Todd Bender

2 days ago | midhudsonnews.com | Todd Bender

POUGHKEEPSIE – The northbound section of Route 9 between Fox Street and Columbia Street is closed to traffic while City of Poughkeepsie police investigate a fatal car accident that occurred early Wednesday morning. The accident is on Route 9 in the area of Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Early reports indicate the accident was caused by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Route 9, and one occupant of an involved vehicle was mortally wounded in the wreck.

3 days ago | midhudsonnews.com | Todd Bender

DUTCHESS COUNTY – Primary elections were held throughout Dutchess County on Tuesday and saw races for Democratic, Republican, Conservative, and Working Families ballot lines in the upcoming November elections. Three Democratic primary races were held. Democratic County Legislator Kristofer Munn (Dist. 20) was challenged by fellow Democrat Troy Haley. Early voting showed Munn with a slim lead over his newcomer challenger by a tally of 285 to 192.

3 days ago | midhudsonnews.com | Todd Bender

POUGHKEEPSIE – A Fishkill man has been arrested by the City of Poughkeepsie police following an investigation into child abuse claims. The suspect, whose name is being withheld, has been charged with the misdemeanors of acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 and sexual abuse. He is said to have been employed as a physical therapist at Hudson Point Physical Therapy at 57 Cannon Street in the city.

3 days ago | midhudsonnews.com | Todd Bender

RED HOOK – Due to a building emergency, the Mill Road Intermediate School Polling Site in Red Hook is closed for voting today. Democrats in Red Hook planning to vote in the primary for District 20 County Legislator at the Mill Road School can now vote at the Red Hook High School at 103 West Market Street in Red Hook or the Bertlesmann Center at 30 Campus Road in Annandale-on-Hudson.

4 days ago | midhudsonnews.com | Todd Bender

POUGHKEEPSIE – Kevin Fitzpatrick, the 41-year-old man who failed an attempted “suicide by cop” in December, was arraigned in Dutchess County Court on Monday. Fitzpatrick was indicted by a grand jury on the felony charges of menacing a police officer and reckless endangerment, and misdemeanor falsely reporting an incident following a shooting involving the City of Poughkeepsie police in a Rose Street apartment building on December 22, 2024.