank Depositors Face June 28 Deadline to Weigh In on Proposed Stock Conversion • Attorney Reveals Autism Diagnosis, Family Tragedy of Teen Charged in Red Hook School Arson • The Short Catch: Rail Guide Released, New Consumer Bank Scam, Rhinebeck Author Wins Award • Pavel Loses Two Jobs But Stays Put in Kramatorsk as Russian Forces Encircle The City • No Return Date Set for Red Hook High as Smoke Contamination Persists; Youth Is Charged with Higher Arson Count and Due in Court on Friday • In Final Weeks of Supervisor Race, Rhinebeck Democratic Establishment Backs Hecht as Miller Obtains Regional Support • Rhinebeck’s Roadside History Restored as Village Prepares for Nation’s 250th Birthday Party • The Catch-Up (Episode 59): The Future of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome • Rhinecliff Amtrak Station Upgrades Back on Track After Feds Release Hold on $28 Million • Seeking Casual Summer Music? These 10 Local Spots Have You Covered • Red Hook Students Grapple With Shock of School Fire and Arson Charge • Aerodrome Expansion Faces Turbulence at Packed Red Hook Planning Board Hearing • New Jersey Man Charged with Alleged Illegal Sexual Contact With Red Hook Girl • Alleged Red Hook School Arson Follows Similar Recent Incidents Across New York State • Farm Brewery Proposed by Ellerslie Stables Owner in Rhinebeck Raises Questions about Town Oversight • Police Probing Social Media Threats Against Red Hook High School; Youth Tied to TikTok Account Is Interviewed • Burlesque Returns to Pine Plains for One Night of Sword Swallowing, Acrobatics, and Mischief • Red Hook High School to Add Police and Hold Assembly in Response to Alleged Bathroom Arson • Under Clear Skies, Hundreds Turn Out Sunday for Daily Catch Birthday Party (with Photo Gallery) • ICE Requests to Hold Jailed Immigrants Surge in Hudson Valley, But Dutchess County Says It’s Not Cooperating • Red Hook School Officials Say They’ll Enforce the Code of Conduct in Arson Case: What Does That Mean? • The Catch-Up (Episode 58): Following the Money in the Rhinebeck Supervisor Primary • Praying and Petting, Blessing of the Animals Event Connects Humans to Their Creatures • In Historic Vote, Unanimous Clinton Planning Board Orders Full Environmental Review of Six Senses • Red Hook Police Charge Juvenile with Arson Following High School Bathroom Fire • Kingston Screening Revives Timely Documentary About Rhinebeck Lawyer Who Took On ICE During First Trump Administration • Town of Red Hook Water Tank Repairs to Cost Less Than Anticipated, But Water Users Will Still See Rate Increase • Clinton Corners Art Dealer Turns Art Sales Into Support for Food-Insecure Families • Red Hook Village Extends Pride Flag Display for Full Month Amid Debate Over Government Speech • In Rhinebeck Supervisor Race, Miller Holds Fundraising Edge; Hecht Accepted Improper Contribution Over Limits, Has Refunded It • With Precision and Pine, Tradesmen and Volunteers Recreate the Past at Two Historic Rhinebeck Properties • From Sorority to Self-Discovery: ‘Legally Blonde’ Takes the Stage at Rhinebeck’s Center • Judge Dismisses Challenge to Hyde Park Law at Center of Six Senses Dispute, Says Rhinebeck Lacks Standing to Sue • At Steven Holl’s Rhinebeck Campus, Architecture Becomes a Living Process—From Forest Trails to Experimental Forms • 2021, A Daily Catch Anniversary Lookback: Step Back in Time and See the Stories that Readers Loved • Rhinecliff’s Memorial Day Celebration Unfolds with Care As Raindrops Wait • As Rain Clears, Hundreds Commemorate Memorial Day in Red Hook • Bakelite, Beatles Dolls, and Bargains: Rhinebeck Church Inaugural Pop-Up Sale Taps Vintage Craze • Botstein Praised at His Final Bard Commencement, as Speaker Fareed Zakaria Celebrates the Human Mind; Holy Cow Owner Is Honored • Work Finally Set to Begin on Rhinecliff Amtrak Station Building; Platform and Overpass Start Dates Still Unclear • The Catch-Up (Episodes 56 & 57): Recap of Rhinebeck Candidates Forum + the Full Audio Transcript • At Packed Visioning Workshop for Comprehensive Plan, Red Hook Residents Share More Ideas for Town’s Future • Rhinebeck High School Girls Junior Varsity Rowers Punch Ticket to Nationals in Breakout Season • A Rhinebeck Garage Becomes a Cultural Hub for Latin American Artists • Red Hook Voters Defeat School Bus Depot Plan, Elect Byrne and Tynes to Board as Budget Passes • Aerodrome Expansion Plan Draws Crowd, Sparks Concerns Over Traffic, Noise, and Scale • Clinton Maps Potential Sites for Marijuana Shops, Though Officials Expect Few • The Short Catch: Blood Donations Needed + Bard Profs Win Guggenheims • Supervisor Candidates Miller, Hecht Clash on Growth, Tourism, and Town’s Future at Packed Rhinebeck Forum • ‘Caption This’ Contest! Winner Gets Dinner with Debbie Hecht and Amanda Miller — Together • SNL Comedy Star and Trump Imitator James Austin Johnson To Take the Stage at Bard Spiegeltent June 27 • PANDA Releases Video Recording of Rhinebeck Candidates Forum • The Catch-Up (Episode 55): Sunday Forum, Rhinecliff Hotel, and News from Bard • Rhinebeck Village to Unveil Long-Awaited Sidewalk Plans Linking Elementary School to Village Center • Red Hook Residents May Soon Have Free Summer Access to a Public Pool at Camp Rising Sun, Town Says • Rhinebeck’s Gerson Turcios Loses Bid for Release After More Than Nine Months in ICE Custody, But the Legal Battle Continues • Rhinebeck Author Emma Parry Debuts Historical Novel, Mrs. Benedict Arnold, With Tuesday Kingston Reading • Red Hook Board Deadlock Delays Water District Deal, May Risk Higher Rates for Users • Upstate Open Studios Event Returns This Weekend: Here’s a Guide to What’s Truly Local • Town of Rhinebeck Eyes New Water Districts As Major Leaks Create Concern About Aging Infrastructure • Rhinebeck School Board Candidates Share Views Ahead of Tuesday Vote; $42.3 Million Budget Up for Adoption • Bard Trustees’ Chairman, Alum and Billionaire James Cox Chambers, Leaves Board; Reason Unclear • Two Red Hook Town Board Members Endorse Amanda Miller in Rhinebeck Supervisor Race; Cite Need for ‘Different Direction’ • End of an Eyesore? The Town of Rhinebeck Moves Toward Demolition of Derelict Eveready Diner • Rhinecliff Hotel Begins New Life With Hospitality-Foodie Power Couple As Operators • Village of Red Hook Moves Forward with Bank Loan to Temporarily Bail Out Sewer Fund • Daily Catch to Host Rhinebeck Supervisor Candidate Forum Sunday Afternoon • The Short Catch: Rhinebeck Comp Plan Award, Red Hook Education Foundation Event, PTSA Seeks Candidates, Valedictorian Named + More • Bard Trustees Lay Out Two-Year Plan to Find Botstein Successor with Acting, then Interim, Presidents First • In Run for Town Supervisor, Debbie Hecht Promises Peace and Preservation as Critics Question Readiness • If Elected Rhinebeck Town Supervisor, Amanda Miller Promises Bold Break from Status Quo, Drawing Both Praise and Concern • Prominent Bard Scholar Charged with Drunk Driving and Causing Rollover Crash, Police Say • Celebrating Municipal Clerks Week: Four of Our Own Share Their Stories • Red Hook Fire Chief Resigns as Fire Company Publicly Announces Its Mounting Volunteer Shortage • Rhinebeck Woman Falls Victim to $5,000 Gift Card Scam Exploiting Fear, Shame, and Urgency • Claw Comes Down on Annex as Former Bulkeley School Site Begins Transformation Into Rhinebeck Housing Development • The Catch-Up (Episode 54): Bard President Leon Botstein Announces June Retirement • Second-Year Bard College Student, 20, Dies by Suicide, School Confirms • Rain Clears and Foodies Celebrate as Taste of Rhinebeck Draws Crowds for Fun and Friendly Competition • Three Red Hook Board of Ed Candidates Share Their Views Ahead of May 19 Election • Rhinebeck Driver, 92, Suffers Apparent Medical Emergency Before Crashing Into Red Hook Building • New Parking Approved for Rhinecliff Hotel as Lease With New Operator Seen as “Imminent” • Red Hook Schools Pitch $67.4M Operating Budget With 3.6% Tax Bump; Voters To Decide May 19 • The Daily Catch is Turning 5 in June: Celebrate With Us! • Driver Injured After Tree Falls Onto Vehicle in Rhinebeck • The Catch-Up (Episode 53): Inside Starr Library’s $82K Shortfall • Bard Visiting Writer and Scholar Masha Gessen Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Authoritarianism, Erosion of Democracy • Both Relief and Unease Mark Bard Campus Reaction to Botstein’s June Retirement • From Stair Treads to Microplastics, Riverkeeper Volunteers Pull Tons of Trash From Hudson • Clinton Planning Board Moves Toward Deeper Environmental Review of Six Senses Project After Split Vote • ICE Detains Two Men in Rhinebeck Village in Course of One Week, Advocates Say • Bard President Leon Botstein Announces June Retirement As Report Sharply Criticizes His Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein • Rhinebeck Middle-Schoolers Lead Push for Free Community Fridge Near Starr Library • Bicyclist Not Wearing Helmet Critically Injured in Red Hook Crash with Truck • Red Hook Fire Company Says It May Fall Short on Contract as Volunteer Staffing Declines • Hudson Valley Volunteers Repair, Restore Clinton Grandma’s Home • Starr Library Shortfall Sparks Heated Clash Monday Evening at Rhinebeck Town Board Meeting • Divided Red Hook Village Board Approves Sewer Budget, Holds Rates Steady • The Short Catch: Student Earth Day Art, Board of Ed Races, Hinchey Pushes for MetroNorth + More • Rhinebeck’s Center Stages Jonathan Larson’s ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ in Intimate Black Box Run • From Recycling to Raptors, Rhinebeck Earth Day Draws Crowd Despite Stormy Weather • Daily Catch Takes Five First-Place Awards, Ranks Third in 2025 Statewide Journalism Contest • Red Hook Supervisor Asserts Concerns Over Villages’ Finances; Seeks Study to Assess Options to Streamline Services • Red Hook Athletic Field Lighting Proposal Spurs Debate Over Impact and Process • The Catch-Up (Episode 52): Rising Youth Attendance in Northern Dutchess Catholic Churches • Rhinebeck School Board Advances $42.3M Budget for Voter Approval in May; Taxes To Increase Slightly • Riviera-Inspired Nines Restaurant Opens at Former Gaskins in Germantown • “Pure Massacre Out There”: Local Farmers Brace for Fruit Harvest Losses as Early Blooms Meet A Wicked Cold Snap • The Short Catch: Boat Club Court Update, Sarah Botstein at Bard, Blackwood Photos + Transportation Survey • Baright Family to Sell Most of Its Core Holdings in Red Hook Village; 10 Properties are Assessed at More than $11 Million • ICE Releases Bard Baccalaureate Student, an Afghan Refugee, After Six Months in Detention • Rhinebeck Planning Board Scrutinizes Two Projects: Subdivision Open Space at One, Soil Concerns at Another • Red Hook Village Survey Seeks Resident Input on Improving Communications; Deputy Mayor Eager for More Responses • From Lamps to Loppers, Saturday’s Repair Café Brings New Life—and Community—to Red Hook • Rhinebeck Village Plans 250th Independence Celebration at Beekman Arms; Split Vote on Funding Event • Star-Studded Broadway Festival Coming to Hutton Brickyards in Kingston this August • McKeon Fields Questions on Hotels, Fire Company, Village Character at Red Hook Chamber Event • Red Hook Science Educator Katie Whittaker Advances in America’s Favorite Teacher National Contest • The Short Catch: Milan Fire, FBI Seeks Help, Art Box Entries Due + Rolin Pickleball Tourney • Shelves Empty, But Full of Memories, for Hammertown Owner Joan Osofsky as She Prepares Farewell • The Catch-Up (Episode 51): Hammertown Founder Joan Osofsky Bids Farewell to Her 40-Year Passion Project • Red Hook Moves to Buy Surplus Water District Land to Ease $1.7M Tank Project • Rhinebeck Village Passes $5.79M Budget With Small Tax Rate Increase, New Spending on Police and Services • Red Hook Responds to Boat Club Lawsuit After Missing Deadline • Town of Clinton Moves to Tighten Rules on Hotels and Conference Centers But Exempts Omega and Six Senses • Red Hook Trustee Frances Uku’s Push for Process Changes at Village Board Sparks Debate at Marathon Meeting • Schumer and Ryan Demand Explanation from Feds for Sudden Pause of Grant for Rhinecliff Amtrak Station • Miniature Horse Struck by Train Near Catskill Begins Long Recovery at Rhinebeck Equine Vet • Twelve Bard Student Curators Take on the Meaning of “Now” at Hessel Museum Showcase • Stark Blooms Opens Red Hook Retail Storefront, Building on Eight-Year-Old Wholesale Farm • “There’s a Family There”: The Personal Stories Behind Catholicism’s Rise in Northern Dutchess (Part 2 of 2) • Rhinebeck Village Building that Houses Samuel’s Sweet Shop Purchased By Elijah Bender for $2 Million • Why Young People Are Returning