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Know Her? Police Finds Lost Pit Bull/Lab Mix In Dutchess Know Her? Police Finds Lost Pit Bull/Lab Mix In Dutchess
Know Her? Police Finds Lost Pit Bull/Lab Mix In Dutchess Do you know her? Police in Dutchess County are asking the public's help after a lost pit bull/lab mix was found at about 10 p.m. Friday. The dog was located at Whalesback Road in Rhinebeck. Anyone with information regarding the dog's owner should contact the Red Hook Police Department at (845) 758-0060. You can share this post on Facebook by clicking on the Facebook icon below. For real-time Dutchess news in your Facebook feed, be sure to "Like" Daily Voice's Dutchess Community Forum page on Facebook by clicking here.

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Community Asked To Aid Daughter Of Putnam Deputy Sheriff Who Died Suddenly Community Asked To Aid Daughter Of Putnam Deputy Sheriff Who Died Suddenly
Community Asked To Aid Daughter Of Putnam Deputy Sheriff Who Died Suddenly PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office are asking the public for help with creating a college fund for the daughter of a deputy who died in March by donating to their GoFundMe effort. Senior Investigator Mark Gilmore, who served more than 28 years with the department, died after collapsing at the gym while exercising. He left behind his wife of 24 years, Amy and his 10-year-old daughter Mattingly.  During his time with the department, Gilmore worked as a corrections officer, deputy sheriff, sergeant and most recently served as a senior investigator for the p…

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Yorktown Student Overcomes Cancer, Gets College Degree Yorktown Student Overcomes Cancer, Gets College Degree
Yorktown Student Overcomes Cancer, Gets College Degree YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- A Yorktown Heights student who battled cancer recently received her college diploma.Diana Pernicano was one of 618 students who received their diplomas at the Mount Saint Mary College Commencement in Newburgh on Saturday almost four years after she was diagnosed with cancer. Pernicano found a lump in her neck during a hands-on lesson in a nursing class that she credits with saving her life. She began treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma and is now cancer free.  “They say it takes a village, and it took the help of a lot of people to get me well enough to continue at th…

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by Sam Barron
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Putnam Girl Busts A Move On 'Ellen' Putnam Girl Busts A Move On 'Ellen'
Putnam Girl Busts A Move On 'Ellen' Bianca Busa, an 8-year-old Hudson Valley resident, loves to dance, no matter what the stage. Busa, of Putnam Valley, performed on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Monday, dancing to Kendrick Lamar's song "Humble." "I started dancing since I was two and I remember when my sister was four years old, I used to always watch her dance and I used to always do her dance on the side with her," Busa said. Busa told DeGeneres that she dances six days a week and thinks of happy things when she dances...except for when she gets into her "fierce" mode. "When I ge…

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by Sam Barron
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Putnam Rallies To Support Sheriff's Deputy Battling Cancer Putnam Rallies To Support Sheriff's Deputy Battling Cancer
Putnam Rallies To Support Sheriff's Deputy Battling Cancer PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- As a Putnam County Sheriff's deputy continues to fight for his life, friends, family and co-workers are helping him in his battle by raising funds on GoFundMe and with fundraisers to keep his family of five going. Deputy Michael Schmidt, 38, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in September 2016. A deputy for the past 10 years, Schmidt has served as the youth and adult officer for Putnam County. Prior to becoming a deputy he worked three years as a civilian dispatcher for the Town of Carmel Police Department.  Since being diagnosed Schmidt has been undergoing aggressiv…

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Croton Actress Stars In New Short Film Croton Actress Stars In New Short Film
Croton Actress Stars In New Short Film Jennifer Jiles, a Croton-on-Hudson actress who grew up in Poughkeepsie, is ready for her closeup.  Jiles' stars in the new short film, "The Waiting Room." She plays Janet who is in purgatory waiting for her husband to join her. To Janet's surprise, when her husband joins her, he shows up with his new wife. The movie was written and directed by Debra Markowitz.  "Waiting Room is dramedy, which is new for me," Jiles said.  "It's really fun to make people cry. Last year at the Peekskill Film Festival, Jiles screened "Mother of the Week", a short film she wro…

