SHERMAN — Rumor has it that in 1802, the same year the town was incorporated, an 18-year-old built a colonial house in the middle of town.
Doctors successfully removed a benign tumor from Mayor Mark Boughton’s brain during a complex procedure Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Mayor Mark Boughton delivers remarks from the City of Danbury during Immaculate High Schools Graduation Excercises at Western Connecticut State Universities O'Neill Center on Wednesday May, 31, 2017.
For more than three decades, Lt. Albert Mion has driven to work at the Danbury Fire Department, aware that he could be tasked with saving someone’s life.
Summertime in the Greater Danbury area means lazy lake days for many. From boating to tubing, wakeboarding, swimming and general partying, Candlewood Lake is a playground for area residents in the summer.
Danbury native Oscar Bordoy scored a win in his second career boxing match, defeating Felip Nazario at Uptown Live in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday. Bordoy is now 2-0 as a lightweight fighter.
July 19 is National Hot Dog Day! If you're in the mood for a good dog tonight, seems you should head to Fairfield. Three of the top 10 most Yelp-reviewed hot dog spots in southwestern Connecticut are found in Fairfield.
The spirit of “buy local” is as strong as ever. It’s the practice that often falls short.
DANBURY — Hidden gems produced by local companies and grown on local farms lurk among the shelves of even the largest supermarkets in the area.
Millennials aren’t the only ones who want to live in downtowns, where restaurants, shops and other amenities are only a walking distance away. So do Baby Boomers.
New Milford football played its spring game, the Green and White game, Thursday, June 15, 2017.
DANBURY - The $50 million expansion of the state’s largest high school is in high gear, with only 70 more days of summer for workers to complete key upgrades before classes resume in September.
Homelessness in Danbury has dropped 12 percent since 2016
Kyle Lyra receives his diploma during Danbury High Schools Commencement Exercises that were held on Tuesday June 20, 2017.
DANBURY — Andrea Gartner has a lot of passions, and many of them are embodied in her new restaurant, Pour Me Coffee and Wine Café, which opened this month at 274 Main St.
Bob's Stores is closing at 114 Federal Rd. in Danbury, Conn., one of three locations in southwestern Connecticut getting the ax by bankrupt parent company Eastern Outfitters of Meriden.
"Batman" TV star Adam West has died
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Doctors successfully removed a benign tumor from Mayor Mark Boughton’s brain during a complex procedure Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Mayor Mark Boughton delivers remarks from the City of Danbury during Immaculate High Schools Graduation Excercises at Western Connecticut State Universities O'Neill Center on Wednesday May, 31, 2017.
For more than three decades, Lt. Albert Mion has driven to work at the Danbury Fire Department, aware that he could be tasked with saving someone’s life.
Summertime in the Greater Danbury area means lazy lake days for many. From boating to tubing, wakeboarding, swimming and general partying, Candlewood Lake is a playground for area residents in the summer.
Danbury native Oscar Bordoy scored a win in his second career boxing match, defeating Felip Nazario at Uptown Live in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday. Bordoy is now 2-0 as a lightweight fighter.
July 19 is National Hot Dog Day! If you're in the mood for a good dog tonight, seems you should head to Fairfield. Three of the top 10 most Yelp-reviewed hot dog spots in southwestern Connecticut are found in Fairfield.
The spirit of “buy local” is as strong as ever. It’s the practice that often falls short.
DANBURY — Hidden gems produced by local companies and grown on local farms lurk among the shelves of even the largest supermarkets in the area.
Millennials aren’t the only ones who want to live in downtowns, where restaurants, shops and other amenities are only a walking distance away. So do Baby Boomers.
New Milford football played its spring game, the Green and White game, Thursday, June 15, 2017.
Site names Newtown's Ferris Acres the best ice cream in Connecticut
DANBURY - The $50 million expansion of the state’s largest high school is in high gear, with only 70 more days of summer for workers to complete key upgrades before classes resume in September.
Homelessness in Danbury has dropped 12 percent since 2016
Kyle Lyra receives his diploma during Danbury High Schools Commencement Exercises that were held on Tuesday June 20, 2017.
DANBURY — Andrea Gartner has a lot of passions, and many of them are embodied in her new restaurant, Pour Me Coffee and Wine Café, which opened this month at 274 Main St.
Bob's Stores is closing at 114 Federal Rd. in Danbury, Conn., one of three locations in southwestern Connecticut getting the ax by bankrupt parent company Eastern Outfitters of Meriden.