to the Catholic Church — In Red Hook and Beyond (Part 1 of 2) • The Catch-Up (Episode 50): New Documentary Captures the Hudson’s Beauty and the Battle to Protect It • Federal Review of Anchor Grant Could Stall Long-Awaited Rhinecliff Station Improvements • Clinton Planning Board Divided as Fate of Six Senses Environmental Study Remains Unclear • As Volunteer Firefighter Ranks Shrink, Rhinecliff Entrepreneur Creates Documentary to Rally Recruits • New Documentary, The Keeper, Spotlights the Man Who Became the “Eyes and Ears” of the Hudson • All-Women Cast Brings a Bold New ‘Othello’ to the Stage in Rhinebeck • The Catch-Up (Episode 49): Red Hook Schools Capital Projects Head to Voters Amid Community Pushback • Hammertown Furniture to Close After 40 Years, Leaving a Design Legacy — and a Void — in Rhinebeck and Beyond • Data from Local Flock Surveillance Cameras Off Limits to Federal Immigration Authorities, County Law Enforcement Says • Two Staffers at Devereux Behavioral Health Facility in Red Hook Charged in Latest Alleged Abuse Case • Red Hook Schools Betting on Increased Trades Courses in the Face of AI Job Shifts • Rhinebeck Village Climate Task Force Shifts Focus to Plastics Fight and Takes It Statewide • New Musical Comedy Recasts ‘Twelfth Night’ Through a Queer, Therapeutic Lens at Rhinebeck’s CENTER • Developers, Architects, and Brokers Tour Linwood Ahead of April Deadline for Proposals and Bids • Caring for a Partner with Alzheimer’s: A Mini-Documentary on Gina Fox and Michael Katz of Rhinebeck • The Catch-Up (Episode 48): Red Hook’s New Trustees Inherit a Broken Sewer and a Skeptical Public • Award-Winning Journalist Adam Stone Joins The Daily Catch as Senior Editor • Red Hook Misses Filing Date in Boat Club Court Case; Judge Extends Deadline to Respond or Town Risks Default • As Iran War Enters Fifth Week, Hundreds Rally Anew for “No Kings” in Rhinebeck • Rhinebeck Launches Plastic Film Recycling Effort with Local Earth Day Contest and National Challenge • Red Hook Village Advances Zoning for Proposed Housing Project; AI Policy, Speed Zones Also Addressed • ‘Out of the Mist… A Dragon’ Brings Rare, Ancient Japanese Puppetry Tradition to the Stissing Center Saturday • Rhinebeck Town and Village Strike Deal on 3% Visitor Tax to Fund Parsonage Bridge Replacement and Sidewalks • Red Hook Voters Asked to Approve $15.9M Bus Garage and Welding Program Upgrade in May Election • Rising Property Values in Red Hook Village Drive Higher Tax Bills Despite 7% Rate Cut • Hecht Outlines Priorities, Asserts Independence From Spinzia at Rhinebeck Democrats Club Forum • Find Your Flow: A Guide to Yoga Studios in Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Tivoli • Rhinebeck Villas Project on Route 9G Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Soil Contamination Questions • With New Funding, Beloved Bulkeley Circus Revival Puts Sixth Graders Center Stage • Red Hook Man Charged With Making Facebook Post That Falsely Implicated a State Trooper • The Catch-Up (Episode 47): How Big Should The Clinton Vineyard Restaurant Project Be? • Now Available: Our Catch-a-Camp Guide 2026 Edition for Kids and Families • Pupko Wins Second Term on Rhinebeck Village Board, as Neufeld Wins First; Tivoli Democrats Also Elected • Police, Residents Team Up to Nab Suspect on St. Patrick’s Day in Big Red Hook Cocaine Sales Case • Unionized Workers at Rhinebeck’s Northern Dutchess Hospital Rally for Pension Benefits • Schor Farm Rental Townhome Project Gets Clinton Planning Board Green Light After Months of Pushback • Political Newcomers Perry Allen and Craig Rothstein Win Seats on Red Hook Village Board, Defeating Incumbent Maccarini • New Ten-Lot Residential Subdivision Project off Route 308 Makes Initial Headway at Rhinebeck Planning Board • Six Senses Concession Fails to Calm Critics at Packed Clinton Public Hearing • Bard’s Botstein Invited Epstein Employee Who Recruited Victims to the College’s Smolny Campus in Russia • Three Candidates Face Off Wednesday for Two Seats on Red Hook Village Board: Read Their Ideas for the Future • On Red Hook’s Catholic Youth Courts, A Chance for All to Learn Basketball – and Build Character • Push to Revive the Rhinebeck Lions Club Mini Park Kiddie Section Gains Momentum • After Months of Debate, Clinton Planning Board Clears Path for New East Clinton Firehouse • The Catch-Up (Episode 46): Clinton Resident Betty Olson on Coping with Her Husband’s Memory Loss • Traffic and Other Concerns Force Further Scaling Back of Clinton Vineyard Restaurant Project • No Pride Parade for Red Hook and Rhinebeck in 2026 as BeckHook Pride Restructures • Officials Euthanize Ailing Canadian Goose Found on Rhinecliff Street; Avian Flu Suspected • Details Emerge for Bike-Pedestrian Path to Link Rhinecliff with Rhinebeck Village as Town Applies for $7-Million Federal Grant • After LeClerc Martial Arts Scandal, State Senate Moves to Bar Sex Offenders From Running Kids’ Programs • State Regulators Demand Action as Red Hook Village Wastewater Treatment Plant Overflows Twice More in February • Red Hook School Test Results Top State Averages but Trail Rhinebeck • The Catch-Up (Episode 45): An Interview With Bard Observer Editors • Three Artists Turn the Humble Doodle Into Fine Art in Rhinebeck Show March 7-April 26 • Milan Man Arrested After Allegedly Falsifying Address to Enroll Children in Red Hook Schools • Young Rhinebeck Family Displaced After Wednesday Fire Tears Through South Parsonage Street Home • After a Tough Winter, Rhinebeck Theater Presents Love and Laughter in 1980s Rom-Com ‘The Wedding Singer’ • The Short Catch: New Infant Care at Northern Dutchess, a Food-And-Learn Event, School Tax Credits + A Student Art Award • Milea Vineyard Restaurant Plan Uncorks New Development Debate in Clinton • In Wake of Botstein-Epstein Relationship, Bard Faculty Approve Statement Calling for Their Stronger Involvement in College Governance • Rhinebeck Planning Board Suspends Review of Rhinebeck Villas as State Regulators Flag Developer’s Wastewater Plan • Milan Author Debuts Novel of Music and Long-Buried Secrets at Wednesday Oblong Reading • After Habitas Collapse, Belvedere Mansion Goes Up for Sale with Broker Wendy Maitland Sharing Lifelong Ties to Estate • Uku Backs Newcomers Allen and Rothstein for Red Hook Board as Allen Issues Letter Citing Lack of Trust in Leaders • If Clear Skies Prevail, Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Set to Appear Tuesday Morning • From Field Notes to Public Record: Bard-Led Project Digitizes 50 Years of Saw Kill Science • Botstein Leaves His Fate as Bard President to Trustees, Proposes Bard Fund for Victims Using Epstein-Linked Donations • The Catch-Up (Episode 44): Rhinebeck’s Democratic Primary Heats Up • Epstein-Botstein Legal Review Will Take At Least Two Months, Bard Board Announces, as New Calls for Botstein Resignation Surface • Neighbor Concerns Over Rhinebeck Villas Fuel Tourism Tipping Point Discussion By Town Board • Cash-Strapped Sewer Fund Forces Red Hook Village to Borrow $205K to Cover Bond Payment and Avoid Default • After Nearly Two Decades Giving Sex Advice, Rhinecliff’s Emma Tourtelot Launches Debut Novel • Red Hook Wastewater Plant Records New Violations as Residents Fault Mayor’s Lack of Transparency • Campaigning on Change and Term Limits, Miller Launches Rhinebeck Supervisor Bid With Rhinecliff Tavern Event • From the ER to the Helm, Dr. Andy Wilson Is Reshaping the Future of Northern Dutchess Hospital • The Catch-Up (Episode 43): The Future of Linwood • Conservation Easement Emerges As Point of Contention Between Six Senses and Clinton Planning Board • Spinzia Will Not Seek Re-Election as Rhinebeck Supervisor; Debbie Hecht and Amanda Miller Set to Run in Democratic Primary • Young Bard Conductor, 35, Dies After Injuries Sustained Fixing a Flat Tire on Taconic Parkway • Jeffrey Epstein’s Playbook for Bard’s Botstein: Humiliate, Disparage, Reject, Repeat • Bard Trustees Retain Prominent Law Firm to Review Botstein’s Communications With Jeffrey Epstein; Statement Does Not Discuss Succession • After Losing Home in California Wildfires, Bard Grads Plan New Bagel Shop for Tivoli Jaeger Haus Location • Artisanal Grocer, with Locally Sourced Foods, Is Coming to Rhinebeck Village • Rhinebeck School Board Weighs School Tax Breaks for Seniors and Emergency Responders • Clinton Proposes Tax on High-End Home Sales and Overnight Stays, Aimed at Nonresidents • Unlicensed Family Cannabis Operation Raided in Clinton, Officials Say; $900,000 in Products Seized • Protest Calling for Botstein’s Resignation Draws Just Eight, and None are Students; Walkout Plan Also Fizzles • New Owner Promises Classic Fare, Fresh Start for Beloved Elizaville Diner • Architect Raises Alarm Over Deterioration at 1914 Rhinecliff Station (with Video▶) • Fake News Release Says Bard’s Botstein is Resigning Immediately in Connection with Epstein Interactions; He’s Not • With Big Projects Looming, Red Hook Village Voters Face Crucial One-Year Choice in Contested Board Election • Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe • The Catch-Up (Episode 42): New Epstein Files Detail Ties to Bard College President Leon Botstein • Rhinebeck Town Planning Chair Signs Off: Exclusive Members Club, Soho House, Is Ready to Build • After Heated Hearing, Red Hook Trustees Vote 3-1 to More Than Double Sewer Rates • Botstein Provided Personal Four-Hour Tour of Bard to Epstein and Three Women in May 2013 • The Short Catch: Art Box Contest, Calvart Vaux Tours, and Sustainability Guide • Jeffrey Epstein’s May 3, 2013 Bard Visit: The Day in Photos • Rhinebeck’s Linwood Goes to Market With Multiple Buyers Interested As RFP Says Town May Be Open to Zoning Changes • Bard Community Confronts Epstein Scandal with Petitions, Planned Protest, and Student Meeting • No Consensus Among Bard Faculty on Response to New Details of Botstein–Epstein Relationship • Bard Students Witnessed Young People Getting into Epstein’s Helicopter After 2013 Botstein Meeting • Rhinebeck’s Antonio Delgado Drops Out of Governor’s Race, Cites “No Viable Path Forward” • Mixed Emotions As Bard Students and Alumni Grapple With Botstein’s Leadership Amid New Epstein Revelations • Botstein Releases Letter to Bard Community, Defends Connections to Epstein as Important for Fundraising • In New Letter, Rhinebeck Chamber Pushes Economic Proposals While Criticizing Town Board’s “Disingenuous” Outreach • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck vs. Taconic Hills (Feb. 4, 2026) & Highland (Feb. 5, 2026), JV Girls Basketball • Zoning Study Sparks Bitter Red Hook Village Board Showdown • As AT&T Lags On Its Red Hook Cell Tower, Service Gaps Persist Across Northern Dutchess • Rhinebeck Supervisor and Village Mayor at Odds Again, Now Over Hudson 7 Coordinator Pay • Epstein Files Detail Years of “Friendship” Between Bard President and Jeffrey Epstein • From Blemished Fruit to Boutique Bottles: The Root Cellar Winery Plans Spring Opening in Upper Red Hook • Firehouse Nears Approval as Clinton Residents Criticize Prolonged Review • New Charlie O’s Owners Plan Growth, Fresh Programming, and a Wider Audience As They Hold Tight to Tradition • The Catch-Up (Episode 41): Coping with Memory Loss • Questions Remain about the Impact on Water and Bedrock as Rhinebeck Villas Environmental Review Continues • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck vs. Millbrook – Varsity Boy’s Basketball (Jan. 23, 2026) • Wind, Water, and Wonder: Teaching Kids to Love the Hudson—By Letting Them Sail It • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck vs. Hudson JV Girls Basketball (Jan. 29, 2026) • Caught Between Zoning Requirements and Preserving Farmland, Clinton ZBA Finds Unusual Solution • Town of Rhinebeck Replaces Town Attorney Warren Replansky But Keeps Him on Six Senses Lawsuit • After Years of Delay, Rhinecliff Amtrak Station Upgrades Gain Momentum, With New Overpass Drawing Scrutiny • Red Hook Moves to Create New Water District to Support South Broadway Development • What Happens to a Marriage When Memory Goes? Three Local Couples Share Their Stories • Red Hook Village Board Race, Set for March, Takes Shape as New Candidate Steps Up to Run • The Catch-Up (Episode 40): Rhinebeck’s Fire Services Dispute • Proposed Metro-North Service Between City and Albany Is Scrapped as Amtrak Promises Full Restoration of Empire Line by March • Red Hook Village Board Votes to Require a Modest Fee for Electric Vehicle Charging at Municipal Lot • A Close Vote, a New Committee, and a Hope for Belonging in Red Hook Schools • Incumbent Pupko and Political Newcomer Neufeld Handily Win Rhinebeck Village Board