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Hudak seeks seat on Town Board Full Story
Bondi Takes on Legislators
Seeking to privatize home nursing service
An emotional battle is brewing in Putnam County. The conflict centers around County Executive Robert Bondi's issuing a formal request for proposals from providers of certified not-for-profit home health agencies to take over the operations of the county Health Department's nursing services for the homebound. Full Story
Putnam Pot Plantation Spotted by State Police
A "pot" plantation consisting of 403 five- and six-foot-tall marijuana plants has been commandeered. Brewster State Police reported the confiscation of the illegal contraband Tuesday seized from an abandoned farm off Pugsley Road in a remote section of Southeast. Full Story
Ball Hauls in the Cash
Assemblyman Greg Ball has raised more money than Congressman John Hall in the hotly contested race for the 19th Congressional District. Ball, a Republican whose 99th District encompasses Carmel, Southeast, and Patterson as well as Pawling, North Salem, Somers, and Yorktown, collected $180,213 from 1,541 individuals across the country. Full Story
Dolan Meets Carmel Flock
Archbishop Timothy Dolan turned on his Irish charm and scores of Putnam residents fell in love with the gregarious high priest. The archbishop, who earlier this year replaced Edward Cardinal Egan upon his retirement, visited St. Full Story
Throng of Bidders on Ballot this Fall
Putnam County Elections Commissioners Robert Bennett and Anthony Scannapieco and their staffs won't have much of a vacation this summer, now that 69 candidates have filed petitions to run for 34 positions in town and county government this fall. Full Story
County Loses More Jobs
If job losses affecting Putnam residents are any indicator, the recession is far from over. The NYS Labor Department released its monthly report last week, indicating that 18,300 jobs were lost throughout the Hudson Valley in June, upping the total to more than 746,000 people who have become unemployed in the ninecounty region in the past year. Full Story
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