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Dec 17, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
The Town of Red Hook is becoming a solar array developer. Moving into the fourth phase of development at Cookingham West, the town has decided to outsource the construction of a four-acre solar array along the property’s northwestern flank but to function as the project manager. Once complete, the array will serve 90 to 95 homes in the town and […]
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
The Town of Red Hook has introduced new draft zoning ordinances that, if adopted, will place new regulations on cannabis retailing, housing density, short-term rentals, and more. The draft law further incorporates new provisions for subdivision in the Agricultural Business District (ABD) and would allow officials to lift the moratorium on applications to subdivide in that zone. The proposed ordinances amend various zoning laws.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi has named Rohan Patrick of Poughkeepsie as the driver who struck and killed 25-year-old Bard graduate Linh Hong Nguyễn in May. Patrick, 40, was arraigned Friday on the charge of criminally negligent homicide, a Class E felony, which is not considered a violent crime under New York State penal code. Dutchess County Court Judge Edward […]
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
After a seven-month moratorium on development applications affecting nearly half of Red Hook, the Town has lifted restrictions from one of the impacted areas: the Traditional Neighborhood Development Commercial Center (TND-CC), a 47-parcel zone located just south of the village on Route 9.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
Bard College has decided to establish an early college and high school academy program for students as young as 14 at its new Barrytown campus as it closes its Simon’s Rock campus in Great Barrington, Mass., Bard leaders said Wednesday. The move will bring one of the college’s most nationally esteemed projects, its program that allows high school students to complete two years of college study early and earn an associate’s degree by age 18, to Northern Dutchess County.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
Red Hook School administrators and local police are addressing the fallout from last week’s post-lockdown assembly, which students and parents described as unfair and threatening. High School Principal Kyle Roddey and Red Hook Police Lieutenant Patrick Hildenbrand appeared before the Board of Education Thursday evening to calm students, families, and elected officials after the assembly on Thursday, Nov. 7, which left some students anxious about reporting safety concerns.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
Red Hook Town officials are on the verge of signing a work agreement with Archtop Fiber, the Kingston-based fiber optic provider that’s bringing high-speed internet and phone service to the villages of Red Hook and Tivoli and the Town and Village of Rhinebeck. But Supervisor Robert McKeon held off this week on signing a contract that will ultimately benefit hundreds, if not thousands, of households, pending more details. Laying fiber is virtually complete in the Villages of Red Hook and Rhinebeck.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
After a journey of over 250 miles through and beyond Earth’s atmosphere, two experiments pioneered by Red Hook high schoolers have landed at the International Space Station (ISS). The experiments will individually test the effects of microgravity on the hatching of zooplankton and brine shrimp.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
After months of discussion, the Village of Red Hook has moved to dissolve its court and share justice services with the Town of Red Hook. The merger, officials hope, will create tens of thousands of dollars of cost savings for the Village and reduce confusion for anyone who wants to pay a parking ticket fine—or has other business before the […]
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thedailycatch.org | Grace Molenda
Across the Bard campus, doors swung open in unison at 1 p.m. Friday as students filed out of dorm rooms, wove through library stacks, and walked out of buildings, and onto the Kline Common lawn, where dozens gathered to protest Donald Trump’s reelection. Bard voters overwhelmingly supported Vice-President Kamala Harris with just eight of the 506 voters in Red Hook’s District 2, which includes the Bard campus, casting a ballot for Trump.