Democratic Primary; No Republican Steps Up • Rhinebeck Village Board GOP Caucus and Democratic Primary Both Set for Tuesday • “Athletes in Action”: Dover vs. Rhinebeck – Girls Varsity Basketball (Jan. 21, 2026) • Inside the Plow: Rhinebeck Highway Crews Battle Winter Storm Fern Mile by Mile, 114 in All • Travel Ban Lifted at Noon Monday; Snow Total Exceeds 18 Inches in Northern Dutchess • Red Hook’s Annandale Bridge Set for Replacement, With Wider Lanes and New Sidewalks • Chamber Centers State of Rhinebeck Event on Economy and Housing, Without Town’s Top Official • The Storm in Photos: From You, Our Readers (and Please Send More) • Red Hook Stationery Co. Up for Sale as Owner Shifts Focus to Family and Other Projects • As Hotel Proposal Advances, Rhinebeck Planning Board Signals Broader Questions About Route 9G’s Future • The Catch-Up (Episode 39): Inside Red Hook’s New High School Course Proposals • Six Senses Review Continues as Clinton Planning Board Weighs Whether to Demand Further Environmental Study • Boat Club Sues Town Again, Saying New Zoning Laws Still Fall Short of Required Environmental Review • Textile Recycling Program Helpsy Launches in Rhinebeck and Red Hook • Pavel Continues to Struggle in Kramatorsk, Working Two Jobs as Russia Encroaches • Why the Chicken Crossed Route 199: Iconic Milan Sign Moves On • “Athletes in Action”: Millbrook vs. Rhinebeck – Modified Girls Basketball (Jan. 12, 2026) • Former Chamonix Manager to Open Her Own Bridal Studio in Courtyard Behind Bread Alone • The Short Catch: Grants Galore, VFW 7765 in the News + More • After Five Years, Bard Completes $500 Million Soros Challenge Grant, Yielding a $1 Billion Endowment • Defying School District Policies, Rhinebeck Students Leave Class Early in Protest of ICE Actions • After Resident Pushback, Red Hook Village Revises Snow Removal and Salt Fees • Mid-Contract, Rhinebeck Supervisor Challenges Village on Fire Protection, Says Mayor Has Not Been Transparent About Costs • Red Hook Installs Free Narcan Vending Machine, First Public Unit in Northern Dutchess • News Analysis: Kristina Dousharm, New Town Board Member, Signals a More Questioning, Public-Focused Era in Red Hook • Race Cars, Welding, and Cyber Defense: Red Hook High Plans More Hands-On Coursework for 2026–27; Also Seeks IB Theater Course • Red Hook’s Legal and Planning Bills for Boat Club Eminent Domain Case Top $250,000 as Mandated Mediation Continues • As the Restaurant Bia in Rhinebeck Closes, Wunderbar Bistro of Hudson Plans to Take Over the Space • Red Hook Town Board Votes to Start on $1.7M Water Tank Fix Even as Bard’s Contribution to Project Remains Unclear • Resident Concerns Over Draft Wetlands Law Prompt Clinton Town Board to Keep Public Hearing Open • Pre-K Registration for 2026-27 Opens in Red Hook and Rhinebeck • The Catch-Up (Episode 38): Meet the Rhinebeck Village Board Candidates • Red Hook Village Proposes 130% Sewer Rate Hike as Operating Costs Far Exceed Projections • New Fire Chief Takes Charge as Red Hook Confronts Volunteer and Budget Strains • Homeowners’ Ordeal Highlights Stakes of Clinton’s Proposed Wetlands Law • Rhinebeck Democratic Village Board Hopefuls Lay Out Views at Candidate Forum • Red Hook Cuts the Ribbon on $7.8M Gym Makeover (with Video▶) • Reader Survey 2026 • Red Hook Police Use Stolen Vehicle’s GPS Tracking Data to Locate and Arrest Rhinebeck Woman • The Catch-Up (Episode 37): Rising Rhinebeck Tensions and the Occupancy Tax • Rhinebeck Cemetery Chapel Poised for New Life as Public Gathering Space • Red Hook’s Beloved Locavore Market, Sister to Rhinecliff’s Epicurean, Closes After Landlord Dispute • Rhinebeck Board Proposes Meeting to Restore Relations with Local Chamber but Suggests President Should Not Attend; Chamber Says No Way • The Short Catch: Rhinebeck Fire Assist, Honor for Red Hook School Leader, Meals for the Needy + More • Kingston Man, 19, Whose Vehicle Crossed Median in Friday’s Route 9G Collision, Is the Deceased, Police Say • A head-on collision at 3297 Route 9G near the Route 308 interchange has been reported on the Dutchess County Scanner feed • “You’re Just Not Quite the Real Thing”: Mary Grace Williams on Faith, Sexism, and the Call to Ministry (Part 6 of 6) • Two New Red Hook Town Board Members Sworn In Thursday; Hope to Change Course of Boat Club Plan • Blown Away: What’s Behind the Hudson Valley’s Sudden Howling Wind • After Years of Delay and Unexpected Loss, an Artisanal Cannabis Dream Takes Root in Red Hook • Big Gestures, Pentecostal Passion, and the Drive to Heal Inspire New Beginnings Pastor Susan DeVuyst (Part 5 of 6) • Two People Injured Monday in Red Hook Crash When Man Runs a Stop Sign, Police Say • From Wall Street to Red Hook: Canon Jeanne Person Serves Two Red Hook Episcopal Churches (Part 4 of 6) • Daily Catch Names First Newsmakers of the Year: Robert McKeon and Richie Ross • $2.6M State Grant Pushes Red Hook Sewer Project Along South Broadway Closer to Reality • After the Storm: A Reader Photo Gallery • No Snow Day Here: Red Hook Farmer Ken Migliorelli’s Relentless Push Through the Storm • Amtrak Train Hits Car Just South of Poughkeepsie; No Fatalities Reported • The Plows are Out and Produce from Migliorelli Farm is on the Move: The Storm in Photos and Stories • “Athletes in Action”: Hudson vs. Red Hook – Boys Basketball (Dec. 5, 2025) • From Latin and Greek to the Pulpit at Four Churches, Caroline Berninger Earns Support for Her Warmth (Part 3 of 6) • Snow — Possibly Lots of It — is On the Way Amid Biting Cold Temperatures • Decades of Incarceration End as a Man Comes Home to the Local Quaker Community That Sustained Him • A New Chapter at St. John’s: Meet Alisha Riepma-Hosier, Red Hook’s Youngest Pastor (Part 2 of 6) • Angelina Jolie’s Upcoming Thriller Film to Shoot for One Day in Rhinebeck Village on Jan. 5 • Why Women Now Hold 6 of 8 Pulpits in Red Hook, Defying a Male-Dominated National Trend (Part 1 of 6) • Children and Parents Delight at VFW 7765 Holiday Event (with Video▶) • The Catch-Up (Episode 35): Inside Red Hook’s International Baccalaureate Program • Clinton Firehouse Debate Heats Up Over Potential Impact on Historic Quaker Meeting Site • Rhinebeck Cemetery Joins Veterans’ Wreaths Across America Ceremony for First Time • With Bertozzi Stepping Down, Rhinebeck Village Board Race Draws Three-Way Democratic Contest • Clinton Planning Board Presses Six Senses on Wastewater Treatment Options • Bucking Tradition: Why Some Hudson Valley Environmentalists Are Picking Up Rifles • ‘Dances with the Polar Bear’ Brings a Taste of Sinterklaas Back to Rhinebeck • After Years of Low Rates, Rhinecliff Fire Tax Surges to Cover Capital Projects • Photo Gallery: Sixth Annual Parade of Lights Unfolds Saturday in the Village of Red Hook • From Elite Track to Broad Appeal: IB Diploma Enrollment Doubles at Red Hook High School • Early Snowfall Wipes Out Winter Income for Local Greens Farmers • Red Hook Student Enrollment Down 31%, But Costs Up as District Prepares for Another Tight Budget Year • Beekman Arms Hopes to Have New Sidewalk and Trees in Place By Christmas After Permitting Hiccup • The Catch-Up (Episode 34): Parking and Holiday Spirit in Rhinebeck • New Overnight Warming Shelter Coming to Red Hook After St. Christopher’s Site Forced to Close • Town Board Resubmits—and Passes—Waterfront Zoning After Judge Faults Earlier Version • Rhinebeck Students Beat State Averages, but District Warns Scores Tell Only Part of the Story • Village Mayor: ‘Holidays Not Canceled’ as Rhinebeck Rallies to Restore Traditions • Red Hook Community Center To Launch Five-Year, $470,000 Accessibility Overhaul with State and County Grants • Traffic, Safety, and Historic Charm Top Concerns as Red Hook Village Weighs Gateway North Zoning Study • Rhinebeck Town Board Approves Comprehensive Parking Plan That Brings Clarity to Rhinecliff Streets • Clinton Extends Hotel Development Moratorium as Six Senses Review Rolls On • Is This Biting Cold Normal? Absolutely Not! • From Appointee to Potential Power Player: Maccarini’s Decision Looms Large Over a High-Stakes March Election in Red Hook Village • Dr. George E. Verrilli, Physician, Founder of Neugarten Family Birth Center and Red Hook Community Center, Dies at 96 • Hundreds Attend Red Hook Tree Lighting as Citizens Bond Over Kids’ Crafts, Adult Drinks — and Santa (with Video▶) • Clinton ZBA Weighs Open-Space Waiver for Schor Farm’s 12-Unit Housing Plan • Rhinebeck Village Holiday Traditions in Flux: No Tree or Ceremony for 2025, Menorah’s Future Uncertain • Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra Returns to Rhinebeck for A Christmas Carol Sinfonietta and A Holiday Group Sing • Town of Rhinebeck Discovers It Has No Enforceable Parking Laws — and Moves to Fix the Gap • The Catch-Up (Episode 33): The Story Behind Wonderland of Lights • The Season’s First Snow: Readers Capture the Magic of the Four-Inch Drop • Early-Season Snowstorm Targets Northern Dutchess as Meteorological Winter Begins • Red Hook Village Board Approves $1.95M Contract to Begin Sewer Expansion; Town Expects to Use One-Sixth of the Capacity • The Short Catch: Bard Grammy Nominees, Battenfeld’s Tourism Award + More • Rhinebeck’s Cindy Silver Mobilizes a Cross-River Network to Fill a Kingston Mutual Aid Food Fridge • Rhinebeck Town Board Approves New Parking Fines, Drops Controversial Jail-Time Proposal • Pavel Reports Life Unraveling in Kramatorsk as War Closes In • Horses Nudge Young Rhinebeck Readers Forward in Innovative Southlands Program • County Democratic Committee Won’t Pursue Disloyalty Charge Against Bassett, Says He Didn’t Actively Campaign • Boat Club Concerns Dominate Four-Hour Public Hearing Over New Red Hook Town Zoning Amendments • The Catch-Up (Episode 32): Local Schools Confront the AI Revolution • Inflation Relief Checks Up to $400 Are Hitting Mailboxes in Northern Dutchess County • Red Hook Weighs New Gateway North Business District as Trustee Raises Concerns It’s Too Restrictive • ‘A Sacred Place’: Families Reflect on 40 Years of Personal, Home-Like Care at Rhinebeck’s Neugarten Birth Center • Beekman Arms Begins Front-Facing Makeover Including Bluestone Sidewalk and Tree Removal • Rhinebeck School Board Backs Update on Handling Political, Sensitive Topics in the Classroom • In New WKZE Radio Series, Red Hook Teen Draws Out the Untold Stories of Local Veterans • Clinton Planning Board Keeps Public Hearing Open on Proposed $6M Firehouse After Residents Raise Questions • After Years Of Planning and Review, Locust Hill Project Secures Conditional Approval • Red Hook Failed to Assess Full Impact of Bard-Simon’s Rock Relocation to Barrytown, Petition Asserts • The Short Catch: Red Hook Comp Plan Survey, Bard Advocates for ICE Detainee, Voting Rights Event at Upstate + More • Six Senses Debate Roils Local Clinton Election, but Incumbents Keep Their Seats • Lions Club Raises $50K for Mini Park, But One Village Leader Says Conversation About Donation is Premature • Clinton $4.1-Million Budget Holds Line on Taxes, Boosts Employee Wages • The Catch-Up (Episode 31): Red Hook’s Planning Board (Again) Faults Town’s Boat Club Park Plan • Police Shut Down Smoke Shop in Center of Red Hook Village for Illegal Sale of Cannabis • Neighbor Who Sued to Stop Six Senses Withdraws from Lawsuit; Says He Now Supports the Development • Red Hook Planning Board Again Finds Town in Violation of Waterfront Policies Over Boat Club Plan, Says It Is Ignoring a Court Order • Ryan Leads Speak-Out Urging ICE to Release Detained Bard Student and Afghan Refugee • From Mississippi to Messiah: New Rector Brings Warmth, Faith, and Fresh Eyes to Rhinebeck • Red Hook Man Charged With Aggravated DWI, Four Times Legal Limit • Ferncliff Nursing Home Staff Member Charged After Alleged Assault on Resident • “Building the Plane as We Fly It”: Red Hook and Rhinebeck Schools Wrestle with How To Adapt in the Age of AI • A Final Dance: Red Hook Rotary Honors Women Behind Decades of Safe Prom Nights • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck Hawks v Burke Catholic Eagles Boys Varsity Soccer (Nov. 03, 2025) • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck Hawks v Burke Catholic Eagles Girls Varsity Soccer (Nov. 01, 2025) • “No Dolby System Can Match This:” Bard Musicians Revive Jurassic Park in Real Time • The Short Catch: Ladies’ Tennis Win and Rollover Crash in Rhinebeck • Tacos With a Mission: Red Hook Eighth Graders Turn Dinner Into a Lesson in Giving • Red Hook Allocates $400K for Water Tank Repairs, Eyes New Pump Work to Shore Up Aging Water System • The Catch-Up (Episode 30): A Blue Wave Sweeps Dutchess County • Our Year-End Fundraiser: 6 Questions