- A new bar and restaurant will open at the site of the Hobnobbin’ Pub in Poughkeepsie, a town institution that closed in October after 30 years in operation.
- Recently opened Groggers Bar & Grill is Poughkeepsie's newest hot spot.
- A Bridgeport, Conn., man is accused of stealing a motorcycle before crashing a stolen van into a police cruiser while leading officers on a car chase on the Taconic State Parkway, according to state police in Millbrook.
- A Poughkeepsie woman and her adult daughter are behind bars after police found them in a hotel room with a 3-week-old baby, an 8-year-old girl and a heroin overdose victim, according to the Ulster Police Department.
- Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and his wife Corinne welcomed a new baby boy Dec. 26.
- Seven of eight people traveling in a landscaping truck were injured in Lagrangeville on Wednesday morning after the driver struck a tree, spilling fuel near the crash site.
- Samuel's Sweet Shop in the village of Rhinebeck -- co-owned by actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("The Walking Dead") and Paul Rudd -- has become a go-to spot in the area.
- The Dutchess Golf Club will apparently be ending its nearly 120-year history, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
- The first baby born in Dutchess County in 2017 arrived early Sunday morning, Jan. 1, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
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