DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - Fishkill had its cake. Now Beacon will be eating it.The wildly popular K104.7 Cupcake Festival, which has been held on Main Street in Fishkill for all of its five-year history, is moving to Beacon this year and will be held Saturday, May 6, from 1 to 5 p.m.Fishkill residents have already started to voice their displeasure on Facebook group pages about losing one ...

A group of Hudson Valley residents turned up at the Hudson Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on Friday to protest animal use by Garden Bros. Circus, which was staging three shows at the venue.Group organizer Natalie Kikel and about a dozen protesters held signs claiming animal abuse by Garden Bros. and other circuses and handing out info from PETA on the topic.Literature included ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Current Port Chester Athletic Director Rob Barrett is set to take over for the retiring Fio Nardone as Yorktown Central School District athletic director this fall, Daily Voice has learned.Barrett, currently in his second year at Port Chester, attended Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak before graduating from Trinity-Pawling in Dutchess County. He went on to Post (CT) ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Benvenuto Pizzeria & Restaurant opened in 2009, quickly became a neighborhood favorite and hasn't looked back.With a great commuter location - seconds off the Taconic Parkway on Secor Road in Mahopac - the restaurant gets a steady stream of traffic and has built a steady flow of regulars.Benvenuto specializes in all types of standard and gourmet pizza, as well as ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - EnerShe Fitness, a women's health center in Mahopac, is hosting a women's self-defense seminar Saturday from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m., and club owner Karly Schneider believes it's a session women will find valuable."I believe this is important information for every woman, every young girl," Schneider told Daily Voice. "To know some self defense, and be able to ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation reported that a wet weather event (melting snow) caused a major sewage spill Sunday in the Albany area that could impact Hudson Valley residents.An estimated 100,000 gallons of untreated sewage flowed into the Hudson for over an hour on March 19 at approximately 2:15 p.m., according to the DEC. Some communities in the Hudson Valley use water ...

LAKE CARMEL, N.Y. - Carmel Brick Oven Pizza & Cafe brought its city-style pizza to Carmel last July, and customers have been enjoying it ever since.Owner Lindita Sutaj runs the place - with a little help from her friends (mom, uncle, sisters, and husband) - and she and her Dutchess-based family have been loving the experience."It's been really exciting, it's something that's ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The idea at Sarah's House of Health is to bring a variety of wellness experts and services together - spiritual and physical - all under one roof.Sarah Montgomery, a longtime Carmel resident, was always   involved with caring for or inspiring others - as a Girl Scout, Candy Striper, with high school service clubs, then as a physical therapist.But then, she explains on ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Culinary Institute graduate and Chef Dano Maffucci opened his Rt. 6 Tap House five years ago - with the focus on bringing great craft beers and pub food to the Mahopac area.Maffucci, who owns the restaurant/brewery with his mom, Pat (retired after teaching 30 years at Somers HS) and Dan (retired after 53 years with the Department of the Navy), admitted that some people ...

CARMEL, N.Y. - Florrie Kaye's Tea Room & Gifts was just named the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce's 'Best New Business in Putnam County,' voted on by Putnam residents. Here's  our recent story on the Carmel business.The mission at Florrie Kaye's is to "transport you back in time, to a place of elegance ... for you to be treated like royalty, if only for a short time."And ...