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Community Input Wanted on County Health Survey

by Staff May 13, 2013May 11, 2013 Why you can trust The Current

Putnam Health Department seeks feedback to select priorities Community members have an opportunity to make Putnam County a better place to live and work. In a first-time move, the Putnam County Department of Health (DOH) and Putnam Hospital Center have developed a “community asset survey” to gain insight into what the public feels are the […]

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Desmond-Fish Library Associates Awards Dinner May 18

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Art Along the Hudson Kickoff Event May 15

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Rhinebeck juried exhibit includes art from along the Hudson

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Riverside Art Auction Boasts French Picnic and Live Music May 11

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Art of past and present featured in exhibit opening Second Saturday, May 11

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Rabbi Holds Blood Drive to Get 100 Units of Love May 13

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Wife’s leukemia battle inspires event to create lifelong donors When Alison Spodek, Vassar professor and wife of Beacon’s Rabbi Brent Spodek, was hospitalized for shortness of breath this March, one of the first things her doctors did was give her a blood transfusion. As Alison’s well-being almost instantly improved, she looked up at the pint […]

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Sun Shines on Pedal Into Spring and Bicycle Race

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Screen-Free Week at Haldane

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About 125 students took the pledge to avoid television and computer screens

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International Arts Prize Artes Mundi Opens for Nominations May 7

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bau Gallery Celebrates 100 Monthly Exhibitions

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Saint Basil Academy and Haldane Show Girl Rising May 10

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Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to receive $20,000 grant

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