for Publisher Walter Mullin • For Some Rhinebeck Voters, National Issues Eclipse Local Rivalries Amid Last-Minute Write-in Campaign • Amid Double-Digit Insurance Hikes for Employees, Town of Rhinebeck Raises Budget, But Property Taxes Should be Flat • Red Hook’s Town Board Has a New Look, as Migliorelli and Dousharm Coast to Victory with Boat Club Center-Stage • Blue Wave Sweeps Through Dutchess County with Democrats Flipping the Legislature; Spinzia Fends Off Write-In Challenge • A Red Hook Halloween in Vibrant Photos • Citing Disloyalty, Rhinebeck Town Board Candidate and Others Seek Removal of Village Mayor from Democratic Committee • High-End Thrift: Designer Resale Shop to Open in Rhinebeck • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck Hawks v Onteora Eagles Girls JV Volleyball (Oct. 30, 2025) • “Keep Doing What You Can”: At 95, Red Hook’s Water Board Director Reflects on 25 Years of Service and a Life of Purpose • The Catch-Up (Episode 29): Close-Up on Races for Comptroller, County Judge — and the Stealth Campaign to Unseat Spinzia • Rhinebeck Board Hits Brakes on Proposed Town Parking Law That Includes Fines – and Jail Time – for Repeat Offenders • New Business for Charlie O’s Location Files for Liquor License; Venue with Live Music Planned • SNAP Cuts Could Leave Thousands Hungry in Dutchess County: Local Food Pantries Brace for Surge • Tensions Boil Over Between Rhinebeck Supervisor and Chamber President as Accusations Fly • Ahead of Small Tax Hike for 2026, McKeon Cautions of More Small Jumps Ahead for Red Hook • Stealth Write-in Campaign Launched to Unseat Rhinebeck Supervisor, Hours After Early Voting Begins • Two Local Men Detained By ICE Continue Push to Remain in America, with Outpouring of Support • County Awards $2.3M Boost to Cookingham and Locust Hill Housing Projects • Decades After Threatening to Kill Red Hook High Teacher, Woman is Arraigned on Texas Murder Charge • District 19 Showdown Shapes Up for County Legislature as Another Pulver Takes Aim at Drago • Turning Pain to Purpose, Local Fencer Rises from Injury to Paralympic World Stage • Point Your Phone, and Rhinebeck’s Spirits Come to Life with Digital History Project (▶ with video) • Red Hook Kicks Off Comprehensive Plan Visioning Workshops to Shape Town’s Future • How a Neighbors’ Dispute Turned Criminal: Alleged Joseph Dalu Victim Talks About Rhinebeck Case • Public Hearing on Six Senses Draws Dozens as Hyde Park Town Board Weighs Road Access Concerns • Clinton Man, 34, Arrested for Threatening Life of U.S. House Minority Leader • The Catch-Up (Episode 28): New Programs Debut at Rhinebeck and Red Hook Schools • Tattoo Studio, Believed to Be Rhinebeck’s First Such Storefront, To Open Soon • Metro-North to Add A Round Trip Linking New York City to Albany, Launching 2026 • Two Separate Crashes on South Broadway Injure Three in Red Hook • In a Bid for Efficiency, Tivoli Partners with Red Hook for Trash and Recycling Pickup • Red Hook High School Expands Access to College Credits At No Cost to Families • With Homemade Signs and Impassioned Chants, Hundreds Rally in Rhinebeck to Declare, ‘No Kings’ • Bard Student, an Afghan Refugee, Is Detained by ICE After Routine Immigration Interview • The Catch-Up (Episode 27): Inside “Sweeney Todd” at the Center for Performing Arts • Tivoli Moves Forward on Long-Awaited Firehouse Expansion With Village Approval to Issue Bonds • Rhinebeck Village Board Creates Business District Improvement Committee • Six Senses Landowner, Supporters Challenge Rhinebeck’s Authority to Sue to Block Major Hotel Development • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck Hawks v Webutuck Boys Varsity Soccer (Sept. 30, 2025) • Healing in Their Own Language: Red Hook Chiropractor Carves Out Niche with Hispanic Community • Elementary Innovation: Rhinebeck Adds Daily Time for Targeted Learning • Red Hook Proposes New Waterfront Zoning to Comply With Court Order, Keep Eminent Domain Plan Alive • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck & Red Hook Cross Country at Montgomery Place – Mixed Modified/Boys Varsity/Girls Varsity (Oct. 08, 2025) • In Defiant Harmony, Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band To Take the Stage at Bard • Emergency Generator Keeps Rhinebeck Schools Running After Tuesday Electrical Pole Fire • Megabrain Comics to Close After Eight Years in Hudson Valley • DEC Greenlights Red Wing Mining Expansion, As Rhinebeck and Neighbors Vow to Keep Fighting • The Short Catch: Ambitious High School Runners + National Merit Finalists • Early Voting for Fall Election Season Starts Oct. 25 with Town Board and County Seats Up for Grabs • Dutchess Judge Showdown: Voters Weigh Money, Ethics, and Values in Final Weeks of Court Race • From Trash to Treasure: A Cluttered Milan Home Gets Its Fifteen Minutes of Fame • At Bard Talk, Botstein Laments Apathetic Public Response to Trump Attacks on Higher Education • New Early Childhood Agricultural Program Proposed at Greig Farm, But It Faces a Zoning Snag • At Pony Up Rescue Collective, Kelsey Merrow Rescues Horses, Connecting People Who Can Love Them • The Oldest Aircraft in the Americas, Blériot XI, Soars Again at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome • After Gaming Blockbusters, Emmy-Winning Writer Launches Red Hook Sci-Fi Comic Studio • After Gun is Found, Red Hook Police Seek Public’s Help on Tuesday Dispute • The Catch-Up (Episode 26): A Terrible Car-Horse Crash + Winnakee Has a New Land Strategy • ‘Hot’ News: Red Hook’s First Outdoor Community Sauna Wins Planning Board Approval • Playground on Pause: As Rhinebeck Village Grapples With $220K Drainage Fix, Future of Kiddie Section of Mini Park Remains Unclear • As Russians Bear Down on Kramatorsk, Pavel Again Contemplates a Move to Western Ukraine • Motorcyclist Dead After Crash with Horse on Route 9G • Dry Days in Dutchess: What’s Behind the Lack of Rain? • Vengeance Infuses Meat Pies as Rhinebeck Theater Serves Up Sondheim’s Grisly Classic, “Sweeney Todd” • Firefighters Battle Two Weekend Red Hook Fires, One at the Aerodrome and Another Leading to An Arrest • Music to Their Ears: Linden Avenue Middle School Debuts State-of-the-Art Piano Classroom • Beyond Easements: Winnakee Builds a New Model for Active Land Management in the Hudson Valley • Empress EMS Acquires Northern Dutchess Paramedics, Pledges Faster Response Times, But One Expert is Skeptical • Rhinebeck American Legion Post 429 Launches GoFundMe Campaign After Insurance Denies Fire Claim • “Super-Express” Metro-North Trains Between Poughkeepsie and City To Start Monday, Ahead of Schedule • Red Hook Wastewater Plant Back on Track After Summer Mix-Up Pushes It Out of Compliance • Devereux Employee Arrested on Felony Charge of Hitting Resident During Transportation Detail • The Catch-Up (Episode 25): The Dangerous Sheen on the Hudson River • Town of Rhinebeck and Sisters of St. Ursula Present Shared Vision for Linwood • Are You Affected by the Federal Government Shutdown? Share Your Story • Photo Gallery: Chalk Artists Take to the Streets in Tivoli • Town of Red Hook Takes First Step to Lower Speed Limits, Hiring Engineer to Review 59 Miles of Roadway • Coal Tar Sheen Raises Alarms Over Hudson Drinking Water • Rhinebeck Restaurateur Gun Case Transferred to Red Hook, Hearing Rescheduled • Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce, Signaling Deep Frustration with Town Supervisor, Pens Letter Asserting its Commitment to Business Advocacy • Rhinebeck’s “Black Gold” Draws a Crowd at Compost Facility Tour at Local Stable (with Video) • Red Hook Approves 5% Water Hike But Bigger Jump May Come Next Year to Fix Rusting Tank • Turning the Page on 50 Years, Oblong Books Celebrates Its Success as a Hudson Valley Institution • The Catch-Up (Episode 24): The Beautiful, Dangerous Slime That’s Coating the Hudson River • No Sinterklaas After All: Rhinebeck’s Beloved Festival Canceled in 2025 For Lack of Funding; Trump Tariffs Also a Factor • Three Months After Voting Down Display of Pride Flag, Red Hook Trustee Splits With Village Board on Breast Cancer Resolution • Coalition Forms to Fight Legislation to Convert Central Hudson to Government-Run Utility • Congressman Pat Ryan Meets with Red Hook Businesses As They Share Experiences of Tariff Fallout • Would Central Hudson as a Public Authority Enhance the Transition to Renewable Fuels? The Debate Continues • Boat Club Files Two New Court Cases to Try to Halt Eminent Domain Plan; McKeon Asserts Anew His Hope for a Partnership • The Tow Truck Men With Heart Clear the Amtrak Rhinecliff Lot – And Save Commuters Some Grief • Should Central Hudson Be Converted to a Public Authority? Experts Debate the Pros and Cons Amid Consumer Frustration with Status Quo • A Friendly Crowd Gathers in Rhinebeck to Support the Controversial Six Senses Luxury Resort Project • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v FDR Volleyball (Sept. 16, 2025) • Massive Harmful Algae Bloom Paints the Hudson River Green for Miles; Researchers Call It “Unprecedented” • As Locust Hill Project Inches Ever-Closer, One Planning Board Member Suggests a Paved Sidewalk That Could Stall Approvals • Northern Sections of Amtrak Parking Lot to be Closed for Part of Next Week for Repaving • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck Hawks v Highland Girls Varsity Soccer (Sept. 12, 2025) • The Catch-Up (Episode 23): A Barrytown Resident Suggests an Idea for the Boat Club • High Stakes for a Low-Profile Post: In Comptroller Race, Dutchess Voters Weigh Democrat Aymar-Blair Against Republican Truitt • From Soup Kitchen Volunteer to Top Chef: New Leader Takes the Reins in Red Hook and Rhinebeck School Cafeterias • Rhinebeck Village Secures $603K for Energy Upgrades for Village Hall and Firehouse As Trump Threatens Funds • Rhinebeck’s Flag Football Coach Honored With New York Jets’ Coach Game Changer Award • The Catch-Up (Episode 22): Problems at the Pig Pen and Addressing the Suicides at the Bridge • Red Hook Students to Explore News, Storytelling, and Podcasts in New Elective • Building on Love and Loss: The Female Executive Leading Koerner Construction Marks 20 Years with Pride • Father of Convicted Martial Arts Sex Offender Says Son Must Pay Debt to Society • A Newly Minted Black Belt Brings a Gentler Approach and Philosophy of Life to Jiu-Jitsu in Tivoli • Tyler LeClerc, Hyde Park Sex Act Offender with Minor Girls, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison • Rhinebeck Village Trustee Apologizes for Using “Inappropriate” Language, but Debate About Underlying Issue of Occupancy Tax Continues • Meet The Pear Whisperer Who Outsmarted The Dreaded Psylla Insect and Revived Red Hook’s Orchards • The Catch-Up (Episode 21): An Unusual Choice for the CENTER’s “Annie” Lands Two Casts for One Show • Valatie Man Arrested for Forcible Touching Aboard an Amtrak Train at Rhinecliff Station • Bridge Beauty Bout: Citizens Can Weigh in With Preferences for Cookingham-to-Rec Park Bridge • Red Hook Moves Forward with Ambitious New Park Project at Camp Rising Sun; Trails, Picnic Spot and Wildlife Viewing Platform Planned • The Catch-Up (Episode 20): Finale at the Fair With “Master Showman” Emily Coon of Red Hook + More • Rhinebeck’s Spinzia and Ulster Town Supervisor Plan to Meet with Bridge Authority Over New Spate of Suicides on Bridge • Dutchess Fair Pig Drama, with Humans Breaching the Pen, Results in Arrest, Resignation, and Anger • Following FBI Investigation, Red Hook Man Arrested Friday, Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Minors • Honduran Immigrant Gerson Turcios Wins Temporary Stay to Remain in America, Is Transported Back to Orange County from Louisiana • As Russian Army Approaches Kramatorsk, Pavel Finds Work in a Pet Clinic and Dreams of Earning a Visa to Farm in America • www.thedailycatch.orgSix Students Awarded $5,000 in 2025 Rhinebeck Farmers Market Scholarships • Gerson Turcios Moved to Rural Louisiana Staging Facility Used by ICE Ahead of Deportations • The Hidden Plight of Pear Blight: A Daily Catch Mini-Documentary • A $2,300 Chicken and a $12,210 Steer: Big-Ticket Sales and Bittersweet Farewells Define Saturday’s Youth Livestock Sale • Mill Road Elementary to Receive 70 New iPads to Replace Aging Devices and Augment Current Inventory • Faces of the Fair (Friday): A Star-Studded National Anthem, A Mourning Jerky Seller + Veterans Preventing Suicide • CENTER in Rhinebeck Stages Dual-Cast Annie In Bid to Showcase The Burgeoning Acting-Singing Talent of the Hudson Valley • FBI Completes Investigative Action on Manor Road in Red Hook Friday; Reason Is Not Clear • Wildflower Montessori Child Care Center, Straddling