More than 60 Putnam County junior firefighters and their counterparts from Westchester, Nassau and Albany Counties spent last weekend participating in the 11th annual Putnam County Explorer Training and Campout held at Veteran Memorial Park and the Putnam County Fire
Read MoreDespite a veto by Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell of a legislature-approved proposal to levy a hotel tax back in June, the topic returned to the the legislature’s audit and administration committee agenda on Monday, July 30. Representatives of the
Read MorePutnam County Director of Tourism Libby Pataki’s latest stop in a series of meetings to share the initiatives her office is taking to promote tourism throughout the county was at the Village of Cold Spring Board of Trustees meeting on
Read MoreThe Putnam County Sheriff’s Department reported the arrest of 25 year-old Cold Spring resident Shannon Conley on criminal charges stemming from her alleged involvement in the thefts from two homes in the Village of Cold Spring. It is alleged that
Read MoreFollowing up on an item that was highlighted in her State of the County address earlier this year, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell asked the county legislature to consider a resolution in support of a coalition of tax assessors throughout
Read MoreFree anonymous and confidential HIV testing began in Putnam County this week and will be ongoing. One in four of the more than one million people living with HIV in the U.S. is unaware of their infection, according to a
Read MoreSen. Greg Ball (R, C-Patterson) will be hosting a district-wide, live telephone town hall on Monday, July 23 at 7 p.m. The free conference call is open to all residents and members of the press. The senator will give a
Read MoreThe Putnam Humane Society will be holding their annual “DogWash” fundraiser today, July 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in order to help the non profit shelter that needs the donations and goodwill of the public at-large to operate.
Read MoreUnder a sunny June sky, Highlands Preservation recently commemorated Putnam County’s Bicentennial with a “Magical History Tour and Nature Hike” up Mount Nimham in Kent, which for many years was thought to be the highest elevation in Putnam County. The
Read MoreTo borrow or not to borrow? That is the question county government and local municipalities are asking as of late, with revenues down and interest rates on borrowing that have headed in the same direction. After a discussion on the
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