A plan for Metro-North train service between New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and Albany with a stop in Rhinecliff has been nixed, as Amtrak plans to restore service between the city and the state capitol on the Empire Service train line, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday.  Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a plan to service Rhinecliff with round-trip Metro-North service has been scrapped. (Photo by Emily Sachar) The Empire Service line stops in Rhinecliff.  In 2025, Amtrak reduced the number of trips between Albany and New York City to accommodate work on the East River Tunnel...

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Once again, Daily Catch readers came through to help us cover more than 120 square miles of "Storm Fern." Atop snowshoes, behind snowblowers, or peering from dining room windows, they trained their cameras on the world outdoors. Snow clearing consumed residents for hours Sunday, with many reporting more work ahead. (Photo by Babette Hierholzer, Red Hook) Thanks so much to each of you for your studious attention to the beauty and challenge of snow!

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A new candidate has emerged for the March 18 Red Hook Village Board election. Political newcomer Perry Allen, a musician, filmmaker, and landscape designer, hopes to vie for one of two seats, challenging the two incumbents, who also appear likely to run. Political newcomer Perry Allen has emerged as a candidate for the Village of Red Hook Board. (Photo courtesy of Perry Allen) Allen, 37, is campaigning on a platform of rebuilding the Board’s relationship with the public, which he contends has frayed in recent years. “I believe in facilitating conversations, not waiting for the public to come to you,”...

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Marianne Dalton died on Jan. 5, 2026, following an extended illness. She was born on May 11, 1929, in New York City and shared a lifelong bond with her twin brother, Max Hirsch. Marianne graduated from Holy Name High School in Manhattan, where she served as her class president. She attended business school and worked at Bay Transportation for several years before marrying, then spent her career as a paraprofessional with Family Services of Westchester County. Marianne was married to Joseph Dalton for 46 years until his death in 2000. They made their home in Yorktown Heights, New York, filled...

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On the corner of Mill Road and Route 9 sits a little cemetery chapel. The modest white building greets drivers as they enter Rhinebeck Village from the south. And now, with the help of a former Town Board member, the Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery plans to renovate the building into a public gathering space. A little cemetery chapel greets drivers on Route 9 as they enter Rhinebeck Village from the south. (Photo by Eloise Goldsmith) “There’s a real need for meeting spaces in Rhinebeck,” said Cemetery Administrator Suzanne Kelly. “I think [this] will really fill a need in the community,...

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The gourmet Red Hook Village grocery shop, The Locavore Market, has decided to shut down after a dispute with its landlord over the building’s air conditioning system prompted the market’s owner to forgo renewing its lease. In late December, Red Hook’s The Locavore Market, a longtime shop and eatery in the Village, closed. (Photo by Athan Yanos) “The unresolved issue of air conditioning with our landlord continued to be an obstacle—one we did not feel was reasonable or sustainable to face,” Locavore owner Patricia Wind told The Daily Catch. The store closed in late December. Wind said that the issues...

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The Rhinebeck Town Board has proposed restoring frayed relations with the Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce by holding a joint meeting, but asked that the Chamber president not attend. A letter from the Rhinebeck Town Board requesting a restoration of relations with the Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce fell flat with Chamber board members, including Chamber First Vice President Amanda Miller. (Photo by Adriana Ault) A week before Christmas, the Town Board sent a letter to the Chamber’s executive director and board of directors stating a desire to meet to create a “more positive relationship,” after months of rancor between...

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A 19-year-old man from Kingston, whose vehicle crossed into the southbound lane while heading north on Route 9G, has been identified as the deceased in the Friday head-on collision that also seriously injured two others, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office.  The teenage man who was killed on Friday left his northbound lane, causing a head-on collision, the County Sheriff said. (Photo by Athan Yanos) Jonathan J. Aguirre was driving a Nissan Sentra at 12:50 p.m. just south of the Route 308 interchange and struck a Subaru sedan head-on, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesman John Watterson. First responders transported...

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Nancy E. Aierstok died on Dec. 31, 2025, at Northern Dutchess Hospital. She was born on July 14, 1939, in Somers Point, NJ, and earned her Bachelor’s degree from New Jersey’s Bloomfield College, where she met her future husband, Dr. William M. Aierstok, Jr. He had told her his name was George Jones, and, as a team cheerleader, she introduced him at a basketball game by that name. The two were married in 1961 in Belleville, NJ. Nancy followed Bill to medical school in Pavia, Italy, where they explored the country, and Nancy taught elementary students. They returned to the...

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Arthur C. Lund of Red Hook died on Dec. 29, 2025, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Arthur was born on December 4, 1940, in Philadelphia. Art served in the United States Navy and was deployed to Vietnam. Upon returning stateside, he utilized the GI Bill to earn a degree in computer science, launching a long and distinguished career in technology. He was employed by IBM for over 25 years, a position that brought him to the Hudson Valley and took him around the world. After retiring from IBM, Art continued his professional career with EDS, now known as American Express,...

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