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On a recent afternoon, Yana Lahoda sat in a corner office at Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement surrounded by papers. But it wasn’t just schoolwork for the 22-year-old economics major: she was refining Language and Thinking Kyiv, a writing workshop for Ukrainian high school students built around a signature program at Bard. Yana Lahoda, a senior at Bard College, launched a program over the summer...

Jane Hough Ferguson of Red Hook died of cancer Sept. 28, 2026, in Poughkeepsie. She was born Dec. 19, 1946, in Cumberland, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Albert and Lois Malone Hough. After graduating from Brown University and the Yale School of Medicine, Jane settled in the Hudson Valley and became a founding partner of Pine Street Pediatrics in Kingston and Red Hook. She practiced in the area f...

Matilda Delfino, lovingly known as “Nonny,” died Sept. 30, 2026. She was born June 19, 1935, in Brooklyn, to Henry Anselmo Acosta and Margaret Pagnozzi-Acosta. Matilda met Paul Delfino on the beach in Coney Island. They married April 1, 1956, and eventually settled in Rhinebeck, where they raised their family. They were together until Paul’s death in 2016. A devoted homemaker, Matilda was a loving...

In this week’s episode of The Catch-Up, Editor Emily Sachar and reporter Athan Yanos explore the widespread concern and swift action taken against the presence of Flock surveillance cameras across Dutchess County. Last Wednesday's forum on the matter drew a packed room, with roughly 30 residents speaking out against the County's network of cameras. By Friday of last week, the sheriff and...

State environmental regulators have approved a temporary system to contain toxic coal tar that periodically bubbles to the surface of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, forming oily sheens that can threaten nearby drinking-water supplies, including in Rhinebeck. The Hudson River provides drinking water to more than 100,000 residents in Dutchess and Ulster counties. (Photo courtesy of Hudson 7) The...

For years, the Beacon actress Alina Gonzalez wondered if she would ever grace the stage again. This weekend at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, the Wappinger writer Ryan Skinner will present three new one-person plays. The series kicks off on Friday with Alina Gonzalez in “My Story,” which follows the actor’s real life since she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2020. (Photo courte...

Editor’s Note: Red Hook voters in May approved a new trades program for high school students to build and race a car. This is the first story in a periodic series about the new program. In a classroom in the technology wing at Red Hook High School, a group of students was busy at work on a mission statement for their Marketing class when they heard a knock on the door. New to Red Hook High School...

Richard Monaghan does not want your campaign contribution. He does not want an endorsement. He does not plan to knock on your door or plant his name on lawn signs across Rhinebeck. But come Election Day, he does want voters to write his name on the ballot. Rhinebeck resident Richard Monaghan has launched a write-in campaign for town supervisor, challenging Democratic nominee and Deputy Town Superv...

The Village of Red Hook has been awarded a ,000 grant from New York State to assess the cybersecurity of its water system, as concerns have grown around the country in recent years about the vulnerability of infrastructure in smaller municipalities. The Village of Red Hook has been awarded a ,000 grant from New York State to assess the cybersecurity of its water system. (Adobe Stock Photo) The mon...

John Leslie Burk of Millbrook, formerly of Clinton Corners, died Sept. 21, 2026. John was born Feb. 24, 1938, in Coldwater, Michigan, to the late Leslie J. Burk and Ruth E. Burk. He graduated with honors from Athens Agricultural Schools in 1956. While there, he played football and basketball, performed in the school band, and sang in the glee club. He attended Michigan State University on a schola...

Rhinebeck Village and Town officials have settled on a new agreement to provide fire and ambulance services to the Town after months of contentious negotiations. The municipalities are now steps away from finalizing the deal. The Rhinebeck Village Board has approved next year’s contract to provide fire and ambulance services to the Town. (Photo by Eloise Goldsmith) The Village Board voted Sept. 8...

The Village of Red Hook moved forward with the purchase of a new police car on Monday to help the Police Department replace its aging fleet and address a shortage of working vehicles.  The Village of Red Hook moved forward with the purchase of a new police car on Monday to help the Police Department replace its aging fleet. (Photo by Tony Adamis) Red Hook Police Department Lt. Patrick Hildenbrand...

The Town of Red Hook is considering a series of proposals that call for creating an emergency housing relief fund for people facing possible eviction and the establishment of an overnight homeless shelter during the winter. The Town of Red Hook Housing Committee is asking the Town to consider a series of proposals that would provide emergency housing relief to residents. (Photo courtesy of Fr. Jef...

