News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
In his quest for freedom, Carmel native Andrew Krivak passed through a major hurdle on July 3 when a New York State Appellate Division Court announced it would hear his appeal for a new trial in the rape and murder
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The following is from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office recorded three drunken driving arrests in June. The arrests occurred in Carmel, Patterson and Southeast. On June 10, at about 6:45 p.m., Deputy Christopher
Read MoreImprovements are coming to the Putnam County Golf Course after the county reached a litigation settlement with a disabled rights advocacy group. The county and Westchester Disabled on the Move reached the settlement late last month and the county Legislature
Read MoreIn the ever-interesting race to lead the Putnam County Sheriff ’s Office, another candidate has jumped into the fray giving the county’s Democratic Party its first standard-bearer since 2009. Robert Langley, a Garrison resident and retired county sheriff ’s investigator,
Read MoreA television producer, an environmentalist, an EMT and a pair of Town Clerks were among the fourteen women honored last night at Mt. Kisco Elementary School by Senator Terrence Murphy as recipients of the 2017 40th Senate District’s Women of
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo and David Propper The U.S. Coast Guard has decided to temporarily suspend plans to create 43 new anchorages in 10 locations along the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston. After reviewing more than 10,200 comments that were
Read MoreBy Anna Young The Town of Southeast will be waiting another month for the Zoning Board of Appeals to determine whether a nearly 100-foot crane is a permanent structure. During Monday night’s work session, the board without one trustee, voted
Read MoreWhen Putnam County Legislator Bill Gouldman won his seat three years ago, he became the first Republican in more than a decade to represent legislative district two. He’ll look to keep the district red when he runs for reelection this
Read MoreThe Putnam County Legislature officially closed the case on the Adam Levy vs. Don Smith civil lawsuit when the lawmakers unanimously approved the settlement that’ll give Levy, the former district attorney, $125,000 from the county and $25,000 personally from the
Read MoreNext month, the Putnam County Legislature will finally vote on a proposed contract between the county and the sheriff ’s Patrolman Benevolent Association, though approving it seems unlikely. The legislature’s personnel committee voted to send the proposed deal to the
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