Plant One on Me
Last week, Cornell Cooperative Ser- vice Putnam County teamed up with the Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation District and Keep Putnam Beautiful to present suggestions for road frontage improvements. Full Story
Massarelli Steps Down from POW’R
The man credited with promoting an anti-smoking campaign across Putnam County that led to several delis and convenience store owners refusing to sell tobacco products in their businesses has left the area. Full Story
Carmel PD Beefs Up Traffic Safety Unit
Two veteran members of the Carmel Police Department began their new assignments with the agency’s Traffic Safety Unit this week.
Police Chief Michael Johnson said recent tragedies in Putnam County and beyond, as well as increasing complaints of speeding vehicles on roads throughout the greater Mahopac-Carmel-Mahopac Falls area, prompted him to initiate the new assignments. Full Story
AARP Brings Back Memories of Yesteryear
Members of the Putnam Chapter of the AARP recalled days of yesteryear and the meaning of patriotism and values. Full Story
Community Service Network Recognizes County’s Unsung Heroes
Cornell Cooperative Extension Director Marjorie Keith summed it up best: “We might be small, but Putnam County sets the example for excellence.” Full Story
Engagement
Michael and Millicent Marrello
Michael and Millicent Marrello of Mahopac, NY, along with Linwood and Marilyn Judy Zacharda of Zionsville, PA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Melissa Marrello and son Michael Zacharda. Melissa graduated from Mahopac High School in 2000 and attended SUNY Oneonta, where she obtained a teaching degree in Family Consumer Science. Full Story
MTA Bridge Delay Angers Southeast
An old bridge carrying Prospect Hill Road over the Metro-North Railroad yards in Southeast will remain closed indefinitely.
Signs were posted in the summer of 2008 at Route 312 across from the Tilly Foster Farm and on North Main Street in Brewster advising motorists of the “temporary” closing. But that was before the economic crisis ravaged the Empire State. Full Story
Blessing of the Animals
Rev. Karen A. Burger of Drew United Methodist Church blesses Kathleen Reynolds’s dog. Full Story
Mizzentop Program for Twos & Parents
Mizzentop Day School, located in the village of Pawling, is currently registering children for its “Mizzen- Tots” program. The program is a parent/ child “Play With Me Program” for two-year-olds. The classes are curriculum driven and directed by a certified master teacher and involve both the caregiver and child. Full Story
Mahopac School Audit Completed
On October 5, 2009, the Office of the District Clerk of the Mahopac Central School District announced that the Mahopac School District Audit Report has been filed with the NY State Education Department. Full Story
Police News
Hot Jewelry
A Yorktown couple is facing felony charges for allegedly possessing jewelry reported stolen from a Mahopac home.
Carmel Police arrested Barbara Nokaj, 19, last week and an 18-year-old male companion as a result of a previous arrest when cops charged the young couple with unlawful possession of marijuana during a traffic stop. Full Story
The Race for Carmel Town Supervisor
‘Nice Guy’ Asks for Second Term
Town Supervisor Ken Schmitt, a lifelong Carmel resident, is asking voters to give him a second term at the helm of the town board. “I want to keep Carmel moving in a progressive direction,” Schmitt said. “When I was elected this town wasn’t moving forward. Now we’re heading in the right direction.” Full Story
Gadfly Journalist Seeks Top Post
David McKay Wilson is used to telling the news, but now he is trying to make some news. Wilson, a veteran journalist who spent 21 years at the Journal News, a Westchester-based daily newspaper, is now seeking the post of supervisor of the Town of Carmel on the Democratic and Working Families lines. Full Story
McConville Charges Sheriff With Mismanagement
Democratic candidate says Department negligence led to 2006 suicide of inmate
Democratic Sheriff’s candidate and former MTA Chief of Police Kevin McConville charged the Sheriff’s department with deadly mismanagement of the Putnam County Jail. Full Story
Putnam Valley Board, Supervisor Candidates Debate at PVHS
At Putnam Valley High School on the evening of October 6, 2009, five candidates for Town Board, and two candidates for Supervisor debated in front of an audience of more than 100 spectators at an event sponsored by the Putnam Valley Business Association. Full Story
VOTE TRAcKER
Recent Votes Cast by Rep. John Hall (D-NY19)
October 1
Hall voted YES on HR 3183: Making Appropriations for Energy and Water Development Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2010 Dems : 238 Yes, 12 No.
GOP: 70 Yes, 102 No
Hall voted YES on H Con RES 151 Expressing the Sense of Congress that China Release Democratic Activist Liu Xiaobo from Imprisonment Dems 243 Yea, 0 No. Full Story
An Ideal Brewster Founders Day
The weatherman cooperated as Brewster’s Founders Day was held Sunday under ideal autumn weather.
The entire downtown business district was closed to vehicular traffic for the fun-filled day that featured everything from a half-marathon to a dedication of the new Brewster Village Hall. Full Story
Patterson Community Day Brings Out the Best
Patterson put its best foot forward Sunday, and for those who visited the Maple Avenue Park, Community Day was a huge success. Full Story
A Fall Hike Through Westchester’s Franklin-Fels
A short distance over Putnam’s southern border into Westchester, the Frankin-Fels Nature Sanctuary in North Salem is a surprising treat for a fall afternoon hike. Full Story
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