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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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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Governor Seeks More, Dense Housing in Train Towns; Patterson Irked at Zoning Proposal
By Holly Crocco The Patterson Town Board will be sending a letter to Albany to express its concerns about an inclusion in this year’s...
Temporary Ban On Vape & Smoke Shops in Carmel
By Holly Crocco The Carmel Town Board has enacted a temporary moratorium on the issuance of permits to operate smoke shops and vape shops...
Gouldman Seeks Re-Election to County Legislature
Putnam County Legislator Bill Gouldman, R-Putnam Valley, recently announced that he is seeking re-election to his seat representing...
Future of Lake Carmel Community Center Debated
By Holly Crocco The Kent Town Board recently approved spending up to $7,000 on an asbestos inspection at the Lake Carmel Community...
Pay Hike Sought for Deputy County Exec.
By Holly Crocco The Putnam County Legislature will vote on a proposal by County Executive Kevin Byrne to reorganize his administrative...
GOP Backs Jonke for Southeast Town Super
Putnam County Legislator Chairman Paul Jonke, R-Brewster, will be running for Southeast town supervisor in the November election, and...
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