The water superintendent said that when the two reservoirs up in the hills overflowed, water came rushing uncontrolled down into Foundry Brook where the treatment plant is.

Reservoir overflow causes cloudiness in Cold Spring water supply; water emergency declared

"This field is permitted for 800 gallons a minute. When you looked at the system in there, it was going 157 gallons a minute," Water system operator Mike Tremper said during a tour of the Hilltop facility. "We have this throttled way back because of the cost to filter it."

Wappinger gets help to update water plant that is too expensive to run at full capacity

A NYSEG spokesperson said that on Monday morning a contractor working on behalf of the power company suffered "an injury caused by being within the vicinity of an arc flash."

Utility worker suffers electric shock due to arc flash in Dutchess County

Staff said they sometimes survey their properties after storms, but due to the volume of outages and with it being the Fourth of July weekend, it was not possible to survey all HRH's properties.

'We slept on the porch.' Children, disabled adults displaced from home due to storm damage

At the massive renovation of the old Wallace's Department Store, about 20 workers have been carrying on like they usually would, with a few safety adjustments.

Poughkeepsie's downtown revitalization continues through intense heat

Annette Strehle appeared in Dutchess County Court, where a judge reviewed video from the January incident involving ICE protesters on Route 22.

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