News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
By Rick Pezzullo Putnam County Clerk Michael C. Bartolotti and County Executive MaryEllen Odell are partnering with Donate Life NYS and LiveOnNY during Donate Life Month to increase enrollment in the New York State Donate Life Registry. Donate Life Month
Read MoreThe Desmond-Fish Public Library and filmmaker Andrea Sadler will be hosting an online screening of Sadler’s film Sacred Run, the lotus & the feather on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. The Earth Day screening will be followed by a
Read MoreSix Brewster High School students have been named 2022 Putnam County Youth Award winners for their exemplary volunteer service in Putnam County. Rory Charbonneau, Chris Donohue, Franceska Drejaj, Stephen Kovaleski, Megan Renzi and Emily Rusinko were recognized at the 37th Annual
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Current and former students at the alternative high school in the Carmel School District pleaded with the Board of Education earlier this month to fund the program in the 2022-23 budget. A passionate, standing-room only crowd turned
Read MoreNew York State Crime Stoppers, serving as a resource for the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigations, is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the discovery of the whereabouts of missing person Lori
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Carmel Planning Board recently reviewed preliminary plans for a proposed 24-room hotel at 910 South Lake Blvd. in Mahopac. The three-story “boutique” hotel would replace an existing two-story building on the site that was once envisioned
Read MoreCarmel High School has named Ryan Doherty as valedictorian and Jack Boeheim as salutatorian of the Class of 2022. “It was very exciting and relieving,” said Doherty upon learning he was ranked as valedictorian of the class. “I never made
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A former Village of Brewster police officer could face up to 25 years behind bars after pleading guilty Friday to charges in connection with a sex trafficking scheme. Wayne Peiffer, 48, pled guilty in federal court in
Read MoreDressed in colonial garb and full of excitement, CV Starr fourth-graders recently took part in the Colonial Fair, one of the school’s most beloved annual traditions. “The Colonial Fair began in 2001 thanks to a Brewster Education Foundation grant,” said
Read MoreThe man charged with fatally shooting an aspiring educator and accomplished cellist, who grew up in Patterson, near the upstate SUNY Potsdam campus where she was a senior in February has been indicted. Elizabeth Howell, 21, a 2018 graduate
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