Putnam Family and Community Services Welcomes New Directors
May is Mental Health Month—a fitting time for an agency dedicated to promoting the mental health of the people of Putnam County to add two new members to its Board of Directors. Full Story
Putnam Hospital Center Will Host Thousands for Kid's Day
Putnam Hospital Center will be busier than normal Saturday when thousands are expected to participate in a traditional spring event—Kid's Day at PHC! The hospital's auxiliary is again sponsoring the get-together that attracted nearly 3,000 people to the medical center last year. Full Story
Injured Vet Raises Money
In 2001 Mahopac resident Jon Schneider went directly from classes at the police academy to Ground Zero. In 2003, he went from a training exercise at a secure American base in Nasiriyah, to paralyzed in a hospital bed in Germany. This weekend he will leave Putnam County and hike through the Grand Canyon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Full Story
Sally McCracken-Maertens is National Park Service Volunteer of the Year
A career Putnam County educator who relocated to Colorado a decade ago is America's 2009 National Park Service Volunteer of the Year. Sally McCracken-Maertens received the award last Friday in Washington, D.C. with her husband, the Rev. Henry Maertens, daughter Jennifer, son, Andrew, grandson Forster and close friends accompanying her. Full Story
Lake Peekskill Author Writes About Fat Poets' Society
NASHVILLE, TN—In a sociocultural climate in which fat bodies are considered diseased and blamed for everything from rising medical costs to global warming, it takes courage for fat women, especially, to express anything but shame about their bodies. Full Story
Vets Helping Vets with Poppies
In the next few weeks, whenever you observe veterans selling buddy poppies, stop, drop a dollar bill in a collection canister, and purchase one—you'll be assisting disabled and needy veterans. Full Story
Spring in Putnam County
A flock of cedar waxwings was sighted on Monday in the Nelsonville Town Square on the corner of Main St. and Pearl. These beautiful crested birds are pale brown on the head and chest fading to soft gray on the wings. Full Story
County's Most Decorated Vets Remember Gold Star Mothers
Two of Putnam's most decorated veterans paused Sunday to reflect on the sacrifices made by the thousands of women around the U.S. who celebrated Mother's Day on a sad note due to the loss of child in battle while serving in the military. Full Story
Police News
Ten Dollar Crook A Mahopac man is facing a year in jail for allegedly taking a wrench valued at $10.46 from the Sears Store at the Jefferson Valley Mall. Yorktown Police arrested Anthony Deleo, 46, last week after Sears' security contacted police to report the apprehension of the Putnam man who was in the possession of the Craftsman wrench. Sgt. Full Story
Putnam Valley's Sheryl Keating Saves a Life
Sheryl Keating doesn't consider herself a hero, yet had it not been for the professionalism and knowledge of the captain of the Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a 20-year-old man would be dead today. Keating responded to an emergency call at midnight last week when the Putnam 911 Dispatch Center reported a "man not breathing, with CPR in progress. Full Story
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