Poughkeepsie

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Capron also wove the sisters’ revelations into existing ideas set forth by yet another man, the well-known clairvoyant lecturer Andrew Jackson Davis, known as the “Poughkeepsie Seer.”

From Literature

Anthony began his newspaper journalism career at the Poughkeepsie Journal in New York, where, after turns as a police reporter, music writer, assistant city editor and features editor, he led the newsroom’s efforts in data journalism as its first technology editor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Davitt first got involved in local radio in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and then, when her husband was transferred to Waterbury in 1963, she set her sights on WATR.

From The Wall Street Journal

Herlihy, 58, who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., spoke over lunch earlier this month at a West Village bistro not far from the New York University dormitory where he and Sandler met as freshmen in 1984.

From Los Angeles Times

More crucially, when the fledgling Sandler said he was going to start performing stand-up comedy and needed material, Herlihy used a weekend’s worth of train rides to and from Poughkeepsie to scribble down some jokes for him.

From Los Angeles Times