Rhinebeck and Red Hook, Wins Approval; Will Also Offer Affordable Housing to Teachers • Faces of the Fair (Thursday): Father-Son Meat Preppers, Rail History Buffs, and ThinkDifferently Thursday • Through the Lens: Photos of the Fair, Day 2 • Faces of the Fair (Wednesday): Swept Away by Love of Brooms, a Calf is Born, and Rain Slicker Safety • Near-Upset at Red Hook Democratic Caucus Leaves Town Asking: Who Is Zoe Evans? • Through the Lens: Photos of the Fair (Dogs Catch Frisbees, Oxen Haul Bricks) • From Miles to Meals: Rhinebeck Cyclist’s 10,000-Mile Achievement To Be Marked With Party to Support Messiah’s Food Pantry • Faces of the Fair (Tuesday): The Balloon Buster, The Coaster Clients & The Bird Craft Seller • The Catch-Up (Episode 19): We’re Live at the Fair With Red Hook’s Veggie Champion Plus 4-H Kids and Their Mentors and Moms • Tivoli Route 9G Intersection to Get a Four-Way Traffic Light After Nearly a Decade of Study • “Nature’s the Toughest Competitor”: Red Hook Gardener Wins 10th Grand Champion Title at Dutchess Fair Vegetable Contest • Faces of the Fair: A Vigilant Vet, An Ambitious Holstein Show Girl, and A Pig Too Lean for Market • Passenger Rail Consumer Group Tries a Slick Brochure to Get Rhinecliff Station Overhaul Moving — and Citizens Complaining • Saturday Crash at Route 9G and Rokeby Road Requires Jaws of Life to Extricate Milan Woman • Ushering 6-Pound Piglets and 1,400-Pound Cows, the Kids of Red Hook’s Hill-n-Hollow Farm Finish Dutchess Fair Move-In Day (With Some Help from Mom and Dad) • Sheriff’s Deputies Interrupt Early Sunday Burglary at Route 9G/199 Shell Gas Station • Honduran Immigrant Gerson Turcios, Detained by ICE in Rhinebeck Last Month, Moved to a Louisiana Detention Facility • From Tavern to Time Capsule: Elmendorph Inn to Become Local History Hub • Judge Rules Town of Red Hook Must Consider Its Eminent Domain Plans in Environmental Review of Local Zoning Law • Break Point Tennis Women’s Advanced Beginner Team, For First Time Ever, Heads to Nationals • Small Public Pollinator Gardens Coming to Red Hook and Rhinebeck to Inspire Local Gardeners • Brotherhood at Bat: Red Hook’s 37+ Softball League Finds Camaraderie is the Real Grand Slam • With a Nod to History, State Moves Forward on Landsman Kill Bridge Rehab in Rhinebeck • Rustic-Inspired Design Theme Among New Details Emerging for Proposed Rhinebeck Route 9G Hotel • Town of Red Hook Has Spent $108,000-Plus on Legal and Planning Bills for Boat Club Eminent Domain Action; Thousands More Possible if Plan Continues • Lost & Found at Red Hook’s Annex Antiques Center: Where Disco Balls, Deer Antlers, and Years of Friendship Connect • Red Hook Teen Philanthropist and Pianist Raises Major Donation for the Vassar NICU That Cared for Her • Anderson Center Employee Arrested Thursday For Endangering the Welfare of a Patient • Ten Days and Counting: Our 2025 Insider’s Guide to the Dutchess County Fair — Kids, Stunts, Music and Even Some VR Farming • From Seed to Sale – and Finally to Platter – The Tomato We’ve Been Following for 138 Days Makes It Off the Vine • Luxe Optique, Curated Eyewear Store, Coming to Rhinebeck Village; New Hair Salon Also Wins Approval • Automobile Caravan Rolls into Rhinebeck Shining Spotlight on Immigrants’ Role on New York Farms • State DEC Shaves $19,800 Off Red Hook Village Wastewater Plant Fine; Village Now Faces $5,000 Payment • Glow-Up in the Garden: Tucked Away at Montgomery Place, Bard Launches a Trial Seed Project That’s Bursting with Blooms • The Catch-Up (Episode 17): Red Hook’s Plans to Add Sewer Service and Quadruple Treatment Plan Capacity • Rhinebeck Takes First Step Toward Building Community Solar on Former Landfill Site • The Short Catch: Anna Greig Wins Tennis Match; Molinaro Confirmed as Transit Head; Grants for Veterans Groups • Sudden Turn by Driver on Route 9G into Burger Hill Park Causes Crash Saturday Afternoon • Rhinebeck Town Board Signals Support for Rhinecliff Hotel’s Push to Add Parking Spots to Ease Challenge Renting the Property • Lawyers File Motion to Reopen Gerson Turcios’s Immigration Case, Likely Preventing His Immediate Deportation • Fragments of a Fractured World: Rhinebeck Artist Franc Palaia’s Urban Walls Echo Today’s Hard Truths • Dreaming Big in a New Land: How Gerson Turcios Built a Landscaper’s Life in Rhinebeck from Scratch • Sweating and Stuck, Amtrak Passenger Keeps Her Wits For Nearly an Hour in a Broken Rhinecliff Elevator • The Catch-Up (Episode 16): ICE Makes an Arrest in Rhinebeck and a Community Reacts • Red Hook Applies for $300,00 Grant to Connect New Cookingham Trails via Pedestrian Bridge to the Rec Park • Basement Blooms: Buckets of Donated Flowers Become Vessels of Hope at Red Hook Community Center Program • Red Hook Town Pursues $1.25-Million Grant to Launch Long-Awaited Sewer Expansion Along South Broadway • Despite Objections by Environmental Advocates, Red Hook Seeks $10 Million Grant for Sewer and Wastewater Plant Expansion • Red Hook Library Lays Down New Five-Year Plan with More Outreach to Vulnerable Communities • Rhinebeck Town Board Cites Safety, Liability Risks as It Advances New Rhinecliff Parking Regulations • Police Apprehend UTV Driver After High-Speed Chase through Forest Park Neighborhood • Red Hook Boat Club Suggests Town Operate River Tours from Club’s Barrytown Pier as It Advances Public-Private Partnership • Solar Proposal for Soros Family Estate in Rhinebeck Draws Opposition from Southlands, Artist Neighbors • Red Hook Chamber of Commerce Names Founder of Stark Blooms Flower Farm as New Executive Director; Plans Expanded Services • From Scarves to Scents: Fig & Bella Brings Its Artisanal Flair, Forged in Hudson, to Rhinebeck • Rhinebeck Woman Among Applicants for New Program to Build Accessory Dwelling Units with $125,000 of Support • Rhinebeck Schools Hammer Out Details of ‘Bell-to-Bell’ Student Cell Phone Ban For All Buildings • Deportation Proceedings Against Honduran Immigrant Temporarily Stayed, After Dozens of Supporters Journey Hours to Federal Courthouse • Final Phase of Eric Schmidt’s Miniature Railroad on River Road Estate Wins Planning Board Approval • Shear Genius: Livestock Replace Lawn Mowers Clearing Invasives at Rhinebeck’s Wilderstein • Honduran Immigrant Has Court Hearing Wednesday; New Details Emerge of His Life – and One Caring Rhinebeck Teacher Who Tried to Help • The Catch-Up (Episode 15): A Tight Race Breaks Attendance Records at The Democratic Caucus • After Nationwide Search, Rhinebeck’s Church of the Messiah To Welcome New Rector from Mississippi • Fundraising Campaign for Honduran Immigrant Detained by ICE Raises $26,000 in Half a Day; Local Residents Vow Continued Support • Vandalism of Route 9 Signs Won’t Deter Local Businessman from Celebrating America’s Founding Principles • Honduran Immigrant, Former Rhinebeck High School Student, Detained Friday by ICE • At Second Dems Caucus, Dousharm and Migliorelli Win Again; Latecomer Zoe Evans Comes Within Six Votes as Kane Takes Fourth • Red Hook Democratic Caucus Sunday to Be More Family-Friendly, Says Lead Organizer of Childcare Options • The Short Catch: Cottage Fire at Bard-Massena, Grant for St. Paul’s Windows, Home Repair Program Seeks Applicants + Route 9 Accident • Citizen Scientists Identify Pollution Hotspots Behind Red Hook Public Library and Downstream of Wastewater Plant • After Month-Long Outage, Amtrak on Thursday Repairs Elevator at Rhinecliff Station • The Catch-Up (Episode 14 BONUS): A Close-Up Look at the Town Board Eminent Domain Vote • Panorama Early Childhood Set to Expand Rhinebeck School to Meet Toddler Daycare Need • State Regulators Propose $24,800 Fine for Village of Red Hook Over Wastewater Facility Violations • As Invasive Plants Gain Ground Across the Hudson Valley, Bard Shifts Strategy to Acceptance and Adaptation • Red Hook Village Appoints New Wastewater Plant Operator; Lead Manager is From Clermont • Red Hook Town Board, in 3-2 Vote, Approves Eminent Domain to Take the Red Hook Boat Club • Bard To Receive Real Estate Gift Valued at $44 Million-Plus That Will Likely Make it the Largest Property Owner in Hudson • The Catch-Up (Episode 13): A Cold Case Goes Warm; Arrest of Le Petit Bistro Owner; “Ride-Beck” Transit Service • Red Hook Town Board To Vote Tonight on Plan to Take Boat Club by Eminent Domain • Matt Vengrin’s Mental Focus, Honed at Red Hook High, Pays Off with Big Win at World Series of Poker • Dismissing Planning Board Opinions, Red Hook Supervisor Pushes Forward with Eminent Domain Plan • From Threats of a Mid-Year Closure, Northern Dutchess Day Care Completes A Remarkable Comeback • Red Hook Town Board Votes to Fight Petition for Referendum on Cookingham Affordable Housing • Led by Boat Club, Red Hook Citizens Submit Petition For A Public Vote on RUPCO Land Sale, Citing Lack of Transparency • Rhinebeck Village Mayor Proposes ‘Ride-Beck,’ a Free On-Demand Micro-Transit Service to Transport Residents to Popular Spots • Mornings at the Mobil: The Men of Rhinebeck Who Keep an Everyday Ritual and an Extraordinary Bond Alive • Red Hook Schools Ban Student Access to Smartphones at All School Buildings During School Hours • Court Throws Out Six Senses’ Motion to Disqualify Rhinebeck Town Lawyer • The Catch-Up (Episode 12): An Inside Look at the Six Sense Project + Updates on Dems Caucus and a New Pinball Arcade • Rhinebeck Owner of Le Petit Bistro Charged with Two Misdemeanors for Brandishing a Handgun During a Dispute, Police Say • State Police, Focusing on New Information in 31-Year-Old Murder Case, Dive North Spring Lake and Scour Area Monday • Red Hook Boat Club Members Explain and Defend a Lifestyle They’ve Forged Across Generations • Petals & Persistence: How Nancy Lee Centered Floral and Personal Growth Inside Her Red Hook Floral Shop • Red Hook and Rhinebeck School Per-Pupil Expenditures Far Outpace Inflation, Trending Considerably Above State Averages • Eco-Friendly Resort or Environmental Threat? An Insider Look at the Debate Over the Six Senses Development in Clinton • Red Hook and Rhinebeck Citizens in Clean Energy Limbo as Joule Pulls Out of Community Aggregation Program • Boat Club Lays Down Red Line — No Acquisition — In Latest Exchange of Letters with Town Supervisor • Teen Dirt Bike Rider Arrested Sunday After High-Speed Chase Through Red Hook • The Catch Up (Episode 11): Special Guest Troy Haley Discusses the District 20 County Legislature Race + More • Pac-Man, Pinball, and Soft Pretzels: Retro Arcade Plans Summer Opening in Rhinebeck Village • As Red Hook Village Mulls Selection of Next Wastewater Plant Operator, Coalition Questions the New Plan’s Viability • Rhinebeck High School Graduation: The Day in Photos • Large “Save the Boat Club” Signs Violate the Law, Red Hook Zoning Officer Says, As He Issues Citations Against Them • Independence Day Celebrations 2025 • Small City, Big Sound: In Post-Pandemic World, Kingston’s Music Scene Comes Roaring Back • Red Hook’s Second Solar Array Moves Forward with $1.8 Million Contract for Cookingham Farm Installation • Pulling a Rabbit Out of A Hat: Sinterklaas Plans a Magical Rhinebeck Return for 2025 • Ro-Lin Lanes Sold After Five Years on the Market; Indoor Sports Center Planned by Local Dad • Munn Defeats Haley After Contentious Democratic Primary for Dutchess County Legislator • The Catch Up Podcast: Headwinds at the Aerodrome, the Boat Club Makes an Offer + BeckHook Pride • Mother Nature Gets the Memo: First Full Week of Summer 2025 Sizzles With Heat Wave • Mill Road School Shut Tuesday after Fire; Primary Day Voting Available at Red Hook High School and Bard Campus Center • The Short Catch: New Home for Red Hook Responds, Pickleball Winners + New Director for Rhinebeck Writers Retreat • BeckHook Pride 2025: The Parade and Celebration in Photos • “A Tidal Wave of Love” in a Rainbow of Colors Washes Over Red Hook at Third BeckHook Pride Celebration • Red Hook High School Graduation: The Day in Photos • Dutchess Historical Society Has a Cool New Map – and Is Growing into Its Mission in New Rhinebeck Home • Fired Omega Institute Employee Returns to Site to Slash 30 Tires and Burglarize Kitchen, Police Say • Facing Regulatory Headwinds, Aerodrome Cancels Weekend Shows Again As It Awaits FAA Clearance for Key Personnel • Boat Club Makes First Overture to Town, Offering Limited Access to Its Boat Launch If Town Backs Off Eminent Domain Plan • After 40 Hearings and Years of Debate, Rhinebeck’s Rock Ledge Condo Project Gets the Go-Ahead • Germantown Driver In Critical Condition Following Fiery Red Hook Route 9 Crash • Daily Catch Awarded Landmark Grant to Fortify Its Future and Expand Local News Mission • It