News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
In past years when the sizzling summer weather finally arrived in Putnam County, beaches usually wouldn’t face closures due to blue-green algae until the end of the season. That’s not the case this year, as the county health department has
Read MorePutnam County MaryEllen Odell announced that the county has begun the renovations of the Carmel Friendship Center at the Donald B. Smith Campus in Carmel. The new configuration of the building will allow additional services, more room for recreational activities,
Read MoreWhen Susan Elan was taking a flight home from Dallas to New York on April 30, she noticed three adults with five young children. During that American Airlines flight, she found out those children were immigrants who had been separated
Read MoreBy Anna Young A large group of gun rights advocates assembled in the blistering heat Saturday afternoon outside Carmel’s Historic Courthouse to push back against efforts to create stricter gun control laws that they believe would hinder their constitutional right
Read MoreA contentious school year in Brewster came to an end last week when school chief Dr. Valerie Henning-Piedmonte announced her decision to leave the district at the conclusion of next school year. The Brewster Board of Education accepted Henning-Piedmonte’s resignation
Read MoreTwo high school seniors with aspirations of careers in healthcare are the recipients of the Putnam Hospital Center Auxiliary’s continuing education scholarships. Junior volunteers Michelle Kushner and Nora Maerean each received $500 to go toward their educational pursuits. “We offer
Read MoreA massive lawsuit against opioid manufacturers that Putnam County is a part of moved forward last month when a state supreme court judge denied several motions to dismiss the legal action. Putnam is one of dozens of counties in New
Read MoreTown of Kent Police Chief Alex DiVernieri is leaving the department he’s led for the past six years, with his last official day on the job pegged for July 31. DiVernieri, in a letter to Supervisor Maureen Fleming and the
Read MoreThe Southeast town board could be faced with more zoning decisions as a wide scale logistics center is being proposed off Route 312 in town. During a meeting last Thursday, representatives of Northeast Interstate Logistics came in front of the
Read MoreBy Anna Young and David Propper Carmel Board of Education member John Curzio declared victory last week after it was decided he would not be removed from the school board for his vocal opposition of the district’s failed $85
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