News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
Starting this year, Putnam County is changing the way it unloads homes under its control. If a foreclosed home now owned by the county isn’t sold within a year using the multiple listing service, the property will then go to
Read MoreThe Putnam County District Attorney Office announced last week that First Assistant District Attorney, Chana Krauss, received the Robert M. Morgenthau Award at the 2017 District Attorney Association of New York (DAASNY) Annual Conference in Manhattan. “I couldn’t be more
Read MoreA dead body was found Friday morning in Southeast, though the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t believe foul play was involved. Discovered in a wooded area in Southeast, the male was believed to be homeless and had apparently been living
Read MoreAfter fighting to prove his innocence for almost nine years, former candidate for Putnam County Sheriff Andrew DeStefano feels “born again” after his conviction for filing forged nominating petitions was overturned and vacated. DeStefano was a vindicated man last Tuesday
Read MorePutnam ARC, the leading provider of services for people with developmental disabilities in Putnam County, is proud to announce that the Trustees of the NYSARC, Inc. Trust provided the agency, its Putnam County Chapter, with a remainder fund grant of
Read MoreWith the former recreation building in the Town of Kent empty for the last few years, the town board is exploring whether it should sell off the property along Route 52. In an interview, Supervisor Maureen Fleming said the town
Read MoreMore than year ago, he was accused of shooting a nail gun near a coworker’s head on Tilly Foster Farm, but today Santino Pietrosanti is a vindicated man. Pietrosanti, a Mahopac resident and former Putnam County highway worker, was accused
Read MoreTompkins Excavating, an award-winning large-scale excavation company with a longstanding commitment to Westchester and Putnam counties, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. The woman-owned, family-operated company has developed a reputation for delivering a diversified portfolio of detail-oriented, quality work and maintaining
Read MoreTwo Southeast Town Board members last week criticized Putnam County for a lack of transparency about a cell tower being proposed in town. The tower is being proposed for the county-owned Kern Building, located at 1 Geneva Rd. in Brewster,
Read MoreA major environmental hurdle was cleared that would lead to an overhaul at a Mahopac park when the Carmel town board approved a negative declaration during its Wednesday board meeting. In a unanimous vote, the town board determined a proposed
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