Community members gathered in Cold Spring for International Overdose Awareness Day, where a luminaria ceremony took place. Photo by David Alger. By David Alger The historic bandstand at the Cold Spring waterfront became a sanctuary of shared grief, healing, and urgent advocacy as Putnam County community members gathered to observe International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31. This year’s event marked the 25th global anniversary of the movement under the theme “25 Years On.

What could have been a tragedy ended peacefully last week when Putnam County sheriff’s deputies and negotiators convinced a man in distress to step back from a cliff he had perched himself on in the Hudson Highlands State Park. At about 3:45 p.m. Aug. 25, the Cold Spring Police Department received a call through the Putnam County 911 Center reporting that a missing 34-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis was believed to be in the area of the park. Putnam County Sh

By Holly Crocco No one likes a parking ticket. While the Village of Cold Spring relies on income from metered parking – as well as tickets – to bring in revenue, merchants say the hefty $75 fine is not only turning customers off from shopping in the village, but making residents feel unwelcome on their own main street. During the Aug. 12 Cold Spring Village Board meeting, Mayor Kathleen Foley said village government has been working with the Chamber of Commerce and its Main S

Members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office join local law enforcement, government representatives, friends, and family at the dedication of the new Sheriff Kevin J. McConville Memorial Substation in Nelsonville last week. An impassioned crowd of law enforcement officers, elected officials, family members, and friends gathered Aug. 20 to memorialize former Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville with the dedication of the Nelsonville substation of the Putnam County Sheriff’s

The Bible used in the inauguration of President George Washington in 1789 was on display recently at Philipstown Masonic Lodge 236. Photo by Legislator Bill Gouldman. Philipstown Masonic Lodge No. 236 in Cold Spring offered a rare public viewing of the George Washington inaugural Bible on Aug. 15, as part of its Revolutionary Putnam County 250 programming. The 1767 Bible belongs to St. John’s Lodge No. 1 A.Y.M. in New York City, which provided its altar Bible for Washington’s