DOVER — Forty bags of crack cocaine were discovered in an apartment on Mill Street in Dover when the Dutchess County Drug Task Force executed a no-knock search warrant at approximately 5 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. Narcotics packaging materials, approximately $1,000 in cash and an unknown quantity of heroin and Vicodin were also found on location and seized.The raid resulted in two arrests: Kevin Madisson, 27, of the Bronx; and Crystal McNeil, 20, of Wassaic.Webutuck High School Principal Ken Sauer said he remembers McNeil, a Webutuck graduate, as an untroubled student with a lot of potential.“I feel bad about Crystal’s situation, and I don’t know how to reach out to her,” said Sauer. “My thoughts go out to her. I hope she’s not guilty of what she’s accused of.”Sauer lamented the recent frequency of Webutuck alumni involved in drug-related incidents.On Monday, Nov. 28, another Webutuck graduate, Joshua Gop, was arrested on several charges, including possession of controlled substances and hypodermic needles.Madisson and McNeil were both charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree, a class B felony. Madisson’s charge was later reduced to possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree, a misdemeanor.Madisson and McNeil were both arraigned in the Town of Dover Justice Court before Judge R. Wren Abrams. They remain in the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of the $50,000 cash bail or bond.Both were scheduled to appear in court in Dover on Monday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m.The Dec. 3 raid was conducted after a two-month investigation into narcotics activity occurring at the residence, stated the press release.The investigation is still on-going, and additional arrests in relation to the case are pending.Senior Assistant District Attorney Frank Petramale said neither Madisson nor McNeil were the target of the search warrant, and neither of them has a prior felony history.Tyler Wyman, an agent with the Drug Task Force, said as far as is currently known, the drug operation involves the Dover area and the Bronx.Wyman said that the most common drug cases in the county deal with opiate-based prescription medications and heroine, but cocaine and crack cocaine are also dealt with regularly.He said that he believes the rate of drug-related crimes has remained fairly consistent in recent years.The Dutchess County Drug Task Force is made up of people from several law enforcement offices, including the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and the New York State Police.Anyone with further information regarding this case should call the Drug Task Force at 845-463-6040 or contact their local municipality law enforcement.
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Greg Fricke and James Boehmer, co-owners of Peggy Mercury in Kent, recently launched their first fashion line, “Imaginary Concerts.”
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Fricke and Boehmer are not there to stock their shelves with the same products customers find at standard makeup retailers. They’re there to help customers find what works for them. That usually means asking customers about themselves and learning about their beauty habits, skin, style and the way they like to present themselves. Fricke and Boehmer believe it’s their job to help customers bring out the qualities that suit them and determine what works best for their look.
So much of the Peggy Mercury world is about emboldening people to become more creative, and possibly bolder, versions of themselves. Some of this comes through the store’s creative collaborations with artists, designers and stylists.
It’s part of an ethos that encourages them and their friends to use the shop as a kind of laboratory, trying out new creative experiments without knowing how they might turn out. Whether in fashion, painting, fiber arts or photography, the projects almost always turn out marvelously.
A line of sterling silver charms they sell started as a small project by their friend Nolan Percival. In the beginning, the pieces were for close friends and loved ones. But Boehmer and Fricke encouraged Percival to get a little more serious about the project and create a whole line for the store. Today, it’s one of their top-selling collections.
Classic styles, bold colors, and creative concerts make up the “Imaginary Concerts” line at Peggy Mercury.Provided
“Imaginary Concerts” has the duo taking their own advice.
The project started as a way for Boehmer to connect with his mother, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Taking old concert shirts from his own collection, Boehmer and his mother began cutting out the graphics with the idea that they would make a quilt together. Unfortunately, she died before they could complete the project in 2025. The pieces, which were ready for production, were put on the back burner as Boehmer and Fricke dealt with their loss and the whirlwind of projects that never seemed to cease at Peggy Mercury.
But the harsh winter of 2026 presented an opportunity to take some time and focus on themselves. Part of that meant revisiting and redefining the concert T-shirt project. This time, instead of looking to the warmth and comfort of a quilt, they turned to another passion — fashion.
Taking a page from their own book, they wanted to create something that felt comfortable to them. They took two disparate loves — one rooted in simple preppy style, with clean lines and classic silhouettes, and the other in the nitty gritty worlds of punk rock and pop — and blended them together to create something entirely new. Pulling from the staples of vintage Brooks Brothers and Charvet collections, they applied the graphic elements with bold stitching reminiscent of punk jackets of the ‘70s and ‘80s, but with a much more sophisticated air.
But the remixing isn’t just the pairing of prep and punk. The pieces are not canon. They take liberties with the realities of concert tours, combining one band’s dates with another band’s logos, mixing them all up until the reality is lost and imagination is the only truth.
Shirts from Peggy Mercury’s first fashion line, “Imaginary Concerts,” hang on display.Provided
Adding to the mix is an element of perpetual creativity. Art can be messy, both figuratively and literally, and many of Fricke and Boehmer’s artist friends carry evidence of their work on them at all times. As a nod to these tireless creatives, the duo added haphazard splashes of bright color, giving the line an even more distinctive feel.
For them, “Imaginary Concerts” passes the “Peggy Test.” The mythical Peggy Mercury is a fictional figurehead for the company, a character who thrives on creativity and change. The name, much like the clothing line, is a mixture of interests: Mercury is a planet, a deity and an elusive, transformative element, while Peggy is the wonderfully stylish and boundary-pushing Peggy Guggenheim.
Everything Fricke and Boehmer put in their store has to pass this test: Would Peggy Mercury approve? For their first collection, the answer is a resounding yes.
Peggy Mercury is at 9 Maple St., Unit 2, Kent.
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