Takes a Village: Red Hook Sixth-Graders Paint Buildings They Love for Unique Art Installation • Man Who Struck Bard Pianist Apologizes at Sentencing, Expresses Empathy for Family’s Suffering • The Catch Up Podcast: How The Daily Catch Chased Down the ICE Rumor and More About the Democratic Caucus • Money in Hand, Red Hook School Board Formalizes Plans for Athletic Field Repairs • Republican Caucus Nominates Dave Mergendahl For Red Hook Town Board • In Final Pitch to Voters, Haley and Munn Tackle LGBTQ+ and Party Label Issues in Contentious County Legislature Primary • After Caucus Debacle, Red Hook Democrats Plan Move To Primary System in the Future; New Caucus To Be Called • Early Voting for Dutchess County Democratic Primary Runs Thru Sunday; Election Day Is Tuesday, June 24 • Rhinebeck ‘No Kings’ Rally Draws 1,200-Plus in Defiant Rebuke of Trump Administration and Military Parade • Barbershop Owner Says ICE Was Not On-Site to Detain Workers This Week, But Business Leaders Say Rumors Have Created Anxiety • Driver Accidentally Presses Accelerator, Not Brake, and Crashes into Wall at Stewart’s • Three Red Hook Students Earn Eagle Scout, Highest Rank in Scouting • Martial Arts Instructor Tyler LeClerc, Accused of Sex Acts with Minors, Takes Plea In Exchange for Reduced Sentence • Red Hook Democratic Chair Says She Knew Town Caucus Might Be Declared Invalid—But Held It Anyway • Pride Flag to Fly Again in Red Hook—But for a Shorter Timeframe • Rhinebeck Village Board Votes to Oppose Town’s Proposed Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax, Calling it Economically Risky • Bard Launches Air Quality Monitoring Platform for Hudson Valley with Hyperlocal Real-Time Reports • The Catch Up Podcast: Why is the Red Hook Democratic Caucus Being Challenged and What’s Next? Our Editor Explains. • Red Hook Sends Letter to Boat Club Exploring Public-Private Partnership Idea, and Club Sets Conditions for Dialogue • Red Hook Democratic Chair Says She Was Unaware Of Paperwork Error Before Caucus and Regrets Its Impact • Red Hook Twins Graduate at the Top of Their Class — and Stick Together for the Next Chapter • Parallel Progress: Engineers Rework Rhinecliff Hamlet Parking Plan with More Changes Still Likely • Responding to New State Law, Red Hook to Mandate Digital Detox with Phones in Lockers During School Day • Affordable Apartments at Locust Hill Finally Get Town of Rhinebeck’s Zoning Seal of Approval • Caucus Chaos: Democratic Elections Commissioner Sought to Skirt Law After Failing to Post Notice on Time, Colleague Says • Former Chief Operator at Red Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant Was Not Certified During Facility’s Worst Environmental Violations, Records Show • Red Hook Moves Forward with Partial Cookingham Sale for Affordable Housing Project • Dutchess Elections Officials Identify Defect with Red Hook Democratic Caucus, Say They May Have to Void Results • Three Red Hook Citizens File Objections to Democratic Caucus, Seeking to Nullify the Result • Debate Intensifies over Red Hook Village’s Plans for Treatment Plant Expansion as Mayor Says Facility Has Improved • The Tale of Five Stressful Days That Created a New Red Hook Political Party – And Perhaps, Say Its Founders, a Movement • Second Rhinebeck Neighbor Meeting Tackles Zoning, Housing, and Parking in a Lively Q&A • Red Hook Town Board Member Julia Solomon Splits from Supervisor McKeon, Declares She Does Not Support Boat Club Takeover • Red Hook Teen Pianist, Born As Her Mother Lay Dying, To Perform in Benefit Concert for Vassar’s NICU • Red Hook Teen Pens 494-Page Fantasy Epic — and Publishes It Herself • Red Hook Planning Board Says Eminent Domain Plan Violates Key Sections of Waterfront Revitalization Plan • The Catch Up: What Happened at Saturday’s Democratic Caucus and What’s Next? Our Editor Explains. • Flush After Caucus Victory, Dousharm and Migliorelli Endorse Troy Haley for Dutchess County Legislator • Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, Rhinebeck Resident, Enters Race for Governor, Will Challenge Hochul in Primary • Microtransit in Red Hook Gains Momentum as Town Orders New Electric Van • Bard Buys Piano Dedicated to Deceased Pianist Linh Nguyễn, Also Establishes Scholarship Fund in Her Memory • www.thedailycatch.orgAmid Strong Turnout, Red Hook Caucus Democrats Snub Incumbent Kane, All But Assuring Winners Dousharm and Migliorelli Spots on the Town Board • History for Sale as Rhinebeck Antiques Show Dealers Unveil a Thousand Stories — And Some Bargains • Red Hook Supervisor Suggests Mobile App Could Manage Parking Availability at Boat Club As Town Prepares to Answer Planning Board Questions • Row Covers Off, Stakes In: Our Early Girl Tomato Takes Root in the Race to Summer • Bard Poet and Literature Professor Rebecca Cole Heinowitz, 50, Drowns in California River Accident • County Legislative District 20 Race Heats Up with Surprise Endorsement in June 24 Democratic Primary • Red Hook May Host First Narcan Machine in Northern Dutchess County In Attempt to Curb Opiate Deaths • Daily Catch Brings Home Three New First Prize Honors in State Journalism Contest • The Catch Up Podcast Goes Weekly: Episode 6 Drops with Updates on School Board, Boat Club and Bard Pianist Death • Three Red Hook Town Board Candidates Share Their Views on Boat Club, Housing, and Land Use Ahead of Saturday Democratic Caucus • A Bard Graduation, A Tragedy, A Year Later: A Vietnamese Community’s Quest for Meaning in the Death of Their Beloved Pianist, Linh Nguyễn • Charges Filed Against Red Hook Man Living in Kansas for Making Online Threats Against Red Hook Town Supervisor • Red Hook Prepares to Request State Support for Sewer Expansion, As Smythe Reports Dramatic Improvement at Wastewater Plant • Red Hook Wins State Grant for Comprehensive Natural Resources Mapping • Boat Club Eminent Domain Public Hearing: The Evening in Photos • Where Paws Meet Prayer: Pastor Offers Gentle Benedictions at Rhinebeck Animal Celebration • Vowing to Press Forward, McKeon Asserts Red Hook Residents Support Boat Club Takeover Plan But Are Afraid to Speak Out • Rhinebeck Voters Largely Reject Teachers’ Union Endorsements in School Board Race: Incumbents Jenkins, Gorman Reelected • Red Hook Voters Roundly Approve Sod Field For High School After Three Turf Defeats; Borrelle and Boyd Win Seats on Board of Ed • Planning Board Presses Pause on Review of Park Plan for Boat Club, Citing Unclear Town Vision • Charlie, the Blind-Deaf Dog Who Galvanized Red Hook When He Ran Away (Then Returned), Dies at 17 • Dining on the Water: River Pavilion at Hutton Brickyards Welcomes Guests Back • Linwood Spiritual Center, 51 Prime Acres Along the Hudson, to Close After Six Decades; Future of Property Uncertain • Rhinebeck Attorney Pushes Back Against Removal Attempt in Six Senses Lawsuit as Opposing Petitions Circulate • Packed Four-Hour Public Hearing Slams Red Hook Boat Club Seizure Plan; No Citizen Speaks in Support • From Dogsleds to Documentaries: Journalist-Turned-Filmmaker Now Focuses on the Hudson • Sentencing for Rohan Patrick in Death of Bard Piano Student is Delayed Two Weeks After Family Seeks Restitution • The Short Catch: New Extortion Scam Hits Locals, Rhinebeck Supervisor Opposes Eminent Domain, Accessibility Grant for Libraries + Local Principal Earns Doctorate • Two Artists, One Marriage, Many Conversations: New Rhinebeck Exhibit Spotlights Work By Husband-Wife Duo • Teachers’ Union Makes First-Ever Endorsements in Rhinebeck School Race; Choices Could Dramatically Reshape Board • Red Hook Town Board Sends Coastal Impact Form to Planning Board Ahead of Friday’s Hearing on Boat Club Eminent Domain Plan • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Kingston Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse (May 10, 2025) • Locust Hill Public Hearing Brings Rhinebeck Development One Step Closer to Breaking Ground • Red Hook Village Trustee Stuns Colleagues With Surprise Resignation, Accuses Board of Fostering “Us vs. Them” Mentality • Cotton Candy, A Teacher’s Success, and Lots of Politicians: Apple Blossom Festival Unfolds Saturday Under Blue Skies • Free School Breakfast and Lunch, A $165 Monthly Savings for Families, Coming Next Year to All Red Hook and Rhinebeck Kids • Some Charges Against Former Area Building Inspector John Fenton Are Dropped; Earlier Conviction Stands • Four Red Hook Board of Ed Candidates, Vying for Two Seats, Share Bios and Ideas • Two Candidates for Town Board Denounce Eminent Domain Plan; Incumbent Kane Says It’s a Tool to Motivate a Private-Public Deal • Unprecedented Interest Fuels Rhinebeck School Board Race; Nine Candidates Share Bios and Ideas • Free Amtrak Parking in Rhinecliff Will End June 1 with $5 Fee Coming for Daily Commuters, $10 for Longer Term • Holiday Marketplace • Forks Up! Taste of Rhinebeck Turns Main Street Into Moveable Feast • Harriet Tubman’s Legacy Reaches Hudson Valley Through Proposed Byway • Feathers and Fur Unite: Red Hook Student’s Birdhouse Converts to Dog Rescue Windfall • Boat Club Sues Red Hook in Federal Court, Alleges Scheme to Devalue Land Ahead of Eminent Domain Action • Red Hook Comp Plan Process Begins: Committee Members Offer Bios and Early Ideas • Six Senses Motion Seeks to Disqualify Town Attorney, Alleges Abuse of Public Office • Our Early Girl Tomato Moves to the Field: Day 37 and Counting As Farmer Celebrates Role of Easements in Land Conservation • From Hose to Horsepower: Rhinebeck Fire Chief Picks Up a New Hobby in His 1951 Chevy Truck • The Catch Up: Episode 4 Drops (Boat Club Eminent Domain Seizure, Six Senses Lawsuit) • The Short Catch: Compost Program Opens to Rhinebeck Town; New Childcare Center at Ferncliff; Scholarships; and Bard Summerscape • Red Hook Mayor Commits to Exploring Environmental Impact Study as Residents Demand Accountability for Damage from Wastewater Plant • Coaching for the Climate: How One Expert Is Helping Local Homeowners Shrink Their Fossil Fuel Footprints • Paw and Order: New Joint Red Hook-Rhinebeck Dog Control Team To Keep Pet Owners in Line • Rhinebeck Town Board Launches Rezoning Process to Clear the Way for Construction at Locust Hill • Red Hook Town Board Race Heats Up as Kristina Dousharm and Ken Migliorelli Throw Their Hats in the Ring • Supporters Praise Lawsuit Targeting “Illegal Zoning” Tactics for Six Senses Resort, Others Not So Sure • “Why This, Why Now?”: Packed Red Hook Town Hall Erupts Monday Over Planned Boat Club Seizure • Flush and Flourish: As Red Hook Struggles, Omega Institute’s Eco Machine Reimagines Wastewater Treatment • Rusted Parts and Sewage Smells: An Exclusive Inside Look at Red Hook’s Failing Wastewater Treatment Plant • Red Hook Town Board Announces Plan to Take Boat Club by Eminent Domain, Setting Up Tense Battle • Rhinebeck Board of Ed Approves $41.4 Million Budget That Adds Second Pre-K Class Amid High Demand • Red Hook Board of Ed Approves $64.9 Million Budget That Heads to Voters May 20 • With Two Red Hook Town Board Seats in Contention, All-Important Caucus Process Takes Shape: Is a Battle Ahead? • Rhinebeck Sues Neighboring Municipalities to Stop $200 Million Six Senses Resort • State Flags Red Hook Sewage Plant for Multiple Violations, Orders Fixes by May • The Catch Up: Episode 3 Available Now (Red Hook’s Wastewater Saga and Rhinebeck’s Comprehensive Plan) • Rhinebeck Documentarian Who Found a Path to College Now Hopes to Inspire Others To Do the Same • Rhinebeck Village Comprehensive Plan Honored as Best in New York • Where Science Meets Stewardship: Volunteers Track Threats to Hudson River Tributaries • Red Hook’s Plan for a Waterfront Park at Bard’s Massena Campus To Be Delayed, with No Target Date Set • Village Budget Discussions Ignite Debate Over Sewer Costs • Hudson Valley Energy Program Paused Amid Price Spike from Trump Tariffs • Could Dutchess County Get an All-Woman, All-Democrat Bench? High-Stakes Race Centers Issue of Domestic Violence • Flashlights in the Fog: Volunteers Unite to Protect Hudson Valley’s Amphibians • Red Hook School Board Grapples With Repair Timelines for Three Fields Ahead of May 20 Vote • Rhinebeck’s New AI School Bus Cameras Issue First Ticket For Passing a Stop Sign • $50 Checks Coming for Red Hook Citizens Bumped from Recent CCA Contract • Sleepless Nights and Greenhouse Alerts: Step 2 Arrives in Our Tomato’s 50-Day Journey to Harvest • New Rhinebeck Committee Formed to Implement Comp Plan—With Friction Over Who Can Join • ‘We’ve Been Fighting This for Years’: Frustrated Red Hook Residents Grill Officials on Sewage Plant Breakdown • Red Hook Wastewater Plant in Crisis: One Unit Shut Completely, the Other Badly Malfunctioning • Democratic Leader Sarah Imboden Tapped to Fill Open Seat on Tivoli Board of Trustees • Red Hook Village Officials Knew for Years of Toxic Discharges at Treatment Plant; Residents Say Public Response Was Inadequate • The Short Catch: Call for Art Box Entries, Hinchey Urges Rip Van Winkle Bridge Fixes, Triebwasser Gets Grant • Announcing: Our Catch-a-Camp Summer Day Camp Guide for 2025 • Jason Baker Says He’s Disappointed to Be Passed Over for Trustee Slot as Mayor Defends Her Decision • Two Drivers Injured Thursday in Chain-Reaction Collision on Route 9G At Tivoli Broadway Intersection • Clerk’s Agenda Error Fuels Anger at Rhinebeck Meeting After Spinzia Shuts Down Public Comment Over Six Senses Lawsuit • Librarian Amy Smith Appointed to Red Hook Village Board; Mayor Spotlights Grant-Writing Skills for Walkability Projects • The Growing Red Hook Village Saturday Protests: A Photo Gallery • Red Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant Slapped with Violations Across Multiple Years, EPA Data Show • After Four Years, Mulberry Street Project Is Set for Final Approvals with Conclusion of Public Comment • When Love Is the Only Point: A Bold, Contemporary Romeo & Juliet Debuts at the Rhinebeck CENTER • Rhinebeck Village Budget Holds Taxes Steady for Most While Funding New Microtransit Bus Program • We Are Stardust—And Rhinebeck’s James Stevenson Has the Pictures to Prove It • Decrying Breakdown of Public Trust over Sewage Plant, Coalition Issues New Letter to Mayor Requesting Tax Credits, Air Testing and More Transparency • From Zoning to Owning? Town of Red Hook Makes First Move to Acquire Private Boat Club in Barrytown • Red Hook Village Dismisses Sewer Contractor, Hires New Firm to Fix Failing Wastewater Plant • Field of Broken Dreams: Red Hook Athletes Forced to Relocate After Field 1 Deemed Unplayable • Driver in Bard Pianist Death Acknowledges Speeding and Dozing at the Wheel as He Enters Guilty Plea in Court • Bacteria in the Creek, Anger in the Room: Sawkill Coalition Confronts Red Hook Town Board About Saw Kill Contamination • It Sounds Official But Isn’t: Local Elected Leader Exposes Jury Duty Scam Targeting Her and Area Residents • Red Hook Residents Demand Action Amid Evidence Wastewater Treatment Plant Is Contaminating the Saw Kill • The Short Catch: At Play Signs Lease, Rhinebeck Tries to Streamline Planning Board, Clermont Playground Build + More • Hillside Firefighters Plead for Support, But Town Board Votes to Move On, Giving Village Fire Squad More Responsibility • Tyler Leclerc of Martial Arts Academy Arraigned on 42 Sex Crimes with Four Minors Over Four Years • New Buses and a New Grass Field: Red Hook Voters to Decide on $7M in School Projects in May • Daily Catch Captures Six Awards in State Contest, Including Top Honors for Coverage of the Death of Bard Piano Student and July 2024 Storm • Tyler Leclerc Faces 36 New Counts of Sex Abuse as Martial Arts Organization Strips Certifications from Leclerc’s Leaders and Students • “He Never Left My Side, And I Won’t Leave His”: Rhinebeck Panel Offers Wisdom and Warmth for Grieving Pet Owners • The Short Catch: Taste Budd’s Open Mic Returns, Deadlines to Run for School Board, Lapham’s Quarterly at Bard, A Choking Rescue • As Pavel’s Leg Pain Returns, He Reports Citizens Are Plucked from the Streets to Fight and Decides It’s Time to Accept Charity • Red Hook Town Board Member Julia Solomon Won’t Seek Reelection; Two Spots In Contention Ahead of Spring Democratic Caucus • Crabs, Culture, and Creativity: Red Hook High Teen’s Art Takes Top Honors at Local Contest • People, Planet, Profit: The Triple Bottom Line at the Heart of Bard’s Newly Top-Rated MBA Program • Social Insecurity: Leaders on Both Sides of Aisle Fight to Keep Poughkeepsie Office Open • Incumbents Coast to Victory in Local Village Elections; Record High Turnout Reported in Red Hook • Policies, Passion, and a Pungent Creek: What’s Driving Red Hook Village Voters to the Polls Today? • From Reykjavik to Red Hook, Sisters Channel Scandinavian Roots in New Shop • From Seed to Sale: The Daily Catch Begins a 50-Day Journey with One Tiny Tomato Seed at Migliorelli Farm • A Rebel in Rhyme: The Biography of Britain’s First Published Woman Poet Gets a Bold Retelling in the Play “Emilia” • Joined by Local Lawmakers, Rhinebeck Protesters Rally Against Trump and DOGE Team • The Daily Catch Debuts New Podcast: The Catch Up Brings You Updates on Local News • Check In, Check Out, Chip In: Rhinebeck Eyes 3% Lodging Tax Despite Some Local Concerns • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Port Jervis Boys’ Varsity Basketball (Mar. 03, 2025) • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Port Jervis Girls’ Varsity Basketball (Mar. 03, 2025) • Jolted by Prices, Red Hook Powers Down CCA Alt-Fuel Plan for Residents — For Now • Little Learners, Big Decisions: Rhinebeck Mulls Addition of a Second Pre-K Class • One Way? No Way! After Uproar from Rhinecliff Residents, Town Officials To Revise Hamlet Parking Plan • Pipedream No More? Rhinebeck Village Plots Path to Chestnut Street Flooding Fix • Background Checks, Licensing, and Surveillance: Reform Ideas for After-School Kids Programs Gain Momentum in Aftermath of Leclerc’s Arrest • Red Hook Mayor Breaks Tradition, Endorses Deputy Mayor in Unusually Competitive Village Board Race • Meet the Candidates: In Tivoli, Historian and Preservationist Emily Majer Runs Unopposed for Mayor • Meet the Candidates: Republican Derrick Sinon Tries Anew in a Best of Three Race for Rhinebeck Village Board • Fake Books, Real Passion: Tivoli Woman Shares Her Love of Collectible “Blooks” in New Manhattan Exhibit • Man Whose Failure to Make Bed Checks Led to Death of Boy Who Wandered Off the Devereux Campus Receives 90-Day Jail Sentence • Candidates at Rhinebeck Democrats Forum Tackle Housing, Sidewalks, and Sewer Woes • Meet the Democratic Candidates: Rhinebeck Village Mayor Runs Unopposed While Two Incumbent Trustees Face Lone Republican • Bridges, Buses & Benefits: How Proposed Federal Cuts Could Hurt Dutchess County • Raise a Glass and a Concern: Rhinebeck ‘Wine and Whine’ Event Opens Doors to Honest Talk • Heartbeats & Hospital Rounds: Red Hook Teens Get a Crash Course in Medicine at Northern Dutchess Hospital • Eyes Everywhere: New Crime Center Brings High-Tech Surveillance to Policing in Dutchess County • Can School-Based Therapy Help At-Risk Students? Red Hook Is Finding Out, and Early Results Look Promising • Egg-spunged! Zoning Board Overturns Violation for Chamber of Commerce Event, But Brookmeade Pavilion’s Future is Still Limited • On the Radar: Lights for Amtrak Station, A Third-Grader Shares Her Writing, Press for Dutchess County Down Under • Meet the Candidates: Five Vie for Two Spots in Rare Contested Race for Red Hook Village Board • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Pine Plains Boys’ JV Basketball (Feb. 20, 2025) • Jake Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Joins The Daily Catch as Managing Editor • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Saugerties Girls’ JV Basketball (Feb. 18, 2025) • Woman Raped by Martial Arts Teacher at 14 Steps Forward to Advocate for Background Checks at New York After-School Programs • From Rhinebeck to Costa Rica: 14 Students Trade Classrooms for Community Service • Delgado Splits from Hochul, Sparks Speculation of Run for Governor; Hochul Says He’s Been Lax on the Job for Months • Golden Years, Silver Linings as Rhinebeck Board of Ed Expands Tax Relief for Seniors • Hours After Drunk Driver’s Release from Prison, Families of Bard Victims Denounce Her, Call Recent Apology Disingenuous • A Tricky Test Question: Red Hook’s First Six Electric School Buses Will Be Almost Free, So Why Must Voters Approve $1.2 Million to Buy Them? • Watt’s the Deal? Rhinebeck Leaders Hesitate to Embrace Green Energy CCA as Contract Prices Exceed Central Hudson Rates • Have You Been Affected by the Actions of Elon Musk’s DOGE? We Want To Hear Your Story. • Rowing Against the Tide, Red Hook Boat Club Sues Town Board to Overturn New Marina Ban • Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Some Residents Protest, But Planning Board Advances Rock Ledge Project • At Saturday Protest, 8-Year-Old Girl Finds her Voice Pushing for After-School Program Background Checks • Red Hook Board of Ed Coalesces Around a New Ballot Proposal to Fix Field 1 and High School Track • Baton & Ballet: Father-Son Duo Unites as ABT Studio Company Joins Forces with Bard’s TŌN Orchestra • Police Arrest Red Hook Man Who Draws Knife in Altercation at Cancun’s Mexican Restaurant • Rhinebeck’s Mulberry Street Project Turns Over a New Leaf as Landscape Plan Adds a Green Perimeter • Red Hook Parent-Student Association, at LAMS and High School, Tries for a Post-Pandemic Revival • Hinchey To Introduce Senate Bill to Close Loophole on Afterschool Program Background Checks • Sidewalk Talk: Locust Hill Walkability in Limbo as Rhinebeck Supervisor Asks Developer to Pose Alternatives • Red Hook High’s Graduation Rate Climbs to 95%, Tied for Second in Dutchess County • After Contentious Reactions, Red Hook Town Board Approves New Zoning Measures in Sweeping Omnibus Law • Loophole Allows Martial Arts and Dance Schools to Avoid Background Checks; Group Organizes to Close It • Leclerc’s Martial Arts’ Rhinebeck Location Continues Operations with Window Shades Drawn • Flush with Success Winning Grants, Red Hook Village Advances Phase 2 of Sewer Project to the North and Southeast • One-Way Streets? Discussion of New Rhinecliff Parking Plan Begins Amid Amtrak Commuter Onslaught • Local Parents, Enraged to Learn of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against a Leclerc Martial Arts Instructor, Demand Refunds • Tivoli Officials to Seek Formal Bids for Firehouse Expansion Before Announcing New Pricetag • Town of Red Hook Shuts Down Economic Development Committee, Tells Members to Stop Meeting • A Royal Flush: Rhinebeck Invests $9.5-Million on a Winning Hand for Water Treatment Upgrades • Bard Removes DEI Language from its Web and Social Media Presence as It Seeks to Protect Funding for Students and Faculty • Can the Rhinecliff Amtrak Station Overhaul Get Back on the Rails With Marc Molinaro in a New Transportation Role? • Northern Dutchess Daycare Director Settles on Plan to Go it Alone with New Board and Ambitious Vision • Daily Catch Welcomes New Reporter to Cover Education and Health; Esteemed NY Times Arts Editor Joins Board • Can You Spell ‘Annulment’? Mill Road’s Mahi Jain, 10, Did and Heads to Thursday Spelling Bee Regionals • A Colorful Three-Panel Student Mural Reignites Red Hook High’s Healing Garden • Woman Who Killed Bard Students in 2014 Cleared for Parole after Medical Request, Issues Contrite Apology • Red Hook Woman Who Killed Two Bard Students in a 2014 Hit-and-Run Drunk-Driving Incident To Be Paroled • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Spackenkill Boys’ Modified Basketball (Jan. 27, 2025) • All-Important Red Hook Planning Board Stares Down Chronic Member Shortage As Workload Grows • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck v. Millbrook Girls’ Varsity Basketball (Jan. 31, 2025) • “Athletes in Action”: Rhinebeck v. Ellenville Girls’ Varsity Basketball (Jan. 28, 2025) • Game Over! Rhinebeck Entrepreneur Says Fossil Fuels Have No Chance as He Bets His New Company on Solar with Batteries • Facebook Member Falsely Implicates Beekman Arms In Efforts to Rid Rhinebeck of Undocumented Immigrants; Hotel Responds Swiftly • Bliss, Red Hook’s Smoothie Bar, Reopens Saturday with CIA-Trained Chef And a Liquor License On the Way • Sign Up Now! Four New Daily Catch Newsletters for 2025: High School Sports, Arts & Entertainment Events, Kids & Family Events • Ready for An Update on the Rhinecliff Amtrak Overhaul? There, Sadly, Really Isn’t One • Local School Districts Say They Will Not Cooperate with ICE Agents as First Enforcement Action Unfolds in Mid-Hudson Valley • As Russian Explosions Permeate the Air, Pavel Goes All In On Videos about Snowbathing, Rural Life and America • “A Mere Tissue For an Open Wound”: County Attempts to Triage EMS as Ambulance Response Rates by Volunteer Agencies Falter in Northern Dutchess • Rhinebeck’s Hillside Fire Department Says It Will Fold as Volunteer Recruitment Falters • Should Rhinebeck’s Fall Foliage Half-Marathon Sprint Forward in 2025? Residents Say Changes Are Needed to Protect Safety • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Our Lady of Lourdes Varsity Wrestling: Senior & Alumni Night (Jan. 24, 2025) • Tivoli’s Wastewater System Is Plagued By Cracks, Leaks, and Collapsed Lines, Experts