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A pirate festival took Putnam Valley by storm last spring, so much so that organizers are looking to permanently call the town home. During a Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting last week, Putnam Valley Councilman Christian Russo
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A little more than a year ago, Putnam Valley residents and officials celebrated the long-awaited opening of the Pudding Street overpass that allows traffic to safely cross the Taconic State Parkway. Last Friday morning, many of the same people gathered
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Two Bronx men were arrested in Putnam Valley last week following a chase with police involving a vehicle allegedly wanted by the New York Police Department in a fatal shooting investigation. On Sept. 26 at 4:34 p.m., Yorktown Police received
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A Mahopac man was killed and three teens were injured in an early morning crash Wednesday on Wood St. in Putnam Valley. According to Putnam Sheriff Kevin McConville, a 23-year-old Mahopac man was heading north on Wood St. at about
Read morePutnam County officials announced Monday that the Peekskill Hollow Road reconstruction project in Putnam Valley is slated to resume this week. The project, which started in January, came to an abrupt halt this summer when problems surfaced between the county
Read moreThe German-American Social Club of Peekskill will be presenting its annual Oktoberfest this weekend in Putnam Valley. The two-day event will be held, rain or shine, Saturday, Sept. 10 from 3 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 11 from noon
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When students return to Putnam Valley High School in September, they will have two new leaders running the show. Last year’s assistant principal Matt Mello is moving up to the interim principal role, replacing Dr. Sandra Sepe, who departed after
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The Pudding Street Overpass, located on the Taconic Parkway in the Town of Putnam Valley, has officially been renamed the Putnam Valley First Responders Bridge. Senator Sue Serino and Assemblyman Kevin Byrne introduced legislation earlier this year to rename the overpass
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A Putnam Valley man was sentenced last week for assaulting a handcuffed inmate at a Mount Vernon hospital in 2019. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said James Ready, 29, a former Mount Vernon police officer, was sentenced June 14
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Payla Backus, a native of Putnam Valley, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola operating out of Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Backus, a 2013 Putnam Valley High School graduate, joined the Navy
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