Poughkeepsie Pulse

Public Safety Incidents

• 🔥 Teen Arrested with Handgun: A 16-year-old was arrested near Washington Street and Fallkill Place in Poughkeepsie...

• 15-year-old Matthew Strahan of Poughkeepsie died Sunday after slipping beneath High Falls Waterfall on Rondout Creek
• He was swimming with a family...

At Tropical Fresh grocery store in Poughkeepsie, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tied the 4.2% CPI surge and highest food prices since February 2023 directly...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Poughkeepsie after police found a loaded .40-caliber Glock with a defaced serial number.

• The encounter occurred at...

Dutchess County’s second annual “Putting Your Skills Back to Work” Older Adults Skills Fair offers free opportunities for adults 55+ to connect with...

A 15-year-old Poughkeepsie boy drowned at High Falls Waterfall on July 19.

• Matthew Strahan slipped underwater while swimming with family and could...

Paramount Pictures is filming in Dutchess County, closing a quarter-mile stretch of West Dover Road (County Route 20) in Dover and Pawling from July...

A 16-year-old faces felony weapons charges after Poughkeepsie police recovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun with a defaced serial number during a...

Accountability shown: Pine Plains officer Brian Johnson resigned during the probe into a July 6 cruiser crash that left fellow officer Aaron Fantroy...

Crime & Safety

• 🔥 Teen Arrested with Loaded Gun: A 16-year-old was arrested in Poughkeepsie after police found a loaded semi-automatic gun...

A 16-year-old carrying a loaded Glock .40 with its serial number defaced was arrested in Poughkeepsie after police discovered the weapon during a...

The City of Poughkeepsie begins water line inspections Monday to meet EPA rules and confirm lines are lead-free.

• What to expect: H2M contractors...

Thirty-five new career firefighters graduated from the Westchester County Career Fire Chiefs Firefighters Academy and will serve 12 departments across...

School Enrollment

• Pre-K Re-Registration Required: Poughkeepsie City School District pre-K families must re-register children for kindergarten...

Poughkeepsie pre-K families need to re-register children for kindergarten in the 2026–27 school year. Reach the Central Registration Office at...

• Severe thunderstorms threaten the area tonight with 60-70 mph winds, hail, flash flooding, and lightning
• Flood Watch remains in effect through...

Former Dover Town Supervisor and firefighter Ryan Courtien has been found safe at the Wingdale train station after vanishing from his yard on July 12. State police took him to a local hospital for evaluation following the four-day search.

City Hall closed early Friday after an unidentified computer glitch halted printed document services, including certified copies from the...

Transportation Updates

• 🔥 Road Closure for Filming: Paramount Pictures filming will close a quarter-mile section of West Dover Road/County Route...

• West Dover Road in Dover and Pawling will close for Paramount Pictures filming from July 23 to August 9.
• The production, working title "Little...