News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
By Rick Pezzullo In her final State of the County address, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell focused on the county’s strong financial position and thanked residents for entrusting her the last 11 years as the first woman to lead the
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Carmel Board of Education decided last week to scrap plans to construct a bus maintenance facility that voters approved in March 2019. Three years ago, voters authorized spending a maximum of $10.9 million to purchase property
Read MoreThe Putnam County Clerk’s Office will be hosting Putnam County Passport Saturday on April 2 at its office at 40 Gleneida Avenue in Carmel from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to provide passport information to U.S. citizens and to accept
Read MoreOfficials in Putnam County last week celebrated the March 2 end to the mask mandate for students and staff in K-12 schools and daycare facilities. “Make no mistake, our voices were heard in Albany,” County Executive MaryEllen Odell said. “Putnam
Read MoreJust a few months after ending his six-year tenure as Putnam Valley supervisor, Sam Oliverio is itching to get back into public service. Oliverio, 68, announced last week he was declaring his candidacy for one of two available seats on
Read MoreAmy Grant, who has earned several accolades throughout the course of her decorated career as a recording artist, will bring her talents to the Holy Mountain at Graymoor in Garrison on Thursday, March 10 for a night of story and
Read MoreThe Pawling Concert Series will welcome Wu Han, Arnaud Sussmann and David Finckel on March 18 at 8 p.m. for a program of music by Beethoven, Saint-Saens, and Mendelssohn. Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel have been artistic co-directors
Read MoreSeventh-graders at George Fischer Middle School can add mobile app creators to their résumés after a successful quarter in Jeff Naso’s app creation class. Students learned that there is not always “an app for that” in the mobile app landscape.
Read MoreTwo community leaders from Putnam County were honored last week at a special virtual online ceremony in recognition of Black History Month. State Senator Pete Harckham presented Commendation Awards to Scott Rhodes and Ronald Reid, co-founders of the Putnam County
Read MoreThe third-largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York State is returning to Mahopac on Sunday, March 13. The 45th Annual Northern Westchester/Putnam St. Patrick’s Day Parade will kick off at 2 p.m. following the Pledge of Allegiance on the
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