Hall and Ball Town Halls Attract Large, Loud Crowds
Around the country, forums on health care reform have sparked intense debate and resistance, and the 19th New York Congressional district is no different. Democratic Congressman John Hall and his presumptive Republican challenger, Assemblyman Greg Ball, held separate meetings on health care reform last week, each meeting simmering with the passions of engaged citizens. Full Story
Wild Goose Chase
Police, volunteers frantically search for teen, who was sitting in jail all along
It was an unbelievable ending to a day-long search for a missing teenager,when the 16-year-old Guatemalan native was found inside the Putnam Correctional Facility under a false identity. Full Story
Debate This Sunday
‘Tis the season for political debates!
Candidates seeking the office of Sheriff, Carmel Town Board, and Carmel Supervisor will be on hand in Mahopac on Sunday for the latest in a series of debates.
The forum is being sponsored by the Men’s Club of Temple Beth Shalom and will take place at the organization’s monthly breakfast meeting starting at 9:30am. Full Story
A Storehouse of Ballpark Stories
Village Baseball Cards is much more than a place to buy signed Yankees memorabilia
Mike Dwyer, former 5th and 6th grade teacher in Carmel, spends his summer afternoons in his shop, Village Baseball Cards, talking about the golden age of baseball in the 50s and 60s, discussing signed memorabilia, and arranging rare baseball cards in their cases. Full Story
Cold Spring Café Offers Country Hospitality
Peter Inserillo has owned and operated the Cold Spring Bakery and Café for close to eight years, but the familyowned and-operated business was decades in the making. Full Story
Pirates Ride Wave to WPBA
PATTERSON—To be a great baseball team, you’ve got to have strong pitching above all. Add in some table setters, a few solid hitters and a strong defense, and you’ve got a recipe for a winner.
The Patterson Pirates 10-year-old baseball team had all of the above this summer – along with a strong coaching staff - and stayed hot from start to finish. Full Story
White Sox Summer Highlighted by Titles
KENT—The Kent White Sox 18U baseball team recently concluded its second consecutive strong summer season. The Sox won the WPBA 18U regular-season division title, and was also the WBA 18U Wood Bat division winner.
Kent, under manager Neil Oratz and coach George Torres, closed out the summer at 28-8 overall, going 18-4 in the WPBA and 10-4 in the WBA’s Wood Bat League. Full Story
Cubs Postseason Belies Strength of Team
CARMEL—The Carmel Cubs 16U baseball team recently concluded a solid summer season that saw the team to 15-4 and reach the WPBA playoffs.
The Cubs, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, got upset by No. 7 Lewisboro in the first round, 7-4, but such is the game of baseball in a single-game elimination: anything can happen. Full Story
The Back to School Experience
For some of us, it means tearfully dropping our young ones off for the very first time, whether i t be to kindergar ten or nurser y school. For others it means helping a hesitant child through the rough patches as he or she enters a new stage such as middle or high school. Full Story
Governor Should Eliminate DMV Fee
I, as your Putnam County Clerk, am calling on Governor David Paterson and the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles officials to eliminate a number of DMV fee increases passed as part of the 2009-2010 budget, including the controversial new “plate exchange” program. Full Story
Brewster High Alumnus Promotes Patriotism
Kevin McPartland, 18, a graduate of Brewster High school, was honored at the Annual Chief Nimham Pow Wow by Gil Tarbox as the President of the Children of the American Revolution, along with Ms. Full Story
Worship Services
Send information regarding worship services to courier@pcnr.com. Please put “WORSHIP” in the subject line.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
225 East Lake Blvd, Mahopac,
NY 845-628-2006
Saturday Vigil Mass. 5:30pm, 8pm – Mass in Spanish – OLQA, Sunday: 7:30, 8:45, 10:45am, 12 Noon & 5:30pm, 10:15am – Mass in Polish – OLQA, Weekdays: 6:35, 9am, 12 noon, 7:30pm – Mondays & 1st Fridays Full Story
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