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  • BREAKING: Suspect in hostage situation surrenders

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 10:11 am ET  

    PINE PLAINS — A town official says the gunman holding a school administrator hostage at a New York high school is an adult former student. Police have him confined to one room and all the students are safe. Full Story »

  • Northern Dutchess Hospital announces visitor restrictions

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:27 am ET  

    In an effort to protect its patients from exposure to the seasonal and 2009 H1N1 (swine) influenza virus, Northern Dutchess Hospital has revised its patient visitor policy. Full Story »

  • Farm tasting event at Hawthorne Valley

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:27 am ET  

    Hawthorne Valley Farm will hold a “Tasting Event” at Hawthorne Valley Farm Store from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. The free event is open to the public and will feature specialty holiday foods made on Hawthorne Valley’s certified biodynamic farm. Full Story »

  • Hope for the holidays with new fund initiative

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    The holidays are a time to think of others, even if you’ve never met them before. With a recession holding on tightly to people across all income and cultural barriers, people may be thinking of giving less to the needy this year. Full Story »

  • PHOTO: A true view of farm to table

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    Hawthorne Valley Farm will host a tasting event Saturday at the farm store in Harlemville. In addition to the tasting, the public will get a look at the real meaning of farm to table. The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. and is free to the public. Full Story »

  • Town budget up 4.94 percent

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    The Claverack Town Board passed its 2010 budget Monday night with a unanimous vote. The budget’s tax levy increased from 2009 to 2010 by 4.94 percent, from $1.31 per thousand to $1.37 per thousand. Full Story »

  • Flu activity so far is H1N1; vaccine coming soon

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    Dr. Hasmukh Harde, a pediatrician with a private practice in Hudson, says his office has never been so busy. The sick children started to trickle in about three weeks ago, and Harde expects to see many more H1N1 cases, until, as Harde puts it, “everyone gets it.” Full Story »

  • Budget passes; still no decision on fire coverage

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    The Kinderhook Town Board met on Monday and voted to pass the final budget for the 2010 fiscal year. Full Story »

  • Did county issues help unseat incumbents?

    Register-Star – Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET  

    In a number of supervisor races across Columbia County last week incumbents were unseated, in some cases by candidates with little or no political experience, while others managed to hold on to their positions. Full Story »

  • Business as usual for Stuyvesant Fire District

    Register-Star – Mon Nov 9, 2:26 am ET  

    STUYVESANT — Charles Stiffler, chairman of the Stuyvesant Fire District Board of Commissioners, agrees with the recent decision not to renew a contract with the Village of Kinderhook for fire protection in the northern part of Stuyvesant. Full Story »

  • $1.4M bill to cap landfill concerns New Lebanon

    Register-Star – Mon Nov 9, 2:26 am ET  

    NEW LEBANON — “I’ll go down there and kick you know what,” said Supervisor Margaret Robertson to residents and Town Board members at the October meeting. Full Story »

  • Truck flips, driver escapes with few injuries

    Register-Star – Mon Nov 9, 2:26 am ET  

    Briggs' truck is towed away after the Saturday's accident in Livingston. Briggs and one passenger were not seriously injured despite extensive injury to the truck. Full Story »

  • Molinaro advises Camphill on funding options

    Register-Star – Mon Nov 9, 2:26 am ET  

    Elias Rive and Madelon Hunt, members of Camphill Village's Hudson House, with Assemblyman Marc Molinaro. (Contributed photo) COLUMBIA COUNTY — New York state Assemblyman Marc Molinaro toured Camphill locations in Hudson and Copake Friday. Full Story »

  • Murphy defends ‘No’ vote on health reform bill

    Register-Star – Mon Nov 9, 2:26 am ET  

    SARATOGA SPRINGS — The sweeping healthcare reform bill backed by President Barack Obama was passed Saturday night by just five votes, 220 to 215. Full Story »

  • PHOTO: Mario's building center building

    Register-Star – Sun Nov 8, 2:26 am ET  

    Structural steel is going up on the new Mario's Home Center lumber supply warehouse in Valatie. The 20,000-square-foot facility is currently under construction just south of the Route 9H overpass just south of the Valatie Rescue Squad headquarters. Full Story »

  • Hudson delegation heads to Harlem seeking youth funds

    Register-Star – Sun Nov 8, 2:26 am ET  

    HUDSON — The City of Hudson’s Youth Center has received funding to send community leaders, focused on initiatives that impact Hudson’s youth, to the “Changing the Odds: Learning from the Harlem Children's Zone” conference in Harlem. Full Story »

  • Halloween rampage in Red Hook

    Register-Star – Sun Nov 8, 2:26 am ET  

    RED HOOK — Details about a man who went on a “Halloween night crime spree” were released for the first time Saturday by the Red Hook Police Department. Full Story »

  • County to get $45.7M in stimulus funds

    Register-Star – Sun Nov 8, 2:26 am ET  

    HUDSON — Governor David Paterson announced Nov. 2 that a county-by-county report has been released delineating American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as stimulus, funds distributed throughout the state. Columbia County is slated to receive $45.7 million in funds over two years. Full Story »

  • Congress passes health reform bill; Murphy votes with opposition

    Register-Star – Sun Nov 8, 2:26 am ET  

    WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Full Story »

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    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:27 am ET  

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  • Hudson police blotter

    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:26 am ET  

    Christopher E. Vanterpool Jr., 25, of Brooklyn was charged with second-degree harassment Oct. 6 by Hudson Police Officer Nicholas Pierro for allegedly threatening to hit a woman during a domestic incident. Full Story »

  • Campion honors distinguished vets

    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:26 am ET  

    Distinguished veterans Jack Van Loan and Kenneth Wilber, second and third from right, respectively, are honored by Columbia-Greene Community College President James Campion, right, and, from left to right, Bill Gannon, chief of staff for state Assemblyman Peter Lopez, state Assemblyman Marcus Molinaro and state Sen. Stephen M. Saland, during ceremonies at Columbia-Greene Community College. Full Story »

  • First book on village of Chatham hits shelves

    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:26 am ET  

    It has finally been published — the first historical book on the village of Chatham. And it has been written by the village’s own historian and president of the Chatham Village Historical Society, Gail Blass Wolczanski. Full Story »

  • Ghost Walk draws crowd to city haunts

    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:26 am ET  

    Henry Hudson and his son/first mate ride along the final days of their journey and their lives at the upstairs of Space 360 on Warren Street as part of Hudson’s first annual “Ghost Walk” on Friday. Full Story »

  • Fire breaks out at old Lone Star plant

    Register-Star – Sat Nov 7, 2:26 am ET  

    A fully involved structure fire broke out at 8:12 a.m near a building that once was part of the Lone Star Cement Plant on Route 23B in Greenport Friday. The cause of the blaze is still unknown. Full Story »

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