Here are some other top stories from this past week (click on the link to read the story):
- A routine traffic stop for a vehicle infraction on Route 55 in Dover led to state police arresting a man and woman on felony drug charges.
- Wendy Travis, a bus driver for the Wappingers Central School District, was named the 16th annual Dutchess County School Bus Driver of the Year.
- Four high schools in Dutchess earned Top 150 rankings in New York State in the newly released 2017 U.S. News & World Report High School Rankings.
- A Town of Poughkeepsie police officer managed to save the life of a suicidal 19-year-old resident set on hurting herself on Tuesday.
- A Wappingers Falls building contractor who admitted he was guilty of defrauding homeowners and businesses received a combined sentence of two and two-thirds to seven years in prison.
- Forty of Dutchess' best and brightest under 40 were honored Tuesday at the ChangePoint Theatre in Poughkeepsie by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce at its annual gala.
- County Executive Marc Molinaro brought his "Think Differently" initiative to the New York State Senate's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee Wednesday morning.
- The Town of Poughkeepsie police are asking for the public's help in their investigation into a bomb threat at the Dutchess County Department of Mental Health, around 3:50 p.m. on Friday.
- The Chappaqua Central School District said late Tuesday night that pending a site visit, Christine Ackerman will be appointed as the next superintendent
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