Say, As Fix is Planned for 2026 • Red Hook’s Proposed Local Law D Raises More Ire Among Developers, Boaters and Others Ahead of Wednesday Public Hearing • “Don’t Despair: Repair” Becomes Saturday’s Catchphrase as Dozens of Local Objects Get a Facelift • Red Hook School Board Approves 10% School Tax Exemption for Local Firefighters • Two Best Friends for Life Celebrate the 20th Birthday of Their Love Child, Rhinebeck’s Paper Trail • Germantown Man Killed Thursday in Head-On 9G Collision After his Car Jumps the Median • The Short Catch: Bard’s Soros Match Challenge, Grant for Rhinebeck Village Zoning, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat News, and Red Hook Scholarships • Resodding Field 1 Takes Center Stage as Red Hook School Officials Mull Plan After the ‘No’ Vote on Turf • Spectrum Rolls Out $15 Monthly Broadband Plan to Meet State Mandate for Low-Income Pricing While AT&T Bails • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Marlboro Girls’ Varsity Basketball (Jan. 17, 2025) • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. Marlboro Girls’ JV Basketball (Jan. 17, 2025) • Steve Appenzeller Resigns Red Hook Village Board Seat in Midst of Term; Smythe to Appoint Replacement • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. FDR Girls’ JV Basketball (Jan. 14, 2025) • “Athletes in Action”: Red Hook v. New Paltz Varsity Wrestling (Jan. 10, 2025) • First Major Winter Storm Due to Arrive Sunday, With 5-9 Inches Possible, Meteorologist Says • Don’t Give Up Yet! Local Exercise and Nutrition Experts Offer Ideas for the New You of the New Year • The Short Catch: New Red Hook Library Board Member, Red Hook Rotary’s Community Cookbook, Grant for Local Farm, Little League Sign-up • Why a New Home in Red Hook Village Can Look Just About Any Ole Way it Wants • As Costs on Tivoli Firehouse Skyrocket, Trustees Postpone Vote on Bond for $6-Million Expansion Ahead of February Public Forum • Red Hook Weighs Adding Two New Water Districts to Improve Maintenance and Enhance Funding Options for Repairs • Want to Build an ADU Behind Your House? The Process to Do So is Shaping Up in the Village of Rhinebeck • How Did the Collision That Took Linh Nguyễn’s Life Unfold? Dutchess Accident Reconstruction Unit Shares Its Protocols • Rhinebeck Village Composting Goes Live January 2024 • Breaking Down Rhinebeck’s New Compost Program: Vanessa Bertozzi Digs Up Details in Our New Mini-Documentary • Whose Problem to Solve? Rhinebeck Woman, Lugging Jugs, Faces Endless Challenges Securing Running Water • The Case Against Rohan Patrick in the Death of Linh Nguyễn: A Q&A With the DA’s Office • Two Millerton Residents Arrested in Rhinebeck After Their 3-Year-Old Daughter Drowned Last July • Locust Hill Main Road Should Accommodate School Buses, Town Leaders Recommend, as Complaints About Walkability Continue • What Exactly Is Red Hook’s Tie to Indigenous Peoples? New Project Will Endeavor to Find Out • Burial Plot Costs in Rhinebeck Will Rise Substantially in 2025 For Those Who Live Elsewhere • Tivoli Wins State Grants to Improve Drainage and Combat Flooding Induced by Climate Change • Hochul Proposes Major Upgrades for Hudson Valley Train Lines Including Super-Express Metro-North Service to Manhattan • Young Rhinebeck Man, Who Said He’s A New Volunteer Firefighter, Arrested For Making False Fire Reports • Survey Results: Readers Don’t Like Counter Service Tipping, But Many Are Often Generous Anyhow • Wonder What and Who’s Behind the Wonderland of Lights? Watch our Video and Discover the Back Story • Tipping on Tablets: What Do You Think? • Tipping on Tablets: Why Much-Loathed Counter Payment Systems Are in Rhinebeck and Red Hook to Stay • From Santa Monica to Times Square, This Young Pair Walked Across America – and Landed in Red Hook • Bucking the Odds, Red Hook Man and His Family Master the Nuances of Raising Deer, Emu, and Ostrich for Meat and Eggs • DA Offers Plea Deal with a One-Year Jail Term to Man Charged With Killing Bard Piano Student • Rhinebeck Tops Red Hook in Standardized Test Scores as 40 Percent of Red Hook Kids Opt Out • Rhinebeck’s Locust Hill Project Delayed Amid Confusion between Town Board and Planning Board; One Leader Now Says the Site is Not Appropriate • Short Catch: Seed Library Grows, PANDA Back on Spectrum, Grant for Red Hook Village Composting, County Accessibility Planning Group • New Rhinebeck Space to Merge Educational Play, Birthday Party Options, and Kids’ Therapy with Parent Gab and Coffee Time • Town of Red Hook to Become Solar Developer with Cookingham West Its First Project • Defeated Comptroller Gregg Pulver Finds New Gig as Serino’s Assistant County Executive • Red Hook Merchants, Churches and Organizations Craft Holiday Wreaths On Display at Christ Church Lawn • Bard Pianist Linh Nguyễn’s Family Issues Angry and Heart-Rending Statement in Aftermath of Indictment Against Driver • Never Too Old for College, Say BardBac Students, Who Appreciate the Second Chance at Higher Education • Rhinebeck Schools Encourage a New Pledge, “Wait Until Eighth,” to Keep Smart Phones Away from Teens Until High School • Naked and Unafraid: Architects of 1974 Rhinebeck Grand Union Streaking Prank Fondly Remember Their Chutzpah • Red Hook Town Board Loosens Proposed Zoning Restrictions on Cannabis Retail Amid Criticism from the Planning Board and Economic Development Committee • Rhinebeck Village Begins Negotiations for New CCA Green Energy Program for Residents and Businesses • Jeanne Fleming, Sinterklaas Founder, Takes Star Turn in New Documentary by Marist Students • Flying High, Upstate Pines Owners Open First Cannabis Dispensary in Northern Dutchess Opposite Red Hook’s Town Hall • Meet Payal Kapadia, Director of Indian Film that Opens Friday at Upstate, as Daily Catch Launches New Q&A Arts Feature • Anderson Center Worker Arraigned on Charges of Dragging Teen by his Genitals as Punishment; Also Abused Another Resident, Authorities Say • First Shelter for the Unhoused in Northern Dutchess County to Open Jan. 1 at Red Hook’s St. Christopher’s Church • Marist Film Students Release Documentary About Bard Pitcher, One of Six American Women Playing Men’s Collegiate Baseball • Red Hook Moves to Ban Vapes, Cannabis, and Tobacco Smoking on Public Property and Some Private Land • A New Store and Apartment Are Coming to Garden Street, as Rhinebeck Anticipates a Busy Holiday Saturday • Sixty-Room Hotel, the First Traditional Lodging Facility in Rhinebeck in 250 Years, Is Proposed for Parcel Near IXL • A New Arts Center? A Public Event Space? St. Margaret’s Home, A Red Hook Relic, To Reopen in Spring With Many Options • Slow Down, You Move Too Fast: Red Hook Planning Board Tells McKeon Not to Rush into Restrictions on Retail Cannabis and Marinas • Helping to Stem Loneliness, Local Families Set a Thanksgiving Table for Bard International Students • Rhinefolk, Julia Lobotsky: At 101, A Leading Scientist in Reproductive Women’s Health Recalls Her One-Room Schoolhouse and More • Man in Crisis Carrying Gun and Issuing Anti-Semitic Remarks Is Apprehended Saturday at Thrift2Fight in Tivoli • The Short Catch: Allison Chawla To Become Buddhist Nun, New Toddler Advice Podcast, Peterson Officially Wins and More • Red Hook’s Town Board Gets in the Zone to Set New Land Use Rules for Cannabis Dispensaries, Some STRs, Marinas, and More • Ukraine’s Pavel is Back With a Report on His First Book, Hopes for an End to War, and Musings on the Reach of His Daily Catch Work • Defendant in Vehicle Death of Bard Student Linh Nguyễn Is Sued for Wrongful Death, Has Worked in HVAC Industry • The Short Catch: Red Hook Chamber Debuts Holiday Gift Guide, Local Man Receives Honor for Bulk Electric Work • Sinterklaas Lite: From the Creators of Rhinebeck’s Storied Celebration Come 18 Magical Dioramas, Soon in Shop Windows • Amtrak Restores Some Service from Rhinecliff Station to and from New York • New Playground Spaces Planned for Clermont’s Hettling Park with Spring 2025 Groundbreaking • Dutchess County District Attorney Files Charge in the Death of Bard Student Linh Hong Nguyễn • Red Hook Lifts Moratorium in New Sewer District, Restrictions Loom in Other Zones • “What New Building?” An Example of In-Fill Development in Rhinebeck, Closely Emulating Structures of the Past, Opens for Business • Bard to Establish Early College Program in Barrytown as it Shuts and Moves Simon’s Rock Great Barrington Campus • New Daycare for Northern Dutchess Inches Forward with Approval in Red Hook, But More Hearings Required in Rhinebeck • The Short Catch: Aerodrome Crash Report, Farmers Market Scholarships, Burglary Arrest, and Tourism Award to Aerodrome • Following a Tense Count of Absentee Ballots, Democrat Aymar-Blair Wins Comptroller’s Race over Gregg Pulver • After Confusing Assembly, Red Hook Clears the Air on Reports Concerning Student Safety • In Aftermath of Doughboy Park Christmas Tree Controversy, Rhinebeck Village Board Sets Up Parks Committee • With Fiber Optics Underway in Villages, Red Hook Town Considers Archtop Fiber • The Composer You Only Think You Don’t Know, Charles Ives, To Be Celebrated at Bard This Weekend • Amid Lawsuit, Final Vote Counting Continues in Nail-Biter Dutchess County Comptroller Race With Aymar-Blair Narrowly Ahead • Out of This World: Red Hook Student Science Experiments Land at International Space Station • From Doctor Visits to Trader Joe’s Excursions, Rhinebeck at Home Celebrates a Decade Offering a Lifeline for Local Seniors • Ruth Reichl Tackles Food, Farming, and Restaurants in the Documentary “Food & Country,” Showing Tonight at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck • News Analysis: Money, Message, and Maps Put Riley Over the Top in Slugfest with Molinaro • Less Than Half a Mile Apart, Red Hook’s Two Courts Will Finally Consolidate • Revolutionary War Veterans Finally Get a Marker of Their Own at the Rhinebeck Reformed Church Graveyard • “Stand Up, Fight Back:” Bard Students Protest Trump Victory In Wake of Presidential Election • On Bended Knee, Rhinebeck Marriage Proposal Goes Off Without a Hitch • “A Walk Is Like Ingesting a Pack of Cigarettes:” Northern Dutchess Air Beset by Wildfire Smoke • Cops Want to Stifle Rumors at Red Hook High School After Lockdown—Some Parents and Students Feel Like They’re Getting Mixed Messages • Rhinebeck High School Student is Arraigned on Threat of “Mass Harm” to Other Students • Rhinebeck Takes Next Step to Address Rhinecliff’s Longstanding Parking Issues • After Artificial Turf Defeat, Red Hook Central School District Turns Attention to its Grass Fields • News Analysis: In Rhinebeck and Red Hook, “No-Party” Registrants Cast Crucial Votes in Presidential Election, Revealing Their Potency as a New Bloc • Red Hook High School Subjected to Two-Hour Lockdown Amid Unfounded Student Threat • Against the Odds, Germantown Dog Rescuer Seeks a Home for Deaf Dog “Sky” – and Other Pups, Too • Majer for Mayor? Days After Tivoli’s Griffith Announces Retirement, His Deputy Says She’d Love the Job • Rhinebeck Voters Reject Term Extension for Supervisor but Support it for Highway Post; Dana Peterson Wins Town Board Seat • Ryan, Shrestha, and Hinchey Coast to Victory; Dutchess Comptroller Race Too Close to Call; Molinaro Loses • With Trepidation and Hope, Area Voters Cast Their Ballots: “We’ll Be Just Fine,” Says One • With Some Glitches But Few Waits, First-Time Rhinebeck and Red Hook Voters Proudly Cast Their Ballots • For the Visual Thrill of Spinning Propellers Against the Night Sky, Aerodrome Reopens for a Photo Opp and a Nod to Its Fallen Aviator • The Short Catch: Pop Star Mendes Records in Rhinebeck, New Director for Red Hook Responds, ADA Upgrades at Brigitte • A Troubling Childhood and A Sister’s Untimely Death Inspire Young Director to Lead Spring Awakening, the Musical • Don’t Even Think of Moving These Barriers: Rhinebeck Gets Tough with Crowd Control • The Short Catch: Daughters of American Revolution Collection Brigade, New Roof for VFW, Grant for Red Hook Trails • Standing Sentry: Raptor and Sasquatch Beckon at Body Shop • With More Property to Maintain and Fresh Programs, Town of Red Hook Supervisor Robert McKeon Wants to Reorganize Management • Switching Off Their Cell Phones, Students Turn Out by the Dozens to Stage This Weekend’s Rhinebeck High School Play • Town of Red Hook Sells Three-Bedroom Home at Cookingham West, Grabbing $195,000 in Profit • Ten Candidates Vie for Five Spots on Ninth Judicial District Supreme Court • “Industrial Strength Bags of Candy” At the Ready as Village of Rhinebeck Ramps it Up for Halloween • State of Drought Emergency Declared for Red Hook and Rhinebeck; Outdoor Fires Prohibited