Ice Age
DOT under fire for slow response to Sunday storm
The New York State DOT has taken it on the chin for its tardiness in responding to Sunday’s ice storm that paralyzed the region and resulted in numerous crashes including a fatality in Patterson.
Officials on the town level charged Monday that state highway trucks were no where to be found when freezing rain coated area highways making them impassable. Full Story
Taxes Go Up, Services Go Down
MTA’S NEW MATH
After raising a retroactive payroll tax on the Hudson Valley, and still coming up with $383 million budget deficit, the MTA voted to cut services to the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. The agency also eliminated its free and reduced price Metro Cards to students in New York City. Full Story
DeStefano’s Service Project Denied
Former Sheriff’s Candidate, Captain Andrew DeStefano appeared before Judge Richard Vercollone at the Town of Southeast Justice Court on Wednesday to explore whether he could complete his 100 hours of community service working in Assemblyman Greg Ball’s office. Full Story
Gaels Hold Off Indians’ Frantic Comeback
Mahopac comes close, but fails to erase 14-point deficit in fourth quarter
SOMERS—A hustling Kennedy Catholic boys basketball team put the pressure on early, and applied it often Saturday night, holding off a never-say-die Mahopac squad and walking off the court with a sigh of relief after hanging on for a 62-57 victory at Kennedy High School. Full Story
Brewster Pins Down Second Place at John Jay Tournament
BREWSTER—The Brewster High wrestling team turned in a strong showing at the John Jay wrestling tournament last weekend, placing second to Fox Lane. John Jay of East Fishkill took third. Full Story
Putnam Valley Girls Top Dover in Beacon Tourney
PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley High girls basketball team went into Walter Panas and left with a 44-35 victory on Monday. Saturday the Tigers faced Dover in the consolation game of the Beacon tournament, winning 60-35, and last Thursday Put Valley lost, 40-39, to Tuxedo in the tournament opener. Full Story
Letters to the Editor
Constitutional Considerations
Dear Editor:
I feel compelled to respond to the eloquent letter written by Ed Lundberg (December 10) in response to my letter of December 3, because his letter misrepresents the position of my own and, of more concern to me, misrepresents my own attitudes and beliefs. Full Story
Reassessing Mr. Scrooge
The famous miser has been grossly misunderstood
Every year at Christmas time it is the same old thing. Families gather around the hearth, eat too many cookies, drink hot chocolate, and perpetuate the myth surrounding one of literature’s most complex and misunderstood characters, Charles Dickens’s Ebeneezer Scrooge of A Christmas
Carol.
Full Story
Everything True Except the Facts
Nothing is as it appears in the age of Obama
“Who are you going to believe; me or your lying eyes?”
Coined by Groucho Marx, this line was used to good effect by the late comedian Richard Pryor, in a routine in which his wife has caught him cheating with another woman. Full Story
Worship Ser vices
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
845-628-2006
Saturday Vigil Mass. Full Story
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