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A 55-year-old Red Hook man was hospitalized with head and neck injuries Sunday afternoon after he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a utility pole with his truck in Upper Red Hook. Police say the 55-year-old driver fell asleep at the wheel and then struck a utility pole with his truck. (Photo courtesy of the Red Hook Police Department) The unnamed individual was driving westward in his 2016 Ford pickup truck on Pitcher Lane when he dozed off and swerved out of the roadway, striking the util...

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The Rhinebeck Town Board introduced a law Monday that would impose a 3% tax on hotel rooms, short-term rentals, and other overnight lodging throughout the Town and Village. Town Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia said revenue from the occupancy tax would be dedicated to replacing the Parsonage Street Bridge and making sidewalks in front of Town Hall ADA-compliant. (Photo by Claire Greenburger) The tax, which had been debated for well over a year, is expected to bring in as much as 0,000 annually, w...

The Rhinebeck Town Board voted unanimously Monday to enact a 25-ton weight limit for trucks traveling on White Schoolhouse Road, where Red Wing Properties has state permission to operate a sand and gravel mine. The Rhinebeck Town Board voted unanimously on Monday to enact a 25-ton weight limit on trucks traveling on White Schoolhouse Road, where neighbors fear Red Wing Properties’ proposed sand and gravel mining operations would bring heavy truck traffic to the narrow country road. (Photo by ...

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 working on ways to expand 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 that sought to bring a specialized curriculum to Ukrainian students. (Photo cour...