United Way Connects Communities
United Way has always created opportunities for a better life. With today’s complex and multi-faceted society, the scope of America’s largest charity, consisting of 1,300 separate chapters, incorporates focusing on education, income, and health, and not just giving money to agencies that do good things. Full Story
Helping Orphans, One Stitch at a Time
Patterson resident Angela Memmel has been knitting stuffed teddy bears since 2007 as a way to provide comfort and hope to children affected by HIV/ AIDS in Africa. Full Story
Putnam Nonprofit Gains From Gala
Residents and businesses across Putnam County showed their heart by opening wallets and pocketbooks during difficult financial times that raised nearly $40,000 for Putnam Family and Community Services. Full Story
Giving to DARE is a Tradition
The spirit of giving is evident this week in Lake Carmel.
Doug and Robin Timm, proprietors of Country Gardens on Route 52, in the former Lloyd Lumber Building, are once again assisting children in the Carmel School District by donating to DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education.) Full Story
‘A Great Miracle Happened There’
The lights of the menorah recall the blessings of freedom and the truths of faith
Nun, Gimmel, Hey, Shin.
The Hebrew letters inscribed on each side of Full Story
Indian Point a Likely Contributor to High Cancer
Official cancer statistics for Putnam County residents aren’t good. From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, the county’s incidence rate for all cancers jumped 17 percent for males and 33 percent for females, while the state and national rates didn’t change. Full Story
Scientifically Proven: Nuclear Power is Safe and Clean
The United States has benefitted from the safe, clean and reliable generation of electricity from nuclear power for more than fifty years, with nuclear power today providing about 20 percent of our nation’s electrical supply. And in that time there have been highly-vocal, and highly-organized groups formed to shut down nuclear power plants. Full Story
BIRTHS
Keely Elizabeth Aparicio
Baby Girl Keely Elizabeth Aparicio was born November 23, 2009, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz., to parents Carly and Nestor Aparicio of Purchase, to maternal grandparents Robin and Jeffrey Daday of North Salem, and to paternal grandmother Ana Delmy DeBlow of Mt. Kisco.
Bridget Marie McDermott
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Police News
Crash at Courier
Building
A Connecticut motorist is facing a variety of charges after his vehicle struck a pole that crashed into a building in downtown Carmel housing the offices of the PUTNAM COUNTY COURIeR. Full Story
Brewster NJROTC Chapter Called One of America’s Finest
Since 2000, the Brewster High School NJROTC (Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) has received Distinguished Unit honors eight times, with the ninth year earning Unit Achievement recognition. Full Story
Old Style General Store Opens at Tilly Foster
It began as a vision, and now the General Store at Tilly Foster Farm is reality.
Last Saturday, among intermittent rain and snow showers, a ribbon was cut and the new store, located in an old barn, that carries seasonal merchandise officially opened.
The store was the dream of Putnam Legislator Dini LoBue, of Mahopac, who admitted being “extremely proud.” Full Story
Remembering the Seventh
World War II veteran Charles Johansen remembered Pearl Harbor Monday while addressing a ceremony at the Carmel Veterans Hall. Full Story
New York Passes Deficit Reduction
Putnam school districts spared
After nearly a month of negotiating, New York State implemented a deficit reduction plan last week, closing an estimated $2.6 billion of a $3.2 billion budget shortfall. Full Story
Accused Murderer Charged with Assaulting Fellow Inmate
An 18-year-old Lake Peekskill youth accused in the shooting death of a popular Garrison businessman a year ago is now facing new charges for allegedly assaulting an inmate at the Putnam Correctional Facility in Carmel. Full Story
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