President of the Red Hook Volunteer Fire Company Board of Directors Richard Hilbrandt has informed Town and Village leaders that a lack of active volunteers is hindering the ability of the company to respond to emergency calls and meet its contractual obligations to serve the Red Hook community. The Red Hook Volunteer Fire Company has informed Town and Village leaders that a lack of active volunteers is hindering the company's ability to respond to emergency calls. (Photo courtesy of Todd VanBuskirk) “There have been instances where our response times have been delayed, and in some cases, we have been unable...

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Volunteers from across the Hudson Valley offered their time last Saturday to repair and rebuild the home of an 81-year-old Clinton grandma. Donna G. has lived in her home for 31 years, but has recently found it difficult to keep up with the maintenance. Volunteers with Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley spent last Saturday rerunning electrical, repairing a deck, replacing front steps, and more at the home of 81-year-old Donna G. of Clinton. (Photo by Tony Tackaberry) Volunteers from Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley worked on upgrading Donna G.'s home in Clinton on Saturday. (Video by Tony Tackaberry) The project was organized...

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Alexia Doyle, of Red Hook, died on April 24, 2026, at Northern Dutchess Hospital. She was born on July 31, 1947, in Poughkeepsie to Allan and Genevieve Traver. Alexia worked as a secretary at the New York State Department of Transportation's Poughkeepsie office, where she was known for her reliability, kindness, and quiet dedication to her work. In her retirement, Alexia was a member of a Mahjong club and several knitting groups. She loved knitting and sewing for family and friends. She also found comfort and community in her faith and was a devoted parishioner of St. John’s Reformed Church. ...

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The Red Hook Village Board on Monday approved a sewer budget for the upcoming fiscal year that will keep rates steady, despite a divided vote and concerns from one trustee that the plan lacks sufficient reserves to cover unexpected expenses. The Red Hook Village Board on Monday approved a sewer budget for the upcoming fiscal year that will keep rates steady. (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock) “When something unexpected happens, there's no mechanism to pay for it without either overspending the budget or seeking another advance from the General Fund,” Trustee Frances Uku told The Daily Catch.  The Board adopted...

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A discussion about how to resolve a budget deficit facing Starr Library devolved into a heated exchange between Town Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia, library leaders, and the audience at the Rhinebeck Town Board’s Monday night meeting. A discussion about how to resolve a budget deficit facing Starr Library devolved into a heated exchange between Town Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia (pictured here), library leaders, and the audience at the Rhinebeck Town Board’s Monday night meeting. (Photo by Tony Adamis) At issue is an additional tax revenue for the library that voters approved in a ballot proposition last fall, but that the Town did...

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Red Hook Student Artists, Musicians and Families Celebrate Earth DayAn outdoor art exhibit at Linden Avenue Middle School (LAMS) marked Earth Day on April 24, drawing students, families and community members to view student-created work and listen to live music performed by the school’s music students. The event featured printmaking, zentangle art and blackout poetry displayed throughout the school grounds. Zentangle art featuring endangered species was on display Friday at the Linden Avenue Middle School Earth Day art event. (Photos courtesy of ENTA) The installation was the result of several weeks of collaboration between LAMS students and artists from the...

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Editor's Note: This story was updated at 1:47 p.m. Monday after an update from State Police. The southbound Amtrak train was halted just after it struck an individual at the northern end of the Rhinecliff station at about 7:35 a.m. Saturday. (Photo by Matty Rosenberg) A southbound Amtrak train struck and killed a 68-year-old woman who walked onto the train bed at the north end of the Rhinecliff station around 7:35 a.m. Saturday, the State Police confirmed late Saturday evening. They have ruled the case a death by suicide and are not releasing the name of the woman who died....

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During his 25 years as the boat captain for the environmental organization Riverkeeper, whenever John Lipscomb pulled his boat ashore after weeks patrolling the Hudson, people would inevitably ask: “How’s the river?” Lipscomb never had—and still doesn’t have—an easy answer. The Hudson, he says, has come a long way. It is endlessly beautiful and teeming with life, yet still scarred by decades of industrial use and ongoing pollution. The Keeper, a new documentary by filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, tells the story of John Lipscomb’s 25 years as a boat captain for the environmental nonprofit Riverkeeper. (Photo courtesy of Jon Bowermaster) The...

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After more than four decades selling and curating furniture for a clientele that stretched across the Hudson Valley and beyond, Hammertown is shutting all three of its stores — in Rhinebeck, Pine Plains, and Great Barrington, Mass. After failing to find a buyer, Hammertown will close its three locations—in Rhinebeck, Pine Plains, and Great Barrington, Mass.—ending a 40-year run. (Photo courtesy of Hammertown) The decision comes as the business failed to find a buyer after looking for six years, founder Joan Osofsky told The New Pine Plains Herald. “My daughter, my son, and my son-in-law, they tried, like, anything, to...

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