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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
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, 20231 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
Parents, Students Denounce Hate at Carmel Schools
By Holly Crocco Members of the Carmel Central Schools community showed up in force at the March 21 school board meeting, urging the...
Apr 19, 20236 min read
Brewster Voters Approve School Capital Project
By Holly Crocco Voters in the Brewster Central School District last week approved a two-part $83 million capital project across the...
Apr 19, 20232 min read


‘Beauty & the Beast’ Hits Mahopac Middle School Stage
By Holly Crocco The success of the Mahopac Middle School Theater Department is a tale as old as time, with Director Heather Palkewick and...
Apr 19, 20233 min read
Mahopac Schools Dive Into 2023-24 Budget
By Holly Crocco Like its neighboring districts, Mahopac Central Schools is looking forward to an increase in state education aid for the...
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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