"Batman" TV star Adam West has died
Four Seasons Limousine has been serving the area since 1989. We have provided reliable, safe and professional transportation for many residents and business's of Wingdale and Dover Plains region. Click here to see our web site.
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Dutchess County was recently awarded $249,930 from the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services’ (DCJS) Police Protective Equipment Program. The grant program provides local police agencies funding for protective equipment including advanced ballistic helmets and vests and DCJS approved patrol rifles “to provide the greatest level of protection and effectiveness in order to combat active shooter incidents, terrorist attacks, and/or other criminal events,” according to the DCJS grant application. As part of Dutchess County’s continuing efforts to engage in shared services initiatives, the Dutchess County Executive’s Office took the lead in submitting the application on behalf of eight police agencies including the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and City of Poughkeepsie, Town of East Fishkill, Town of Fishkill, Town of Hyde Park, Town of Poughkeepsie, Village of Fishkill and Village of Rhinebeck police departments.
“We continue advancing our shared services efforts and with this grant, we provide our law enforcement officers with the protection and resources they need to keep them safe. Our office worked quickly to compile the information necessary for this grant application and ensure Dutchess County would be a recipient of these critical funds. This is just another example of how we bring together community leaders to share services and lower the burden on taxpayers,” said Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.
Police agencies were assessed and selected for funding based on the equipment needs of their department. The grant funding breakdown by agency is as follows:
| Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office | $107,640 |
| City of Poughkeepsie Police | $39,900 |
| Town of East Fishkill Police Department | $10,560 |
| Town of Fishkill Police Department | $4,440 |
| Town of Hyde Park Police Department | $3,570 |
| Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department | $75,360 |
| Village of Fishkill Police Department | $6,060 |
| Village of Rhinebeck Police Department | $2,400 |
“I thank County Executive Molinaro for working to secure this grant funding which will enhance the safety of our officers,” said Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson. “This funding will allow us to continue with our efforts to provide training and equipment needed during a possible catastrophic event in order to protect our brave men and women in uniform and our residents.”
Approximately $10,000,000 in grant funding was made available for award through the program for all counties in New York State based on county population and designated funding tier. Each local police agency then will receive funding directly from the DCJS Office of Program Development and Funding Program for the contract period of January 1st to December 31st, 2017. To learn more about the programs and services provided by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, go to: http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/
Olivet to offer courses at Dover Plains property in 2016
The university plans to offer seven courses from its Masters of Divinity program starting in 2016. The program is designed to "prepare future ministers for work as pastors, missionaries, and chaplains," the university website stated.
The university received the right to operate from the State Education Department on Oct. 27.
"The permission to operate from New York State is welcome news," said Terence Michos , Olivet spokesperson. "It allows Olivet University the ability to retain some educational program stability at the Dover site while they continue to move through the site plan and charter approval process."
One faculty member from the university will be designated as program director for the site, and the program director will be responsible for hiring local experts to teach.
Courses will be available to students already in enrolled in online courses within the program from New York and the surrounding area, as well as students at the California campus interested in studying in Dover for one year.
Enrollment will be capped at 50 students for the first year and raised to 100 after five years.
The program will use the site's chapel, a 30,000 square-foot space on the 500-acre property, for the classrooms, administrative and faculty offices and library.
March 28, 2016BOS 2016-043
Settlement with US Labor Department commits developer to enhance safeguards
for employees renovating Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
Employer exposed site workers to lead, asbestos dangers; must pay $700K in penalties
for employees renovating Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
Employer exposed site workers to lead, asbestos dangers; must pay $700K in penalties
NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with Dover Greens LLC, formerly known as Olivet Management LLC, which commits the real estate development and management company to provide and maintain enhanced safeguards for workers renovating the former Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in Dover Plains.
The department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Olivet Management on March 31, 2014, for dozens of violations after the developer exposed its own employees and employees of 13 contractors to lead and asbestos* hazards during renovation and cleanup operations. By failing to implement preventative measures such as air sampling, respiratory protection, and dust control, the Wingdale-based company may have put some of these employees at risk for the long-term neurological and respiratory problems caused by unsafe lead and asbestos exposure.
"Workers and their families were exposed to lead and asbestos and their attendant health hazards due to Olivet Management's failure to provide them with basic, required safeguards. This settlement obligates the company to do things correctly this time and take additional steps to ensure safe and healthful working conditions, or face the full original fine of $2.3 million," said Robert Kulick, OSHA's regional administrator in New York.
