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WEDNESDAY, KEVIN LENIHAN, Content 3A Mid-Hudson PK-0000217814 www.poughkeepsienissan.com 2017NissanMaxima Beacon man charged with sexually abusing girl BEACON A Beacon man is accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 11 over several months, police said. Brian William Wolfe, 32, was charged Friday with first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree course of sexual conduct against achild, both felonies. He is accused of sexually abusing the girl the last several months on numerous said Beacon Police Chief Doug Solomon. Wolfe, who was being held in the Dutchess County Jail on $100,000 bail, is due in City of Beacon Court on Thursday, according to jail officials. Wolfe was arrested in Floridaon a felony child-abuse charge in October 2013, according to published reports and Hernando County court records.

According to the arrest report, Wolfe bit his then 5-year-old son on the arm, hit him with a belt and slapped him in the face, ABC Action News reported. He pleaded according to court records. when adefendant accepts a conviction but does not admit guilt. He was given a three-year probation term and successfully petitioned for it to be terminated early. Putnam woman charged with false identity-theft claim DOVER A woman who told police that she was a victim of identity theft in July has been charged with filing a false claim, according to state police.

Virginia Wittenberg, 48, of Carmel, was charged Monday with second-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a misdemeanor. In July, Wittenberg filed a report with state police at Dover Plains, claiming she had been the victim of ID theft, police said, but investigation into the matter determined the reported claim was Wittenberg was issued an appearance ticket and is due back in Dover Town Court on Jan. 5. Cops: Poughkeepsie woman charged in shoplifting ULSTER A Poughkeepsie woman allegedly left Walmart in the town of Ulster with two shopping carts filled with merchandise without paying on Christmas Eve, according to town police. India M.

Reed, 41, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony, police said. Walmart reported that Reed left the store with $1,437.66 in merchandise. She was issued an appearance ticket for Town Court. In Brief Brian Wolfe Virginia Wittenberg MARLBOROUGH The 2.5-story mid-19th century house designed in apicturesque architectural style at 404 Old Post Road just south of the hamlet of Marlboro, in the town of Marlborough, was home to two prominent businessmen in the region. Once sitting on 80 acres, it was the centerpiece of an estate named Daniel Elliot, a native of New Hampshire and a Dartmouth College graduate who relocated to Ulster County after living in New York City, designed his new house in 1843.

His influence for the structure was derived from a book published in 1842 and authored by Andrew Jackson Downing. It was not first attempt at architectural design. In 1830, when the Church of the Messiah on Broadway in Manhattan which he attended and served as a trustee burned to the ground, Elliot consulted on the design for a new building. Selecting Trinity Church in style for the new church, Elliot became head of the building committee and oversaw the construction. He also was responsible for the design of his first family dwelling on Ninth Street near Broadway.

Having graduated at the head of his class at Dartmouth, Elliot resettled in New York at the urging of his friend, classmate and future brother-in-law Augustus Greele. The two men partnered in several business ventures, including a female seminary in Harlem and a window-glass manufacturing operation based in Woodstock, where Elliot served as superintendent. In 1863, at the time of his retirement, Elliot sold Riverview to the Buckley family. The patriarch of the family, John Buckley, came to North America as a Hessian soldier in the service to the British Crown with Gen. John army during the Revolutionary War.

Following his capture in 1777 at the Battle of Saratoga and subsequent escape he settled in New Hampshire. His son John came to New York in 1809 to assist in the construction of a water wheel and machinery at a mill in Pleasant Valley. A decade later, John Buckley relocated to Marlborough and engaged in textile refining and production. Originally partnering with two brothers-in-law, the company was named Thorne and Buckley before a major expansion prompted a name change to the Marlborough Woolen Factory. Buckley retired during the 1860s and died in Marlboro in 1870; his son Thomas inherited Born and schooled in Marlboro, during his prestigious career Thomas Buck- ley operated a dry-goods business in New York City, was vice president of the Bank of the Republic, receiver of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co.

and director of the Home Insurance Co. The Buckley family remained owners of Riverview through the 1910s when it was acquired by the Young family. In 1923, it was purchased by the Dunlop clan, although its property had been reduced to 72 acres. In 1950, Leah Dunlop sold the house and property to Norman Macbeth, who subdivided the estate and sold the stately house and 3.07 acres to the Lanthier family. It was subsequently purchased by the Hennessy family in 1972.

were looking for a larger house, having lived in Newburgh, and I was standing in the scullery, looking out the window eastward, and I could see the Hudson Claudette Hennessy said. thought, is it; and we purchased the house. a beautiful she said. owners before me were very well off and maintained the house very partner and I did work in the house during the 1990s and it was interesting to see the original 1840s brick and stone foundation walls and bluestone floors in the retired Newburgh contractor Jack Diemer said. Now known as the Elliot-Buckley House, New York state historic researcher William Krattinger assisted Hennessy to compile paperwork necessary for its inclusion on the National Register for Historic Places, which took place in 2011.

appears Wednesdays. To suggest a topic, email Anthony Musso at Historic Elliot-Buckley House stood as gem of estate ANTHONY P. THE POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL The Elliot-Buckey House was once the centerpiece of a largeMarlboro estate named Riverview. ANTHONY MUSSO DATELINE ALBANY When Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in 2011, he scrapped decades of history by not giving the annual State of the State address before the state Legislature in the ornate Assembly chamber in the Capitol.

Instead, he chose the convention center nearby in the Empire State Plaza, turning the speech partly into a Power- Point presentation to lay out his agenda for the year. Next month, Cuomo will step away even further from the Capitol to give the speech: going to give six regional addresses to kick off the 2017 legislative session. The move is the latest effort by Cuomo to work outside of the Legislature to build support for his agenda. The decision is also drawing criticism for eschewing the historical and practical significance of detailing his proposals before the 213-seat Legislature, which would ultimately have to adopt much of what he will seek. preferred some very special times when the governor came to the Legisla- ture, much the same as the president comes to the for the State of the Union, said former Assemblyman Jack McEneny, D-Albany, and an historian of the state Capitol.

think that tradition is more and more getting The state Constitution requires an annual message from the governor to the Legislature that discusses the condition of the state, office said. But the article detail the timing or location of the message, and only starting with Gov. Al Smith in 1923 did the format change from a written message to a speech, office said in a statement Monday. So the speeches will be held the week of Jan. 9 in New York City; western New York; the Hudson Valley; Long Island; the Capital Region and central New York.

The office has yet to detail the times and locations of the regional speeches. efforts have focused on regional development strategies across the state, and we want the opportunity to lay out regional accomplishments, goals and Melissa DeRosa, chief of staff, said in a statement. The change was also viewed as another sign of the strained relationship between Cuomo and lawmakers. In January, Cuomo was heckledby Assemblyman Charles Barron, D- Brooklyn, and after a deal this month fell apartover first pay raise since 1999, tensions are high between the sides. think that separating himself from the Legislature, and he separating himself from Albany said Gerald Benjamin, a longtime political science professor at SUNY New Paltz.

saying, going to govern around this Cuomo has also tinkered with the construct of the State of the State address in recent years. Over the past two years, he has combined the address with his proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts April 1. Cuomo eschews history for NY address JOSEPH SPECTOR ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address and executive budget proposal Jan. 13 in Albany.

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