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Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison is outlining his vision for the year as his second and final four-year term slowly winds down. Rolison, a Republican, is scheduled to deliver an in-person State of the City address for the first time since 2019 on Thursday, with a focus on youth initiatives, infrastructure, and pandemic recovery.
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Abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered a speech about U.S. politics to an audience of several thousand at Poughkeepsie’s College Hill Park in August of…
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“Mexodus” is a new musical work by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson inspired by the estimated 4,000-10,000 enslaved people in the Southern part of the…
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Back in mid-January, an arsonist set fire to a well-known house in Poughkeepsie’s so-called “Witchcraft District.” It’s an area where some Church of Satan…
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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Social and Economic Justice in Poughkeepsie began in 1996 and became an annual activist event until a…
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The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York was founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery. Vassar was the first…
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Seven Department of Public Works employees in Poughkeepsie have tested positive for COVID-19.City of Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison said on Thursday that…
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In New York, the Poughkeepsie Common Council will hold a special meeting and town hall Monday night on police reform and racial justice.The City of…
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A protest is planned in Poughkeepsie Tuesday afternoon in the aftermath of the George Floyd death.Organizers of “We Can’t Breathe” say the protest is also…
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In New York, City of Poughkeepsie officials are reminding the public about park policies along with social distancing and mask-wearing rules during the…