"The terms of the settlement are stringent and comprehensive. They seek to ensure that the company provides the project's employees with safe and healthful working conditions at all times. We are prepared to take appropriate action to escalate penalties should it fail to live up to its commitments," said Jeffrey Rogoff, the regional solicitor of labor in New York.
The settlement requires Dover Greens to:
- Select and retain a general contractor experienced in a project of this type and magnitude, and as importantly, familiar with lead and asbestos hazards on a construction site, including how to control those and other hazards during the renovation.
- Retain a qualified safety-consulting firm to monitor the project, and have a safety consultant on site when work is being performed.
- Ensure that all contractors and subcontractors are trained and competent to perform their jobs, that their onsite supervisors and foremen have completed the OSHA 30-hour course before beginning work, and that they implement a site-specific health and safety program.
- Ensure that contractors whose employees may come in contact with lead or asbestos have documented training and experience in adhering to OSHA lead and asbestos standards.
- Not oppose workers compensation claims by employees for illnesses resulting from lead or asbestos exposure.
- Provide site workers with notice in English, Spanish and Korean of their rights to bring claims under the state workers compensation program.
The settlement allows Dover Greens to pay $700,000 in fines over a 10-year period. The remaining balance of $1.659 million originally proposed is held in abeyance and becomes payable immediately if the company fails to comply with the specific terms of the settlement. Olivet Management LLC changed its name to Dover Greens LLC in December 2015.
The full settlement can be viewed here*.
The original inspection was conducted by OSHA's Albany Area Office while the settlement was negotiated by attorneys in the Labor Department's Regional Office of the Solicitor.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Albany Area Office at 518-464-4338.
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\$500 million Silo Ridge project breaks ground
Silo Ridge Field Club, a luxury resort community centered around 245 residential units and an 18-hole golf course in the Town of Amenia, has received permit approvals from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Dutchess County health department.
And a state appellate panel recently rejected an appeal from a group that has been challenging the town's approvals. Another lawsuit remains in play.
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With those wins in hand, Silo Ridge developers joined local elected officials for a sun-splashed ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday.
The $500 million project is being hailed as a boost for eastern Dutchess County, where residents have endured closures of two large state-run facilities and sometimes feel overlooked by economic opportunities.
The project is forecast to generate 3,000 jobs during construction and 200 full- and part-time permanent jobs when completed. It is expected to bring $63 million in new property tax revenue in the first 10 years, benefiting the town, the Webutuck Central School District, fire districts and the county.
"I am in favor of the number of jobs it will create and the tax revenue," MacMillan said Wednesday, "not only for Amenia, but for the whole region."
The groundbreaking was held on DeLavergne Hill, a bend in Route 44 that Dutchess Tourism has ranked as the No. 1 fall foliage view in the county.
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Groundbreaking at Silo Ridge Field Club in Amenia
Developers said they expect to complete a small public park at the overlook later this year. Of the project's 670-acre footprint, 80 percent will be preserved as open space.
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro called it a "brilliant marriage" of environmental conservation and development.
"This," he said, "is the kind of development that Dutchess County hopes for."
Silo Ridge is aimed at high-end buyers, mostly young families from the New York metropolitan area . Residential units will range between $1 million and $10 million. It will include an indoor field house hosting various sports and an activity barn with a bowling alley and movie theater, among other amenities.
"It's not just the homes," said Dan O'Callaghan, director of sales at co-developer Discovery Land Company, "it's obviously the amenities — the $200 million worth of infrastructure that we are going to put into this project."
The development still faces a legal hurdle, a lawsuit challenging the town's environmental review and raising questions about groundwater quality. The complaint cites tests that showed elevated levels of a DEHP, a compound used to make plastics more flexible, in one of the test wells.
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Frederick Whitridge, a Stanfordville resident who is leading the legal effort, claims the chemical is an indication groundwater is being affected by a former landfill next door. The landfill has been cleaned up and was to be converted into a park.
Whitridge said a deadline of March 18 has been set for final written arguments to be submitted to state Supreme Court Judge James Brand .
"I don't think," Torres said, "the New York State DEC would have issued the permits if there were any issues with the water."
By the numbers
Acres: 670
Residential units: 245
- 21 lodging (hotel-condominium) units
- 159 single-family homes
- 52 condos
- 13 townhouses
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