Verizon Comes to the Assistance of Putnam Women’s Center
A new community education prevention and intervention program is underway throughout Putnam County thanks to the Putnam Women’s Center and the Verizon Foundation.
Students Preventing Violence is a school-based primary prevention program that addresses the needs of young people who have been exposed to domestic violence as well as dating violence. Full Story
Residents Receive Seasonal, not H1N1, Flu Vaccine
Residents of Putnam are apparently heeding the warning.
Four hundred fourteen people were inoculated against seasonal flu last week at the first of many flu clinics sponsored by the Putnam County Health Department. Full Story
CAP Distributes Back-to-School Supplies to 406 Children
“Thank God for CAP!”
Those words were repeatedly heard last week when the Putnam Community Action Program concluded its Back to School drive that assisted 406 boys and girls returning to the classroom.
The number was the largest in the organization’s history—a dramatic increase over the 358 children assisted by CAP last year. Full Story
PV’s Health Advisory Group Raises a New Set of Banners
The Putnam Valley Health Advisory Council (HAC), a coalition of teachers, school nurses and health professionals, administrators, parents, county representatives, community members, medical personnel, and other interested individuals, has been working for close to 20 years in the Putnam Valley School District to provide guidance and education on health and safety issues to the students and fam Full Story
Garden Club Hosts Flower Show this Weekend at Tilly Foster
The ladies who keep downtown Brewster and the Putnam County seat alive all summer with magnificent floral arrangements have been working overtime for this weekend’s gala event. Full Story
Juvenile Diabetes Association to Benefit from Cut-A-Thon
John Boggi realizes the frustration and pain caused by juvenile diabetes.
The Mahopac resident, who owns Michael Robert Salon and Spa in Mohegan Lake, will be doing something about it in two weeks when he hosts a Cut-A-Thon to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Full Story
Jews Throughout the Worl d Celebrate High Holy Days
Jews throughout the world celebrate the High Holy Days this weekend with Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year—on Sept. 19 and 20. The holidays culminate the following Monday, Sept. 28,with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Last Sunday a Jewish New Year Fair took place in Putnam County at the Carmel Veterans Hall. Full Story
‘Let Us Commune Wisely With the Past’
A sermon, a church, and the heyday of historic preservation
“God gave us memory . . . Let us commune wisely with the past.” Full Story
‘Not One Dime’: Rhetorical Legerdemain
“That is why I have pledged that I will not sign health insurance reform that adds even one dime to our deficit over the next decade.”
There are countless arguments in favor of health care reform, beginning with a fundamental—and laudable—impulse all of us have to “be our brother’s keeper” in his or her hour of need. Full Story
Dentists Marry
Weddings
There will never be a shortage of conversation at the dinner table now that Dennis Doyle of Carmel and Dr. Romina Tindari Pinto have wed.
The couple, who plan to practice dentistry in Putnam Country next year, married at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Albany. Full Story
Putnam Remembers Its 9-11 Heroes
A chilly rain mixed with tears marked the 8th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with old rituals and a new purpose—honoring the spirit if those who rushed forward to help. Full Story
Office for the Aging Celebrates 40 Years
What a party!
The pavilion at the Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park was chock full of “seasoned” citizens last week when the county’s Office for the Aging and RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) hosted their annual picnic. Full Story
Celebrating Community in Kent
“An old fashioned day in the country” is how Kent Recreation Director William Huestis described Sunday’s Kent Community Day when young and old alike got together to celebrate a beautiful late summer’s afternoon. Full Story
New Library for PV Schools?
Buried in the Announcements of General Interest section of the agenda for the September 10, 2009, Putnam Valley school board meeting was an item described as Discussion of Middle School/High School Building Connector. Full Story
Police News
Three injured in Carmel
collision
Three people were injured last week in a three-vehicle crash on Route 52 in downtown Carmel directly in front of the historic Putnam Courthouse.
Carmel Police investigated the mishap with the assistance of Kent Police and members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. Full Story
Animal Kingdom USA’s Critter Chatter
Janice from Pawling asks:
I own a
three-year-old Golden Retriever
and going to the veterinarian is such
a nightmare. I feel so bad for him
because he gets so nervous. What
can I do to help him?
Full Story
Tilly Foster’s Younger Set Takes a Stroll
A pair of Tilly Foster Farm’s newer residents, baby oxen Rundell Bloomer and Tillingham Foster, take their constitutional across the idyllic fields at the Brewster property. Full Story
The Dog Days of Summer Come to Kent
The Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park became a dog lover’s paradise Sunday when hundreds of pooches met each other during the Putnam Humane Society’s annual Strut Your Mutt get-together.
The event served as a fund raiser for the Humane Society as well as an opportunity for visitors to meet with dogs available for adoption from the animal shelter. Full Story
Tractors of Yesteryear
Jeff Hyatt remembered growing up in Holmes, and how old-time artisans told him it took almost a year to drill a well with a water-well drilling machine.
Hyatt, who now resides in Patterson, displayed his 1890 water-well machine powered by a 9-horsepower engine at last weekend’s Antique Farm Equipment show at Tilly Foster Farm. Full Story
‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
The Courier Reader
Editor’s Note:
To promote the reading
of good writing,
The Courier will begin
serializing Washington Irving’s short
story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,”
published in 1820 and set in a town not
far from Putnam. Full Story
Traversing Patterson’s Clough Preserve
There is a back-to-business feeling in the air now that summer vacations are over. But don’t forget to enjoy this
time of year—
in many ways it is the Full Story
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