Heroes Honored for Saving 8-Year-Old in Carmel
By Holly Crocco They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, Carmel may technically be a town, but its community members showed up...
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- Jun 21
- 2 min
Putnam Valley Looks to Regulate Short-Term Rentals
By Holly Crocco The Town of Putnam Valley is considering a change to its zoning code to regulate short-term rentals via a special use...
- Jun 21
- 4 min
Pawling Native Featured in New HGTV Show
By Holly Crocco Full disclosure: I have known Michelle Leo since August 2001, when we both found ourselves moving into Hulbert Hall at...
- Jun 15
- 1 min
Big Rigs on Display in Patterson
The Patterson Rotary Club hosted its annual Touch-a-Truck event June 3 on the grounds of the Patterson Fire Department, where families...
- Jun 15
- 2 min
New Putnam Finance Commissioner Tapped
Michael Lewis has been selected to be the next Putnam County commissioner of finance by County Executive Kevin Byrne, taking over for...
- Jun 15
- 3 min
NYC Sues Counties For ‘Banning’ Asylum Seekers
By Holly Crocco New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Corporation Counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix on June 7 announced that the City of New...
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Proposed Hours for Brewster Manufacture Plant Causes Ire
By Holly Crocco Brewster residents who live near Fields Lane expressed concerns last month over a proposed change to the hours of...
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Smoke from Canada Fires Reaches Putnam
An air quality health advisory for fine particulate matter for most regions in New York State was issued Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday...
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Mahopac Runs With ‘Wolf Pac’ As New Mascot
By Holly Crocco Mahopac Central School District’s new mascot name was debuted at the May 18 school board meeting, when student...
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Patterson Creating Drainage District for Ice Pond Subdivision
By Holly Crocco Members of the Patterson community are wondering if the long-ago-approved Ice Pond Estates is ever going to come to...
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Health Dept. Issues Advisory for Harmful Algal Blooms
As the weather heats up this summer, the Putnam County Department of Health is alerting residents about harmful algal blooms, also known...
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Family Fun at Chamber Street Fair in Carmel
The Greater Mahopac-Carmel Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual spring street fair along Gleneida Avenue in Carmel on May 27. Visitors...
- May 30
- 1 min
Putnam SeniorCorps Holds Recognition Breakfast
By Holly Crocco A total of 370 senior citizens volunteered more than 34,000 hours of community service at 40 different Putnam SeniorCorps...
- May 30
- 2 min
Putnam Vets Board Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Several veterans from Putnam County embarked on the Hudson Valley Honor Flight’s 30th Mission on May 2, which took off from Westchester...
- May 30
- 3 min
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...
- May 30
- 1 min
Carmel School Super Resigns
The Carmel School Board accepted the resignation of Superintendent Mary-Margaret Zehr effective June 30, during its May 23 meeting. “At...
- May 30
- 2 min
Putnam Pride to Celebrate ‘Diversity, Community & Visibility’
Putnam Pride will host its fourth annual Pride event June 24 in Brewster Village. Participants are invited to join the festivities...
- May 25
- 1 min
Master Gardener Plant Sale Success
Cornell Cooperative Extension-Putnam County hosted its annual Master Gardener Plant Sale and 4-H Family Fun Day on May 13 at Veterans’...
- May 25
- 2 min
School Budgets Approved Countywide
By Holly Crocco The proposed operating budgets for the 2023-24 academic year were approved by voters in school districts across the...
- May 25
- 2 min
Memorial Day Remembrances Around Putnam
This Memorial Day weekend, while enjoying the unofficial start of summer, remember to take some time out to honor those American heroes...
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