‘We Are Not Alone’
By Adam Stone Local artist Paul Greco was pulling into his Yonkers driveway on a seemingly ordinary evening in November 2020, on Friday the 13th, when he looked up at the sky and witnessed what he concluded was more than
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Putnam County
Putnam County Youth Bureau Expands Teen Driving Court
Earlier this year, the Putnam County Youth Bureau announced the expansion of the Putnam County Teen Driving Court, a diversion program targeting ticketed youth drivers, to the Town of Philipstown. Teen Driving Court is an extension of the Putnam County Youth
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Westchester Cops Nab Suspect After Two Local Gas Station Robberies
A 28-year-old Suffolk County man wanted by multiple police agencies for robberies throughout the metropolitan area was taken into custody early last Wednesday morning by Westchester County police following holdups of two area gas stations. Jose Nieves, of Brentwood, N.Y.,
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Slater Proposes Pair of Bills to Make Impact on Food Insecurity
The pandemic highlighted how so many people in Westchester and Putnam counties and throughout the state are one crisis away from needing assistance to put food on their kitchen table. Now a local state legislator has introduced two bills this
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Putnam Valley Fire Dept. Files Restraining Order for Illegal Dumping
A show cause order was filed by the Putnam Valley Fire Department against a construction company owner accused of transporting and dumping contaminated material where the new Oscawana Lake Road firehouse is being built. The order, filed on Jan. 20
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Why I Interviewed a (ChatGPT) Bot about Local News, Optum/CareMount, Etc.
I tend to be a late adapter with technology. Usually, I like to think/hope the latest thing is a passing fad, or an obnoxious invasion, and resist its omnipresence for, say, three to five years longer than makes any practical
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Putnam County Courtroom to be Named for Late Judge Reitz
A bill to name a courtroom in the Putnam Supreme and County Court after late Putnam County Court Judge James F. Reitz has been signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul. The newly enacted law designates Room 301 in the Putnam Supreme and County Court as the “Judge James F. Reitz Memorial Courtroom.”
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Schumer Vows Federal Aid to Make Metro-North Grade Crossings Safer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged Friday to deliver more than $100 million to make dangerous Metro-North grade crossings safer for drivers, including money for a vehicular overpass for Roaring Brook Road in Chappaqua. Schumer said he has already secured
Read MorePutnam Health Dept. Releases Results of Community Priority Poll
The Putnam County Department of Health has released the results of a Community Priority Poll (CPP) that gauged county residents’ views on health priorities and where resources should be directed to improve quality of life. The CPP is one component
Read MoreWinners in Local Races in Westchester and Putnam Declared
Lost in the shuffle of the higher profile congressional and state races on Election Day may have been a slew of contested and uncontested local races in Westchester and Putnam counties. Westchester In the Town of Cortlandt, Councilman Robert Mayes,
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