The lack of proper financial reporting by the nonprofit that operates the county-owned Tilly Foster Farm became a major discussion topic at the Putnam County Legislature’s Physical Services Committee meeting on June 19. The Society for the Preservation of Putnam
Read MoreA 52-year-old Putnam County resident was arrested on narcotics-related criminal charges stemming from a four-month investigation into cocaine sales in the towns of Kent and Carmel, according to a statement released by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. In early February
Read MoreExactly one week after a majority of the Putnam County Legislature approved a proposal to levy a four percent tax hotel occupancy tax, County Executive MaryEllen Odell vetoed the legislation on Tuesday, June 12. In a reversal from the previous
Read MorePutnam County Legislator Richard Othmer and local veterans said they opposed removing the name of former State Senator Vincent Leibell, who is currently serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice and tax evasion,
Read MoreU.S. Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, M.D. (NY-19) announced last week that the United States Department of Agriculture has designated Putnam County, along with Orange, Rockland and Dutchess Counties, as agriculture disaster areas. These counties experienced significant crop destruction due to severe
Read MoreIf you were one of the thousands of Putnam County residents who called in to emergency services in the early to mid 1980s to report seeing a boomerang shaped aircraft the size of two football fields hovering in the night
Read MoreThree of the five Democrats battling to unseat freshman GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth jockeyed to convince voters they were the best bet of sending a Democrat back to Washington at a candidate forum in Mahopac on Tuesday, June 5. The
Read MorePutnam County Democratic Election Commissioner Robert Bennett received the surprise of his many decades-long career when he entered the historic county courthouse for the June legislative meeting only to discover he was being recognized by a large audience as the
Read MoreAfter majority of the Putnam County Legislature nixed a plan put forward by County Executive MaryEllen Odell to sell off the county-owned, large-unoccupied building at 34 Gleneida Avenue, the legislature’s physical services committee discussed what the future of the building
Read MoreWhen property owners fall way behind in paying their taxes, eventually they are foreclosed upon and Putnam County takes ownership. Eventually, the properties are auctioned off in order for the county to recoup the back taxes. When auctioned, if a
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