Walter J. Grassie, 85, of Milan, NY, passed away on Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Baptist Home in Rhinebeck. Born on June 17, 1939, in Brooklyn, Walter enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from high school. Once his service was completed, Walter returned to civilian life until he was called back to serve during the Berlin Crisis. For the rest of his career, Walter worked for Con Edison in management at the Indian Point Center in Buchanan, NY, until his retirement in 1985. Walter spent much of his retirement working on projects that ranged from building furniture...

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Sharon J. Juckett, 64, of Elizaville died on May 20, 2025, at ArchCare at Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck. Born on December 30, 1960, in Poughkeepsie, Sharon worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant after graduating from high school. Sharon was also dedicated to her community, volunteering for the Poughkeepsie Fire Company. She participated in many of the Company's parades and marched with the Falcons Band. She is survived by her dear cousins, whom she considered her own sisters: Laura Hager, Virginia Cline, Amanda Cronk, and Lisa Cronk; her cousin, Joseph Rifenburger, and his sons, Joseph Jr. and Joshua; her nephews,...

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Town Supervisor Robert McKeon on Thursday afternoon sent an email letter to Barrytown residents encouraging them to support incumbent Christine Kane in Saturday’s Democratic caucus for Town Board.  He also attacked farmer Ken Migliorelli, a self-declared Independent who is expected to be an additional nominee among three Saturday to run for the two open seats on the Board. The winners Saturday will run on the Democratic line in November. McKeon also stated anew that he continues to seek a private-public partnership rather than pursuing the action to take the Red Hook Boat Club by eminent domain for use as a...

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Bard College has purchased a new Steinway grand piano and dedicated it to the memory of pianist Linh Nguyễn, who was killed by a dozing driver in the Village of Red Hook a year ago, the college confirmed Friday. The college also has established a fund to support scholarships in Linh’s memory. The piano will be located in the studio where Linh took many of her classes, Bard Conservatory Director Frank Corliss told The Daily Catch. “Linh would have loved playing on the new piano,” a Steinway B, Corliss added. It was funded by a grant from longtime Conservatory donor...

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Early 20th-century landscape postcards. Vintage Mayer New York handbags. Chinese rose medallion porcelain. Mid-19th century ornithological prints. The Ninth Annual Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck Show last weekend gathered a coterie of antiques admirers and connoisseurs to engage with a treasure trove of items that also included a 0 bamboo bookcase and a ,400 pair of medieval oak Roman carvings.      With 125 vendors, collections spanned centuries and cultures. Also on offer were Oriental rugs, Mid-century Modern furnishings, 18th-century art from France and Italy, Native American jewelry and artifacts, and 19th-century English dinnerware. There was even a ,000 signed Henri Le Riche...

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Red Hook Town Supervisor Robert McKeon on Wednesday suggested a mobile app could help residents monitor parking availability at the Red Hook Boat Club if the Town proceeds with its plans to take the club by eminent domain. McKeon offered that suggestion among other ideas the Town is formulating as it prepares to address queries from the Red Hook Planning Board. The Planning Board met last week as part of its required review of the proposal to assess the plan’s alignment with the Town’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, a 1995 document that lays out goals for the Town’s activities along...

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Editor's Note: This story was updated at 8:10 a.m. Thursday when The Daily Catch received confirmation of the death from Bard. Rebecca Cole Heinowitz, a poet, translator, and beloved Bard literature professor, has drowned in an accident in a rushing Northern California river, authorities confirmed Tuesday as they continued to search for her body in treacherous waters. Bard President Leon Botstein notified the community of Heinowitz's death in a letter late Wednesday. He did not discuss the circumstances but said the professor died in a "tragic accident while hiking." "Cole Heinowitz was an unforgettable and unique teacher and colleague," Botstein...

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The Daily Catch has won three top awards in the New York News Publishers Association annual contest in a range of categories for newspapers with less than 10,000 circulation.   In the contest, covering work published in 2024, Emily Sachar and Grace Molenda won first prize in news for coverage of the death of Bard piano student Linh Nguyễn. The judges noted: "Even more impressive than the excellent breaking-news reporting on the crash that killed a Bard College graduate student sitting on a sidewalk just hours after she received her degree is the journalism that followed with heartbreaking stories about...

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We published a special Comments to the Catch edition last week, covering only the Red Hook Boat Club eminent domain issue. This week's edition covers any further comments on those articles and all other comments posted from April 21 to May 5.  Letter to the Editor:    Unlike Robert McKeon and the Red Hook Town Board, at least Donald Trump has given us his reasons for wanting Greenland. The same cannot be said about McKeon and his plans for the Red Hook Boat Club. The citizens of the Town, the Club's neighbors in Barrytown, and most of all the members...

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Come mid-June, local farm stands will be bursting with tomatoes—red, orange, green, and gold—stacked high in crates and baskets, ready to be sliced, sauced, stewed or chopped. But before there can be a tomato, there is a seed. Our series, Seed to Sale, follows the journey of a single tomato seed from the moment it was planted at Migliorelli Farm to the minute it reaches a buyer’s hands – and maybe, even, to the hour it reaches a soup, salad, or sauce. In Part III of our series, the seedlings leave the warmth of the greenhouse and head for the...

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