The Village of Rhinebeck will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday May 28, 2012. Ceremonies will begin at 9:15 A.M. in the hamlet of Rhinecliff. The American Legion Firing Squad commanded by Dennis McGuire will salute the honored dead followed by a brief lag raising ceremony. Line up for the parade through the [...]
Archive for the ‘In Memory Of’ Category
6 Apr
About : The Church of the Messiah Food Pantry
Food Pantry Donations at the Messiah Every week the Food Pantry at the Church of the Messiah (6436 Montgomery St.) provides emergency grocery help for residents of Rhinebeck and surrounding areas. Open Fridays between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in the parish hall, the Pantry offers to all a warm, non-sectarian welcome. Last year the [...]
20 Mar
BONE MARROW REGISTRATION DRIVE WEDNESDAY MARCH 28TH, 2012
BONE MARROW REGISTRATION DRIVE WEDNESDAY MARCH 28TH, 2012 On Monday, March 19th, at The Rhinecliff Hotel, the Rhinebeck Rotary Club hosted Rosalie Carter, an OR Nurse at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck. Ms. Carter helped organize a registry for anyone interested in signing up to be a bone marrow donor. In fact, Northern Dutchess Hospital will be the [...]
10 Feb
Daily Freeman Reports: Violets get top role (video)
The documentary, “Sweet Violets,” tells the story of the forgotten violet industry in the Hudson Valley in which Rhinebeck began the violet capital of the world. Read On: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2012/02/10/life/doc4f3470e48bb91231268396.txt
3 Feb
Daily Freeman Reports: Helping those in need: CD aids area victims of Irene, Lee
READ ON:http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2012/02/03/life/doc4f2b4224a6f86931186469.txt
23 Jan
Modern Reliquaries ~ Annie Leibovitz, Pilgrimage
by Jay Blotcher ~ Chronogram Magazine When a life partner is wrenched from this world, the survivor begins a communion with existence on another level. The deceased is seen in possessions left behind, their presence tangible in a favorite chair or even in an empty room. The corporeal, for the bereaved, now shares space with [...]
6 Jan
TAKE A STAND Rhinebeck K-12 Art Students ‘Take A Stand’ on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 6 Principles of Non-Violence
A COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECT BY THE STUDENTS OF THE RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT The Art departments for grades Kindergarten through Twelve and Home and Careers classes of the Rhinebeck Central School District have joined forces to create a collaborative art project entitled, ‘Take A Stand’ that encapsulates the ideals of civil disobedience, collaboration and [...]
27 Dec
History of The “George Clinton” Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge
The “George Clinton” Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge Fast facts * History * Engineering * Photos * Bridgewalk* Local Links * Senator Arthur Wicks of Ulster County and Senator Ernest Hatfield of Dutchess County joined forces in January of 1944 to sponsor legislation authorizing $50,000 for a survey of the area to address the need for a bridge [...]
8 Dec
Rhinebeck Rotary working with the Heart Safe Club to save lives
On Monday, November 28, the Rhinebeck Rotary Club was pleased to host Linda Cotter-Forbes, Rhinebeck Resident, who spoke about the Heart Safe Club of Rhinebeck (heartsafeclub.org). Her daughter Kaitlin’s life was saved by those who responded to Kaitlin’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest by administering CPR and using an AED, thus the inspiration for Linda’s passionate work [...]
5 Dec
State police issued more than 800 tickets for texting-while-driving violations over the Thanksgiving Holiday
Empire State News Reports: http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20111202-1.html ALBANY – New York State Police issued 816 tickets for texting-while-driving violations over the Thanksgiving holiday. Approximately 330 of the tickets were issued as a direct result of “Operation Hang-Up,” an enhanced enforcement campaign that was conducted from November 23-27. The additional tickets were issued by State Police conducting normal patrol [...]
4 Sep
Towns in the Catskill Mountain region of New York were devastated by flooding in hurricane Irene’s aftermath.
We are asking New Yorkers to please take a moment and simply drop off their unused hurricane emergency supplies (or any items on the suggested items list) at one of our collection sites. All of the volunteers at Catskill Mountain Relief thank you ck ou the blog Ck it out! http://catskillmountainrelief.blogspot.com/
1 Sep
9ll Memorial Ceremony in Rhinebeck
An invitation of remembrance from Rhinebeck Supervisor Tom Traudt & Rhinebeck Mayor Jim Reardon: To memorialize the nearly 3,000 lives lost 10 years ago, please gather in front of Rhinebeck Town Hall at 8:30 a.m. this Sunday, September 11, 2011. The Rhinebeck Fire Department will serve refreshments after the ceremony. Please spread the word to [...]
11 Aug
Locations announced for 30 9/11 exhibitions across the state
Empire State News ALBANY – Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Museum, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum announced the locations for thirty “New York Remembers” exhibitions that are being organized as part of a statewide recognition of the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The exhibitions will give [...]
