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The Webutuck Wildcats hosted Rondout at Webutuck High School for a sunny matchup on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The Wildcats won out over Rondout 2-1 after scoring a goal in overtime. The win at home on Wednesday brings Webutuck’s season record to 2-4 so far this season.

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The Webutuck Wildcats hosted Rondout at Webutuck High School for a sunny matchup on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The Wildcats won out over Rondout 2-1 after scoring a goal in overtime. The win at home on Wednesday brings Webutuck’s season record to 2-4 so far this season.

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Dutchess County Flock cameras deactivated after public outcry

Dutchess County Flock cameras deactivated after public outcry

More than 100 Dutchess County residents crowded into the community meeting room at Pleasant Valley Town Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to voice their concerns over the county’s use of license plate reading surveillance cameras.

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Flock cameras in Dutchess County will no longer capture license plates, and the cameras will come down in the next 30 days.
The news comes after Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi and Sheriff Kirk Imperati announced Thursday that they are withdrawing their support for the county’s continued use of Flock Safety license plate readers. The law enforcement officials made the announcement less than 48 hours after a packed public forum in Pleasant Valley, where residents overwhelmingly voiced their objections to the cameras.

“We listened to the questions that were asked and the concerns that were raised,” Parisi said in a statement. “After those discussions, we agreed that the appropriate response is to listen to our community and change course.”

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Motorcycle crash survivor fights through weeks of surgeries

Motorcycle crash survivor fights through weeks of surgeries

Paris Perkins sits in his hospital bed at Westchester Medical Center, awaiting further surgeries.

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MILLERTON — Nearly three weeks after a motorcycle crash cost him his left leg, Paris Perkins remains at Westchester Medical Center, facing more surgery and a long rehabilitation. But his father says the 22-year-old Millerton resident is already talking about running again.

Perkins was injured Sept. 10 in a collision with a delivery truck at Route 44 and Kennels Road in the Town of Washington. The collision threw Perkins into a roadside utility pole. His left leg was amputated below the knee, and he suffered fractures to his right leg and pelvis.

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State bill aims to curtail Flock cameras

State bill aims to curtail Flock cameras

As county-operated license plate readers are set to come down across northeast Dutchess County, a state senator has introduced legislation to put the first statewide limits on how the technology is used.

State Sen. Michelle Hinchey announced the bill last Tuesday, Sept. 22. It would regulate automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, including those made by Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras that have been installed in Millerton, Amenia, Pine Plains and Milan.

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Stanfordville local uses 3D printers to block Flock cameras

Stanfordville local uses 3D printers to block Flock cameras

STANFORDVILLE — Jim Griffin was among dozens of Dutchess County residents who stood up in opposition to local law enforcement’s adoption of license plate reading cameras at a community forum in Pleasant Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

But rather than simply voicing his disapproval of the technology, Griffin had something to offer to county residents in the room — a chance to take matters into their own hands. Griffin, using his collection of 3D printers and a penchant for hacking, which he said dates back to the early ‘90s, is manufacturing plastic covers that he said disables the cameras without damaging them.

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Habitat for Humanity plans first build in Amenia

Habitat for Humanity plans first build in Amenia

Habitat Dutchess CEO Eelco Kessels, left, COO Jen Radicone, center, and Construction Director Todd Bowen III visit the site of a planned affordable home in Amenia on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Prospective homebuyers will soon be allowed to apply to purchase and live in the planned home.

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AMENIA — Habitat for Humanity plans to begin construction of a home on Depot Hill Road in October and open applications for prospective buyers in December.

The structure, which will be located near the Harlem Valley Rail Trail parking lot in Amenia, is part of a $1.2 million round of federal housing and community development grants announced earlier this year by Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino.

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New briefs filed as Copake solar farm awaits ruling

New briefs filed as Copake solar farm awaits ruling

Residents packed the Copake Town Hall meeting room on Monday, Sept. 14 for the New York State hearing on the proposed 42-megawatt solar farm.

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COPAKE — The parties involved in the mid-September New York State hearing on Copake’s proposed Shepherd’s Run solar project filed briefs on Monday, Sept. 21, further supporting their ‘for’ and ‘against’ stances on the project.

On Monday, Sept. 14, the state held an adjudicatory hearing in a packed Copake Town Hall for the purpose of establishing facts related to flood plain compliance and second, meeting the requirements of the town’s wetlands laws.

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