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'The People's Building': New Putnam Executive Removes VIP Parking Signs From Office Building 'The People's Building': New Putnam Executive Removes VIP Parking Signs From Office Building
'The People's Building': New Putnam Executive Removes VIP Parking Signs From Office Building Visitors to the Putnam County office building will have an easier time finding a parking space.  That's because the county's new executive, Kevin Byrne, made it a point to remove the VIP signs marking two spaces as reserved for the County Executive and the Deputy County Executive.  Earlier Report - Byrne Elected Putnam County Executive The removal of the signs happened on Sunday, Jan. 1, which was Byrne's first day on the job. He was sworn in on Friday, Dec. 30 by the outgoing Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who just finished his tenure in the position. Byrne said that removing …

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by Ben Crnic
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Amazon Warehouse Gets Approval At Former IBM Site In Area Amazon Warehouse Gets Approval At Former IBM Site In Area
Amazon Warehouse Gets Approval At Former IBM Site In Area Hundreds of new jobs are heading to the Hudson Valley as Amazon received its final approval to open up a new fulfillment center at the former IBM campus in the Hudson Valley. On Tuesday, March 9, Amazon announced its plans to expand its operation in Dutchess County at the 631,000-square-foot site on Route 52 in East Fishkill, which is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and hundreds of part-time jobs. It will be Amazon’s first operations site in Dutchess and third in New York, joining two sorting centers and 15 delivery stations. 
“We are proud to continue our growth and i…

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by Zak Failla
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Third Dutchess Resident Dies From COVID-19 Third Dutchess Resident Dies From COVID-19
Third Dutchess Resident Dies From Covid-19 The third death of a Dutchess County resident related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been confirmed. The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health announced the fatality on Monday afternoon, March 30.  Dutchess County currently has more than 320 positive cases of COVID-19 and testing expanded locally last week. The department said the 61-year-old man died on Sunday, March 29 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie after being admitted for an unrelated condition and swabbed for COVID-19, which was confirmed positive.  The ind…

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by Joe Lombardi