5 Aug
About ~ RBK Communtiy Forum
Rhinebeck is one of America’s most beautiful towns. The earlist settlers were the Sepasco Indians. The vitality of the Hudson River sustained many tribes here and along the Rondout. The Dutch came next and some Palatine Germans were settled through the benevolance of Queen Anne. This was at Kipsbergen and Germantown. Founded in 1688, the [...]
1 Aug
Blood Drive Wednesday, August 19th, 2:30 – 7:00pm 2011
Wednesday, August 19 2:30 – 7:00 Morton is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Wednesday, August 28, from 2:30 to 7:00 p.m. in Morton Hall. Blood of all patrons and even non-registered library users is welcome!! Please respond to this email to make an appointment. Please share the information with all your friends and neighbors. We [...]
10 Jun
Recent research at two local cemeteries uncovers new facts about early African American settlements in the Valley
African American Cemeteries History Uncovered: Rhinebeck Cemetery’s Section E and Mt. Zion African American Burial Ground in Kingston The Rhinebeck research was conducted by Vassar College students under the direction of professors Brian McAdoo and Quincy T. Mills. Last year, the Dutchess County Historical Society asked McAdoo, associate professor of earth science, to investigate Revolutionary [...]
23 May
Rhinebeck Farmers Market Founder ~ John Honey
Rhinebeck Farmers Market In memory of our beloved friend and founder of the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market. Without his interest, input and enthusiasm, we would not be where we are today. John Honey 1917- 2011 John Cleverdon Honey II, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Syracuse University, died in his sleep on May 17th 2011 A [...]
22 May
Picture the Past
This photograph from our region’s past was sent in by Rhinebeck resident Peter Sipperley. Read On: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011105220306
1 May
3rd Annual Car Wash to Benefit the A. Jayne Brooks Food Pantry.Sunday, May 15th 2011
3rd Annual Car Wash to Benefit the A. Jayne Brooks Food Pantry. Sunday, May 15th from 12:15 – 2:00 pm. Only $5 at the Parking Lot of the Church of the Messiah All Proceeds go directly to the Food Pantry! (see the attachment to this email) Car Wash sponsored by William’s Lumber, Jewish Family Services, [...]
3 Dec
The Compassionate Friends ~seventh annual candle-lighting
RHINEBECK: Burnett & White Funeral Homes of Rhinebeck and Red Hook, in conjunction with the international group The Compassionate Friends, will sponsor the seventh annual candle-lighting ceremony for anyone in the Hudson Valley who would like to remember a child who has died. Those who wish to participate should go to Burnett & White Funeral [...]
21 Oct
Bob Guccione, Penthouse magazine founder and former Dutchess weekender, dies at age 79
Guccione used to own a 16-room mansion on 55 acres in the Hyde Park hamlet of Staatsburg. He and his third wife, Kathryn Keeton, used the estate, known as The Willows, as a weekend home, and Keeton, who died in 1997, is buried on the property. Read On: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/10/20/life/doc4cbf9b380ed97252641978.txt
21 May
Memorial Day Parade ~ Villiage of Rhinebeck May 31st 2010
Memorial Day Parade The annual Memorial Day parade sponsored by the American Legion Post 429 is scheduled for May 31. Ceremonies will begin at 9:15 a.m. in Rhinecliff with a firing squad salute to the nation’s war dead followed by a flag-raising. The guest speaker will be U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Drake, U.S. [...]
2 Apr
$1000 John Honey Scholarship will be given to a graduating Rhinebeck High School senior! Rhinebeck Farmers Market~
The Rhinebeck Farmers Market, which begins its 16th season on May 9th as the area’s largest and most diverse farmer’s market, has established the John Honey Scholarship in honor of one of its founders and long-time Board of Directors, John Honey. The $1000 award will be given to a graduating Rhinebeck High School senior who [...]
16 Jan
Haiti Relief ~
Haiti Earthquake Relief Help UNICEF’s Relief Work in Haiti. 100% of Donation Supports Victims. http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CIrnhZPtqJ8CFWpd5QodkgQd1A Care- Haiti Earthquake Victims Help us bring relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Learn more my. www.CARE.org/HaitiEarthquake World Vision- Help Quake Survivors - Help families affected by quakes in Haiti. Donate $25. http://www.worldvision.org/ Urgent: Help in Haiti 40 years of experience [...]
11 Dec
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and [...]
11 Nov
Rhinebeck resident reflects on fall of Berlin Wall
Ives shared his thoughts this week after attending Monday’s ceremony in Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the wall that separated East and West Germany coming down Read On: www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/11/11/news/doc4afa4acbed3e3246891261.txt
2 Nov
Maryanne Amacher, 71, Visceral Composer, Dies
Read On:www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/arts/music/28amacher.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=rhinebeck&st=cse
16 Jan
Restaurateur, philanthropist dies at 77
RHINEBECK – Some will remember Robert Kirwood for his contagious smile, others for his charitable giving in Rhinebeck, but most will remember him as the friendly owner and operator of Foster’s Coach House Read On: www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20240611&BRD=1702&PAG=461&dept_id=69079&rfi=6
