Putnam Declares State of Emergency Amid Migrant Crisis
Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne, R-Mahopac, last week executed and filed a State of Emergency and three executive orders in relation...
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- 7 days ago
- 2 min
Local Leaders Try to Get Ahead of Migrant Crisis
Assemblyman Matt Slater, R-Yorktown, joined Republican colleagues at a press conference last week in Albany to introduce bills they say...
- May 12
- 2 min
Mahopac Library Budget Vote, Trustee Election is June 6
Registered Mahopac Central School District residents may vote on the Mahopac Public Library’s proposed 2023-24 budget Tuesday, June 6,...
- May 12
- 3 min
Sheriff Seeks To Create Crisis Intervention Team
By Holly Crocco The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department is applying for a $400,000 federal grant to develop a crisis intervention team to...
- May 12
- 2 min
Metro-North Opens New Parking Lot at Croton Falls
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently opened the new customer parking lot at the Metro-North Railroad Croton Falls station....
- May 12
- 2 min
Putnam County Can Now Receive 911 Texts
The Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services has officially started accepting text-to-911 service for the county. This new service is...
- May 12
- 2 min
Area Lawmakers Call On Albany to Fund New Mahopac Mascot
By Holly Crocco Advocates recently gathered at the Mahopac High School to denounce Albany’s attempt to make local school districts pay...
- May 12
- 2 min
County Puts Inmates to Work Restoring Historic Markers
Last month, numerous historic markers throughout Putnam County were reinstalled after having been restored by individuals involved with...
- May 12
- 2 min
Kathy Kahng Seeks Seat on County Legislature
Longtime Kent resident Kathy Kahng, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy for Putnam County Legislature, District 3, in the November...
- May 12
- 3 min
Kent Looks to Address Food Insecurity
By Holly Crocco The Town of Kent is hoping to enlist the help of Cornell Cooperative Extension-Putnam County in using American Recovery...
- May 12
- 4 min
Sheriff: Racist TikTok Videos Lend No Basis for Arrest
By Holly Crocco Following weeks of demands for action from parents and residents from Carmel, Brewster and all throughout Putnam, county...
- May 12
- 3 min
Delayed Peekskill Hollow Road Project Causes Frustration
By Holly Crocco Town and county lawmakers, residents, business owners and others who travel Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley are...
- May 12
- 2 min
Materion Donates $5,000 for InterArts Center in Patterson
Materion, of Brewster, a global leader in advanced materials that enable technologies to create a safer and more sustainable world,...
- May 12
- 2 min
Lipton Expected to Be Named EMS Commissioner
Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne recently announced his intention to name Robert Lipton as commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency...
- May 12
- 2 min
Peach Lake Brook Flooding Continues to be a Nuisance
By Holly Crocco Residents who live along the Peach Lake Brook in Southeast are looking to the town for assistance remediating flooding...
- May 12
- 3 min
Parents Demand Action to Prevent School Violence
By Holly Crocco Area parents who are troubled by, and fed up with acts of racism, violent threats, and other concerning behavior at local...
- May 12
- 2 min
Public Safety Training Facility Eyed in Southeast
By Holly Crocco While a proposal to build a public safety training facility on donated land in Southeast fell through a couple of years...
- May 12
- 4 min
Improvements Coming to South Lake Dams in Kent
By Holly Crocco The Town of Kent and Putnam County are working together to maintain the upper and middle South Lake dams in Kent, with...
- Apr 19
- 4 min
Kent May Launch Food Composting Pilot Program
By Holly Crocco The Town of Kent is applying for a grant to launch a food waste compositing pilot program, in hopes of taking one more...
- Apr 19
- 5 min
Byrne Promises to Increase Access & Accountability; Delivers State of the County
By Holly Crocco On his 68th day in office, Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne stood before a standing-room-only crowd in the Historic...
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