Marianne Dalton died on Jan. 5, 2026, following an extended illness. She was born on May 11, 1929, in New York City and shared a lifelong bond with her twin brother, Max Hirsch. Marianne graduated from Holy Name High School in Manhattan, where she served as her class president. She attended business school and worked at Bay Transportation for several years before marrying, then spent her career as a paraprofessional with Family Services of Westchester County. Marianne was married to Joseph Dalton for 46 years until his death in 2000. They made their home in Yorktown Heights, New York, filled...

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On the corner of Mill Road and Route 9 sits a little cemetery chapel. The modest white building greets drivers as they enter Rhinebeck Village from the south. And now, with the help of a former Town Board member, the Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery plans to renovate the building into a public gathering space. A little cemetery chapel greets drivers on Route 9 as they enter Rhinebeck Village from the south. (Photo by Eloise Goldsmith) “There’s a real need for meeting spaces in Rhinebeck,” said Cemetery Administrator Suzanne Kelly. “I think [this] will really fill a need in the community,...

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The gourmet Red Hook Village grocery shop, The Locavore Market, has decided to shut down after a dispute with its landlord over the building’s air conditioning system prompted the market’s owner to forgo renewing its lease. In late December, Red Hook’s The Locavore Market, a longtime shop and eatery in the Village, closed. (Photo by Athan Yanos) “The unresolved issue of air conditioning with our landlord continued to be an obstacle—one we did not feel was reasonable or sustainable to face,” Locavore owner Patricia Wind told The Daily Catch. The store closed in late December. Wind said that the issues...

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