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Obituaries
Lifelong Dutchess County Resident Dies At Age 47 Lifelong Dutchess County Resident Dies At Age 47
Lifelong Dutchess County Resident Dies At Age 47 A longtime tech worker in the Hudson Valley died at the age of 47 at his home. Jamie Brian Paterson of Hyde Park, a lifelong Dutchess County resident, lived in of Hyde Park and was born in Poughkeepsie to Daniel M. Paterson and Linda J. (Steele) Paterson. Paterson graduated from FDR High School in Hyde Park in 1994 and then from Dutchess Community College. He was a longtime employee of Southern Westchester BOCES in Rye Brook where he worked in their IT department as a systems engineer, according to his obituary. When he was not working, his obituary said Paterson enjoyed camping, bowling,…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Dutchess County Health Aide Abused Woman, Dog, Police Say Dutchess County Health Aide Abused Woman, Dog, Police Say
Dutchess County Health Aide Abused Woman, Dog, Police Say A Hudson Valley woman hired to care for an elderly woman has been charged with neglecting her and a dog after the woman was found wandering in a roadway in a diaper that was duct taped to her. The incident took place in Dutchess County on Tuesday, April 18 around 5:45 p.m. in the area of 116 Roosevelt Road in the town of Hyde Park. Officers Bryan Sweeney and Christian McGaw responded to the area for a welfare check reporting an elderly female in the roadway, said Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson. Upon arrival, the officers found an elderly woman wearing an adult diaper which was d…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Injured After Dog Breaks Free To Attack Young Girl In Dutchess Two Injured After Dog Breaks Free To Attack Young Girl In Dutchess
Two Injured After Dog Breaks Free To Attack Young Girl In Dutchess A teen and a woman were seriously injured during a dog attack in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 7, when a large pit bull broke loose from its owner and attacked the 14-year-old girl and the dog's owner, in the area of Thomas Avenue and Geering Park in the town of Fishkill. When Fishkill Police Department officer Ray Maeang arrived on the scene he found the large pit bull attacking two people.  Maeang immediately grabbed the dog and pulled it off the victims, pinning it to the ground and stopping the attack, the Fishkill PD sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Cat Missing For 11 Years Reunited With Owner Thanks To Dutchess SPCA Cat Missing For 11 Years Reunited With Owner Thanks To Dutchess SPCA
Cat Missing For 11 Years Reunited With Owner Thanks To Dutchess SPCA A stray cat that had been hanging outside of an area home for about three years has been reunited with his owner after missing for 11 years. Tiger was reunited with his mother, Maggie, after Dutchess County SPCS staff member Carol O'Connell took the time to pay attention to the stray cat that has been coming by her house every now and then, said the SPCA. On a whim, O'Connell borrowed a scanner from the shelter and discovered the cat was micro-chipped. With information from the chip, the shelter was able to locate the owner, and discovered the cat had been missing for 11 years, the SPCA sai…

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by Kathy Reakes