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Carmel Schools Name New Superintendent
Following an extensive search process, the Carmel School Board last week announced the appointment of Dr. Erin Meehan-Fairben as the...
Mar 5, 20243 min read
Putnam Schools Present Early Budget Numbers
By Holly Crocco School districts across the county – and the state – are busy putting together their preliminary budgets for the 2024-25...
Feb 13, 20243 min read
Grants Allow Carmel Schools to Provide Emotional Support
Carmel Central School District students will benefit from two separate grants that will provide emotional support services at George...
Feb 13, 20242 min read
Haldane Senior Killed in Crash; Junior Hospitalized
By Holly Crocco A senior from Haldane High School in Cold Spring was killed Dec. 15 in a crash in Cortlandt, and a junior was critically...
Jan 3, 20242 min read
P.V. Junior Has the ‘Heart of a Giant’
It’s official: Putnam Valley High School junior Eduardo Recinos has the heart of a Giant. Recinos, accompanied by his team and family,...
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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...
Dec 4, 20235 min read
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,...
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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 24, 20232 min read
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...
Oct 17, 20233 min read
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 20, 20233 min read
Welcome Back, Students!
Students across Putnam County – and the state – returned to school last week.
Sep 13, 20231 min read
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...
Aug 8, 20234 min read
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 27, 20232 min read
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...
Jul 21, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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