What’s for Dinner?
Pack Your Diet With Fruits & Veggies
(NAPS)—Fruits and vegetables play an important role in your diet—providing vitamins and minerals, phytonutrients and fiber. They also have preventative health benefits. Full Story
April Showers Also Bring Athlete’s Foot and Blisters
Rain! Rain! Rain may be here to stay, a least for awhile. That’s good news for lawns and plants, but potentially bad news for feet that are eager to get out in the sun. In honor of April, Foot Health Awareness Month, Dr. Alan Berman provides you with the following tips for foot problems that could dampen the spring in your step this season. Full Story
WASHINGTON DISPATCHES
Keeping an Eye on Our Representation in D.C.
Gillibrand in Haiti
CONGRESS returns to work this week after its two-week long Easter vacation. The House and Senate are scheduled to remain in session for the next seven weeks, which is the longest stretch of work for senators and representatives, without vacation, all year. Full Story
Police News
Naked Whistler
It’s not against the law to whistle— unless you whistle stark naked to grab the attention of two young women. Full Story
Pastimes
Edging Along The Banks of The Hudson at Mani tou Point Preserve
The southwestern corner of Putnam County has a spot where you can walk along the Hudson River on a narrow trail atop steep cliffs that descend to the water below. Full Story
Let’s Play a Game . . .
Where in the County is The Courier?
If you can identify this location in Putnam County and be the first caller to 845.225.3633
on Monday, April 19, at 10am (according to the clock at the COURIER office), you will win a special surprise! LAST WEEK’S WINNER:
Frank of Carmel
correctly identified last week’s photo subject as
the Old Rail Road Bridge, Rt 6 in Brewster. Full Story
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