News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
There has been an alarming increase in mortality rates of law enforcement officers, firefighters, corrections officers and emergency medical services personnel within the past decade. Between 2015 and 2016 alone, there was a 68 percent increase in firearms related fatalities
Read MoreThe Putnam County Chamber of Commerce (PCCC), the county’s largest business organization and primary advocate, voice, and resource for the business community, announced today that Dr. Marsha Gordon, President & CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, and Meghan Taylor,
Read MoreThe countdown to demolition day in Putnam Valley is underway. During its monthly meeting Wednesday, the town board voted unanimously to tear down a single family home at 31 Orchard Street after a public hearing was held last month to
Read MoreBy Anna Young Parents and community members gathered together Thursday night for an open forum as the Mahopac School District continues their search for a new high school principal. After Dr. Adam Pease got promoted to Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum
Read MoreThe Patrick Castaldo police brutality case has come to a close, with the former Putnam County Sheriff investigator taking a plea that his defense attorney called “vindication” Thursday morning. Inside the county courthouse, Castaldo agreed to plead guilty to harassment
Read MoreThis year, The Year of the Millennial, the Marketplace which will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. just prior to the presentation of the Putnam County Legislature and the County Executive’s State of the County Address will be
Read MoreThe Putnam County Visitor’s Bureau board chairman was in Village of Cold Spring court Wednesday afternoon, where he pleaded not guilty to swiping copies of The New York Times from a local merchant. Cold Spring resident and former village board
Read MoreBy Neal Rentz The Patterson Town Board voted unanimously for a series of resolutions related to the creation of a town emergency medical services program during the Feb. 8 meeting. The board agreed to hire Justin Flynn as emergency medical
Read MoreBy Anna Young Common Core, the controversial learning standards that have been a point of contention since its inception in 2011, was brought into question at Carmel’s Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Members of the community spoke out urging
Read MoreClosing the chapter on the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department scandal, ex- treasurer Albert Melin was sentenced to 33 months in prison by a federal judge Friday. Melin, who pled guilty to fraud and tax charges stemming from his embezzlement of more
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