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From Hobby To Business: Putnam 12-Year-Old Crafts Upcycled Jewelry From Hobby To Business: Putnam 12-Year-Old Crafts Upcycled Jewelry
From Hobby To Business: Putnam 12-Year-Old Crafts Upcycled Jewelry MAHOPAC, N.Y. --- Chance Figueroa has a desk filled with gemstones, beads, geodes, and shells. But instead of just keeping them to look at now and again, this 12-year-old Mahopac resident is making jewelry and selling it at area vendors under the company name ChancesR4U. So far, he has quite a following. His work has been sold at Peekskill's PranaMoon’s annual holiday craft event, are on consignment at Judy’s Bungalow in Cold Spring, at Harvest Moon in North Salem, and, hopefully, at more locations to come.  He recently showed his pieces to the manager at the Museum of Natural History’s gif…

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Mahopac Resident Wins 2017 Congressional Art Competition Mahopac Resident Wins 2017 Congressional Art Competition
Mahopac Resident Wins 2017 Congressional Art Competition MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Alana Green, a Mahopac resident, will have her art hanging in the Capitol. Green was the winner of the Congressional Art Competition, hosted by Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring). Green won for her painting, "Angel."  “I want to congratulate Alana and all the other students for their submissions and I look forward to showing off her work and celebrating the level of talent we have right here in the Hudson Valley,” said Rep. Maloney. “It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there like these kids did – and I’m proud of each one of them for submit…

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Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller
Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller Bill Clinton can now add novelist to his resume. The Chappaqua resident and 42nd president of the U.S. announced he is working on a new novel with bestselling author James Patterson, who has a home in Scarborough, that involves the President of the United States. "The President Is Missing,"  a spy thriller is set to be released in June 2018. “Working on a book about a sitting President — drawing on what I know about the job, life in the White House, and the way Washington works — has been a lot of fun,” said Clinton in a statement. Clinton has written three nonfiction books, whi…

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Hudson Valley's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough Hudson Valley's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough
Hudson Valley's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough It's a match made in morning TV heaven. "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough, a New Canaan resident, and Mika Brzezinski, a Bronxville resident, announced Thursday they are engaged. Scarborough proposed to her while they were in Paris to celebrate Brezinski's 50th birthday. In February, Brzezinski put her Bronxville home on the market. The mother of two announced she was separating from her husband in December 2015. Scarborough, a former Congressman, split from his second wife in 2013. According to an interview in Vanity Fair, the couple does not yet live together.  Between the…

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Cold Spring Singer Puts Her Faith In Christian Metal Band Cold Spring Singer Puts Her Faith In Christian Metal Band
Cold Spring Singer Puts Her Faith In Christian Metal Band COLD SPRING, N.Y. -- By day, Virginia Califano is a reporter for the Putnam Courier but by night -- and when she has a gig -- she's singing her heart out in Diamonds to Dust. The four-member band, which includes her boyfriend Tyler Ronconi on lead guitar, also includes brothers Barry Elliott (vocals/screams/guitar) and Melvin Hogue (drums), making her after-hours work feel like she's hanging with family. Music, she said, is in her genes. Her parents met through their mutual love of country music, and have been in a band for 40 years. The Cold Spring native studied classical piano from ages …

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Boys, Girls Scouts Moving On Up In Somers Boys, Girls Scouts Moving On Up In Somers
Boys, Girls Scouts Moving On Up In Somers SOMERS, N.Y. -- Pack 11 has a new group of cub scouts and bear scouts in Somers. Den 7 members (shown above) have all received the arrow of light for moving on to boy scouts. Pack 11 Den 2 (also pictured above) moved up from wolf to bear scouts. 

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