ArchCare, the Catholic health care system affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York, plans to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck to an undisclosed buyer, the organization told The Daily Catch Thursday. ArchCare, the Catholic health care system affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York, plans to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck to an undisclosed buyer, the organization told The Da...

The latest novel from Imbolo Mbue begins with a fateful letter. Imbolo Mbue, a New York Times bestselling fiction writer who has lived in Rhinebeck with her family since 2020, will launch her first novel on Oct. 6 at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff. (Photo by Jacob Martin) Written by a woman named Victoria Snow, the four-page apology unfolds as a swift exposition: Three years ago, she ca...

Doreen M. Cahenzli died Sept. 23, 2026, at her home in Rhinebeck. Born Feb. 25, 1938, in Paterson, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Carl Berghahn and Bridget Hough Berghahn. Doreen married Conrad Cahenzli in Paterson in December 1956, and they were together until Conrad’s death in 2007. Doreen was a longtime employee of Dutchess Community College, where she worked as a cook and baker. She en...

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the deportation of Rhinebeck resident Gerson Turcios, just days before a deadline by which the government planned to reinitiate its efforts to remove him from the country. A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the deportation of Rhinebeck resident Gerson Turcios. (Photo courtesy of Idania Williams) The ruling on Friday marked  a last-minute...

Francis “Frank” Peter Juranic of Edgewater, Fla., died Aug. 25, 2026. He was born Oct. 17, 1946, in Rhinebeck.   Frank grew up in Red Hook and graduated from Red Hook High School. He served as a missile systems specialist in the U.S. Air Force from 1964-68 in Okinawa, Japan, and worked as a technician at IBM.  Frank enjoyed fishing, sailing, and traveling across the U.S. and Canada. He was precede...

There’s a song to be heard at the livestock auction at the Dutchess County Fair.  The annual livestock auction at the Dutchess County Fair drew hundreds to the show ring Saturday, where bidders purchased animals in support of young farmers. (Photo by Tony Adamis) There’s the rise and fall of the auctioneer’s rattling call. The bid spotters’ yelps and bellows at each raised hand. The gravelly grunt...

Paulene Anne Reynolds died July 30, 2026. She was born May 6, 1939, in Manchester, U.K., where she attended Royal Northern College of Music and performed with The Manchester Library Theatre.  Paulene emigrated to Toronto, Canada, before traveling to New York City, where she joined the Morris Repertory Theatre Company and debuted as Juliet in Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” There, she met Ho...

Bard College has completed an extensive overhaul of its donation-acceptance policies, adding more stringent restrictions on whose money it will accept following revelations about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with the college’s former president, Leon Botstein. Bard College has completed an extensive overhaul of its policies for accepting donations, adding more stringent res...

Bard President Jonathan Becker Argues for Student Voting Rights in NYT Op-EdBard College’s Acting President Jonathan Becker raised concerns about the Trump Administration's efforts to curtail student voting in an opinion piece published in The New York Times this week. Bard’s Acting President Jonathan Becker has long been an advocate for student voting rights. (Photo by Rachel L. Crittenden)...

A man wanted for nearly two decades on a felony sex abuse charge was taken into custody Thursday after Red Hook police stopped him for speeding on South Broadway, police said. Village police stopped the vehicle at approximately 12:50 p.m. and determined during their roadside investigation that its driver, Jose Tacuri, 50, of Wappingers Falls, was the subject of a felony warrant issued by the White...

Emergency responders revived an unresponsive person at the Dutchess County Fair on Friday afternoon after administering CPR and multiple defibrillations inside one of the fairgrounds’ barns, according to the Rhinebeck Fire Department. The medical emergency occurred inside Barn 30. Rhinebeck Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Erik Stroka and Skylar Jackson, an Albany Med registered nurse...

Five-year-old Adeline McEnroe dyed her hair purple, pulled on silver boots striped with rainbows, and led her calf, Daisy, into the show arena at the Dutchess County Fair. Adeline McEnroe dressed up as Rumi from the KPop Demon Hunters' band HUNTR/X, and her cow, Daisy, was adorned as a member of the fictional music group at Saturday's Cow Costume class contest. (Photo by Tony Adamis) McE...