Mahopac Debates Student-Athletes ‘Playing Up’
By Holly Crocco The Mahopac School Board is currently revising its policy regarding seventh- and eighth-graders playing junior varsity...
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- Nov 7
- 2 min
Carmel Schools Seek to Unite Community
More than 30 parents, students, teachers and administrators attended the Unity in Our Community event at Carmel High School on Oct. 25,...
- Oct 24
- 2 min
No GPS? No Problem for Brewster Students
If you were dropped in the middle of the woods without your GPS, would you be able to get out by using a map and compass? Brewster NJROTC...
- Oct 17
- 3 min
Carmel Schools Address Hate Symbols
By Holly Crocco The Carmel School Board once again spent time discussing ways to dispel acts of hate that have been on the rise at the...
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Carmel Schools Add Anti-Bullying Steps To Code of Conduct
The Carmel School Board approved revisions to the district’s Code of Conduct during its Sept. 5 meeting, incorporating New York State’s...
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Welcome Back, Students!
Students across Putnam County – and the state – returned to school last week.
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Carmel School Board Insists District Revise DASA Report
By Holly Crocco The Carmel School Board has directed the district administration to revise a report that is to be summited to the State...
- Jul 27
- 2 min
County Launches School Bus Safety Program
A new partnership with BusPatrol America and Putnam County was announced last week, to launch a new program to safeguard students and...
- Jul 21
- 1 min
Carmel School Board Elects New Leadership
By Holly Crocco By a split vote, Dawn Dall was elected president of the Carmel School Board during its July 11 meeting. Dall was...
- 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...
- 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 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 12
- 2 min
Brewster Students to Honor Former Classmate at Relay for Life
Brewster Students Against Cancer – which includes many members of the Brewster High School Class of 2023 – will be walking on behalf of...
- May 12
- 2 min
Celebration of Wildlife Returns to Green Chimneys
Few schools can call themselves home to 300 domesticated farm animals and wildlife including 50 birds of prey, but the Green Chimneys...
- 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
- 1 min
Candidates Set For May 16 School Board Elections
School board elections will take place May 16 across the county, accompanying the annual school budget votes. In Mahopac, three seats on...
- May 12
- 3 min
Mahopac Schools Propose 2.81% Tax Levy Hike
By Holly Crocco The Mahopac School Board has approved a $137.9 million budget for the 2023-24 school year, which represents a 4.1 percent...
- 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
Carmel School Board Eyeing 1.86% Tax Levy Increase
By Holly Crocco The Carmel School Board is expected to adopt a budget with a 1.86 percent property tax levy increase later this month....
- 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...
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