POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The countdown to spring has begun, and Dutchess County is ready to kick off the season.The Dutchess County Parks Division will once again host its annual Maple Open House and Pancake Breakfast at Bowdoin Park, located at 85 Sheafe Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The Maple Open House will be held on Saturday, March 25th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free to attend. ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Culinary Institute graduate and Chef Dano Maffucci opened his Rt. 6 Tap House five years ago - with the focus on bringing great craft beers and pub food to the Mahopac area.Maffucci, who owns the restaurant/brewery with his mom, Pat (retired after teaching 30 years at Somers HS) and Dan (retired after 53 years with the Department of the Navy), admitted that some people ...

CARMEL, N.Y. - Florrie Kaye's Tea Room & Gifts was just named the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce's 'Best New Business in Putnam County,' voted on by Putnam residents. Here's  our recent story on the Carmel business.The mission at Florrie Kaye's is to "transport you back in time, to a place of elegance ... for you to be treated like royalty, if only for a short time."And ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - Two members of Somers Girl Scout Troop 2088 just earned the highest award a Girl Scout can earn - the Gold Award.Amy Rios, a senior at Somers High School, and Kiersten Hughes, a Somers resident who attends Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale, were recognized for their individual projects at the Girl Scout Heart of the Hudson Gold Award Ceremony Saturday at the ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce announced its 2016 Best in Business Trailblazer Award winners Friday afternoon.Here are the 2016 winners:Company of the Year - J. Philip Real Estate Commercial Group.New Company of the Year - Florrie Kaye's Tea Room.Most Innovative Company - Bull & Barrell Brewery.Best Company Comeback - Thunder Ridge Ski Area.Most Socially or ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - Folk-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Dan Zlotnick of Somers will perform an opening set for Marc Cohn at the Paramount Hudson Valley on Friday, March 17.Local musicians don't often get opportunities to share the bill with Grammy Award-winning artists, and Marc Cohn’s music played a significant role in Zlotnick's musical upbringing. “Growing up, my sisters and I ...

CARMEL, N.Y. - The robotics competition is on.The Bad News Gears of Carmel High School, aka Hudson Valley Regional (HVR) FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC)Team #5943, have spent the last six weeks conceptualizing, designing, building, programming, and testing their robots to meet the HVR FRC’s engineering tour de force taking place from Friday, March 24 to Saturday, March 26 at Rockland ...

CARMEL, N.Y. - Debbie Rosko is learning the hard way that it's good to have friends.Rosko, a longtime Lake Carmel resident, lost her home and all her belongings when her house burned to the ground Monday morning.Rosko works at Smalley Inn in Carmel, where owner Tony Porto, co-worker Kristi (Leggs) Farina and others decided to hold a fundraiser Saturday night starting at 8 p.m. to try to ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Lakeland High senior, two-sport captain, and Honor Society VP Kevin Moore recently got the news that he's been accepted to attend the prestigious West Point Military Academy, and when Daily Voice reached Moore this week, he admitted he was feeling a lot of emotions."It's exciting. ... It's just something I've never felt," Moore said. "Everyone is ...

FISHKILL, N.Y.- When Fishkill's Toni Fusco thought about opening her own restaurant, she had the same vision many restaurant owners have - to be that good old neighborhood hangout, where everyone knows your name.So Fusco set out to create just that.The 14-year Fishkill resident opened Kinda Kozy in November, and after some early growing pains is back in full swing - specializing in ...