Students in the Red Hook Central School District performed at or slightly above state averages on most state assessment tests last school year, according to data presented to the Board of Education. The results for the state tests were largely consistent with the district’s scores from previous years. Students in the Red Hook Central School District performed at or above state averages on most state assessments last school year. (Photo by Tony Adamis) A district spokesman declined to characterize the results but advised against reading too much into them. “These results represent a high-level snapshot in time from which, each...

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Robbie Hart and his band burst onto the stage as a 1985 wedding reception hits full throttle. Dressed in a flashy ruffled tuxedo shirt, his perfectly feathered hair bouncing with every move, Robbie commands the room with easy charisma. As the band launches into the tune, “It’s Your Wedding Day,” he works the crowd like a born entertainer, whipping guests into a joyful frenzy on the dance floor. A revival of The Wedding Singer with George (Andrew Bruck), Robbie Hart (Wendell Scherer), and Sammy (Izzy Ricks) opens Friday at the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. (Photo by Olivia Michaels...

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Philip R. Carroll died on Feb. 28, 2026, in New York City. Born on Dec. 2, 1934, in Bridgeport, CT. Philip graduated from Fairfield College Preparatory School and Fordham University and served in the United States Army. He earned his Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law and was admitted to the bar in both New York and Connecticut. He spent most of his career as a mutual fund attorney with Neuberger and Berman in New York City, where his sharp mind and high standards were well known and respected. Philip was an academic at heart and a daily...

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Judith A. “Judy” Hester, 86, a longtime Red Hook resident, died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2026, at Northern Dutchess Hospital. Born on February 16, 1940, in Elizabeth, NJ, Judy moved to Saugerties as a teen when her father took a position at IBM. Judy met her husband of 50 years, William J. “Bill” Hester, at IBM, and once they married, she left her career to raise their family in Red Hook.  Judy is remembered as a strong and devoted homemaker who found her greatest fulfillment in caring for those she loved, with home-cooked meals and a welcoming home. Whether it...

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Northern Dutchess Day Care to Launch First Infant ProgramNorthern Dutchess Day Care Center (NDDCC), the longest-operating preschool and only nonprofit early childhood center in the Rhinebeck area, will open its first infant care program in early April, expanding services to children ages 6 to 17 months. The new full-time classroom will accommodate eight infants and marks the first time in the organization’s more than 50-year history that it will provide care for children under 18 months. Northern Dutchess Day Care will add an infant care room, believed to be the first in Rhinebeck. (Photo courtesy of NDDC) As with the...

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Barry Milea says people don’t drink alcohol like they once did. Barry Milea is seeking approval from the Clinton Planning Board to convert his sparkling wine taproom on Schultzville Road into a fine-dining restaurant. (Photo by Claire Greenburger) “They will not drink unless they have food,” said Milea, the owner of Milea Estate Vineyard on Hollow Road and Clinton Vineyards on Schultzville Road. It’s a line he has repeated at recent presentations before the Clinton Planning Board.  The shift in drinking culture underpins his pitch to Planning Board members to allow conversion of the former sparkling wine taproom on Schultzville...

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Editor's Note: This story was updated with new information at 8:08 p.m. following a Tuesday evening vote of the Bard Faculty Senate. In the aftermath of the release of hundreds of emails revealing a long-standing relationship between Bard College President Leon Botstein and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Bard’s Faculty Senate formally voted Tuesday evening to present a statement to the Board of Trustees calling for stronger faculty involvement in the College’s governance and greater transparency in the ongoing investigation process.  Bard faculty voted Tuesday evening to pass a statement calling for their stronger involvement in College governance, in the wake...

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Planning Board review of the Rhinebeck Villas hotel development on Route 9G has ground to a halt because the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) says it has identified an issue with the project’s proposal for discharging treated wastewater. Planning Board Chair Melodye Moore said the Board is pausing the Rhinebeck Villas’ environmental review. (Photo by Eloise Goldsmith) Planning Board Chair Melodye Moore said at Monday’s Planning Board meeting that, as a result of DEC’s concerns, the Board is suspending the project’s environmental review, which includes weighing the potential impact of the project on bodies of water like...

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On a late Sunday morning in Milan, while her husband Mike laces up for club soccer in Rhinebeck and her 10-year-old daughter Aveline settles in with cartoons, Juliet Izon opens her laptop and slips into a fictional world of her making, buzzing with rock music, family secrets, and coming of age. It’s there, in their Upstate house perched on a small hill, with a slight view but scads of trees, that her mind stills and the hours feel briefly elastic. Juliet Izon will read from her debut novel, The Encore, on Wednesday evening at Oblong Books. (Photo courtesy of Juliet...

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With just over two weeks until the Village of Red Hook’s special election for two seats on its governing Board, Trustee Frances Uku has endorsed newcomers Perry Allen and Craig Rothstein for the two open positions. With just over two weeks until the Village of Red Hook election, Trustee Frances Uku has endorsed Perry Allen and Craig Rothstein for the two seats available. (Photo by Athan Yanos) After meeting with all three candidates over the past two weeks, Uku said she decided not to endorse current Trustee Anthony Maccarini because he has less time to devote to the position, given...

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