Brewster Library Presents Musical Classics and Broadway Showtunes
On Saturday afternoon, October 24, 2009, The Brewster Public Library presented a delightful concert program featuring Camerata New York Soloists Katarzyna Owen, cellist, and Richard Owen, Jr., pianist and conductor. Full Story
Hundreds Pray for Putnam County at Leadership Breakfast
Three hundred people rose well before dawn to pray for Putnam County.
Last week’s 18th annual Putnam Leadership Prayer Breakfast attracted the large audience to the Putnam National Golf Course banquet room for a 7:30am service featuring men and women from all religious denominations. Full Story
Relay for Life Expands Next Year
Relay for Life, a 24-hour marathon fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society, is always Putnam’s best-attended and most emotional annual fundraiser. Full Story
Alcoholism Prevention Discussed
In one way or another, alcoholism and addiction affect every man, woman, and child in Putnam County.
Robert Lindsey, president of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, brought that message to Carmel last week during the annual meeting of the Putnam Chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism, held at Arms Acres. Full Story
Safety Tips for Halloween
Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith reminds all Putnam County residents to be especially careful during the evening hours of October 31st as many of our young people throughout the County will be out and about celebrating Halloween. Parents are urged to follow the Following safety tips: COSTUME TIP: Full Story
Police News
Deadly Road Rage Incident
A Putnam Valley man already facing state prison following a felony DWI arrest in Peekskill last summer has copped a guilty plea to menacing in Yorktown as the result of a road rage incident resulting in the death of an army buddy. Full Story
Anxious Moment at Putnam Plaza
There were some anxious moments at the Putnam Plaza Shopping Center in Carmel when an alarm of “confirmed fire” was broadcast on county police and fire radio frequencies.
Last week’s incident took place at 12 noon, when the Putnam 911 Dispatch Center received several calls reporting smoke filling the Blockbuster Video store. Full Story
Kindergartners Learn Fire Safety
Groups of kindergarten children have “learned not to burn” and to “stop-drop and roll” during Fire Prevention Week activities that included a visit to Mahopac Falls Fire Department headquarters. Full Story
Parents Return to School to Learn about Positive Youth Development
Parents were urged to get to know their children’s friends while teaching their sons and daughters to think critically and to be independent. These messages and others relating to drug and alcohol abuse prevention attracted more than 100 adults and students to the Brewster High School library last week. Full Story
Rug Room Monologues Teach about the Disabled
Children enrolled in special education classes at Carmel High School are an integral part of their educational institution. Full Story
Arlene Stoffel Recognized
Arlene Stoffel has been advocating for the handicapped for more than 30 years.
Stoffel dedicated much of her adult life to creating awareness and opportunities important to those with emotional, developmental, and physical disabilities. Full Story
Hazzard Elected to Head Association
Richard Hazzard has become the first funeral director in Putnam County history to be elected President of the NYS Funeral Directors Association. Full Story
Putnamites Get Inoculated
Long lines snake around Carmel FD headquarters last Thursday during a flu clinic sponsored by the Putnam Health Department. Full Story
Odell and Tamagna Rise as the Stars
Legislators Mary Ellen Odell of Carmel and Vincent Tamagna of Nelsonville have quite a future after taking top honors in the first annual Hillside Food Outreach Dancing with the Stars competition. Full Story
County Prepares for Snow and Ice
New York State will reimburse Putnam County for plowing, salting, and sanding a number of state highways across the county this winter in conjunction with a pilot program authorized by state and county officials.
The Putnam Legislature approved the agreement last week and forwarded the measure on to County Executive Robert Bondi for his signature. Full Story
Correction
Greg Ellner’s name was
omitted from a list of
Republican candidates
running for a seat on the
Carmel Town Board.
THe COURIeR regrets this error.
Full Story
Time for Choosing Approaches
ELeCTION SCOReCARD
The debates are history. Campaign signs will soon be removed from the Putnam countryside. Election Day is less than a week away.
Races will be decided on the county, town, and village levels next Tuesday when voters go to the polls.
The Board of Elections reported that 61,788 Putnam residents are eligible to vote Nov. 3. Full Story
Conklin Seeks to Keep Tax Burden From Growing
DIsTRICT 4 LeGIsLATIVe RACe
Mary Conklin is hoping her home base of Patterson will re-elect her as their representative to the Putnam County Legislature. The 36-year resident of Putnam County, who believes that she can keep the tax burden from growing, plans to continue her “fix-it” style of leadership. Full Story
Newcomer Armon Focuses on Fiscal Responsibility
Mark Armon is a newcomer to Putnam, but he already wants to make his mark in its political life. “We moved here from Brooklyn three years ago to raise a family,” Armon explained. “We came here for the Lake, the great schools, and we are happy. But it’s not perfect, so I thought I would try to do my part” by running for county legislator. Full Story
Battle-tested Smith Looks to Remain Putnam’s Top Lawman
SHeRIFF’s RACe
Most people relent when they are being chased by a cop and a judge, but Don Smith survived his contentious Republican primary battle with Judge James Borkowski and former NYPD Captain Andrew DeStefano. Smith came out of the September contest battle-tested and now must contend with former chief of the MTA Police, Kevin McConville, to retain his position as Putnam’s top lawman. Full Story
McConville, Former MTA Police Chief, Wants to Serve Putnam
Summing up his candidacy, Kevin McConville smiled and said bluntly, “Putnam needs professional police management.” Full Story
New Yorkers to Vote on Constitutional Amendments
Voters in Putnam County will face two statewide ballot measures on November 2. Proposal 1 would amend the New York State constitution to allow the state to carry out a small land deal near Canada, in order to build a power line. Proposal 2 would allow prison inmates to work on municipal jobs. Full Story
The Secrets of Sleepy Hollow
What do Leona and Harry Helmsley, Samuel Gompers, Walter Chrysler, Elizabeth Arden, Andrew Carnegie, and Brooke Astor have in common? Full Story
Hidden Val ley Preserve, Just a Step Outside of Putnam
In last week’s adventure, I wrote about a 973-acre park, but sometimes good things come in small packages. This week’s adventure—the Hidden Valley Preserve in New Fairfield, CT—falls into that category. Full Story
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