September breakfast to feature candidate forum ant to learn more about the candidates run ning for New York State Senate to represent the 41st District this fall? Hie Chamber’s September Contact Breakfast— set for 7:30-9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel & Conference Cen ter—will feature a forum with Re publican incumbent Senator Sue Serino and her Democratic chal lenger, Terry Gipson. Each of the candidates will speak before an swering attendees’ questions. The Chamber serves as an ad vocate for local businesses and the community with local elected of ficials by hosting interactive events
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such as forums so voters can make educated decisions. If you have a question for the candidates, email it in advance to richk@dcrcoc.org. Forms will also be provided on each table for at tendees to submit questions before the breakfast begins. New York State Senator Sue Serin o, of Hyde Park, is serving her first-term rep resenting the 41st District, which includes Dutchess and Putnam SERIN0 counties. She claims her top priorities are re ducing taxes, creating jobs in the Hudson Valley, and quality educa tion through Common Core re form. Sue firmly believes that like so many hardworking families in our communities, our government
needs to learn to do more with less and needs to prioritize measures that will directly benefit our local communities. Gipson, a Rhinebeck resident, represented the 41st District for a two-year term through December 2014 and remains a vocal advocate for improving state government to reduce cost of living, im prove public schools, and create new jobs. He says his goals are to take corporate money out of GIPSON the election process and state government to “give power back to the people.” MidHudson Regional Hospital sponsors the September Breakfast. Home to the mid-Hudson Val ley’s most advanced healthcare ser vices, the 243-bed facility cares for
sie Public Library District and more than 10,000 inpatients annu ally while performing an additional Dutchess County Historical Soci 325,000 outpatient procedures each ety will also be in attendance. Attendees are reminded of the year. MidHudson Regional Hospi Ambassador Committee’s ongoing tal operates the area’s only Level II efforts to collect trauma center, canned and dry is home to the goods to ben Redi Center To SUBMIT YOUR efit the Chamber’s for Cancer QUESTIONS FOR THE Workforce Devel Care and Cen ter for Robotic opment. Attend CANDIDATES, EMAIL Surgery, and is ees are asked to R jch K@ dcrcoc . org a destination deposit donations hospital for pa in the marked by S eptember 19. boxes near the tients with se registration tables rious illnesses at the Poughkeep and injuries. sie Grand. For more information, visit MidTickets are $25 for Chamber HudsonRegional.org members in advance, or $30 at the The Women’s Leadership Al liance - the Chamber’s commit door. Nonmembers can attend for tee devoted to cultivating women’s S35. To RSVP, call (845) 454-1700, leadership and networking within ext. 1000 or visit dcrcoc.org. the community - will be recog nized at the breakfast. Nonprofit members from the Poughkeep-
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