News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
Several Putnam County school superintendents addressed the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in messages to their communities. Top officials in the Carmel, Putnam Valley and Haldane school districts all ensured parents and families there would be increased police
Read MoreFormer Putnam Valley Supervisor Sam Oliverio, who retired from town post at the end of 2021, is back serving the community in an elected role. With 754 votes, Oliverio earned one of two available seats on the Putnam Valley Board
Read MoreMahopac School District officials were forced to go back to the drawing board after voters rejected a $133 million budget last week by eight votes. A few days after the proposed 2022-2023 spending plan was defeated 1,225-1,217, the Board of
Read MoreThe seniors who have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of the Mahopac High School Class of 2022 are not only highly driven, academically successful students, but they also each intend to use their talents to make the world a better
Read MoreThe courtroom in the Putnam Supreme and County Court in Carmel is being renamed in memory of Judge James F. Reitz, who gained notoriety for instituting a Drug Treatment Court in Putnam County that provided residents with an innovative way
Read MorePutnam Hospital was among 33% of hospitals nationwide to earn a top safety grade from a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety. It is the sixth consecutive year the Carmel-based Putnam Hospital has
Read MoreThe Putnam County Mother’s Day Weekend fundraiser to help the Ukrainian refugees in Poland was deemed a success by organizers. “So many people donated and so many people volunteered to help, it was just amazing,” said Sylwia Wojcik, a Mahopac
Read MoreCandidates for Board of Education seats will be on the ballot in Putnam County in May 17 elections, along with annual budgets. In the Mahopac School District, six candidates qualified with petitions. The nominating period was extended to May 9
Read MoreThe largest suburban school district in the region has attracted the biggest field of Board of Education candidates this year as 12 hopefuls are jockeying for four available seats in Lakeland on Tuesday, May 17. Polls will be open from
Read MoreCountless offensive Facebook posts written by Robert (Bobby) Palazzo, a candidate running for the Carmel Board of Education, recently resurfaced online — leading him to drop out of the race Sunday afternoon. In posts circulating from 2009 through 2018, Palazzo
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