Job Cuts and Tax Hikes
Carmel school board slashes 40 positions, proposes 4.3 percent tax levy increase
Forty teaching positions and support staff have been eliminated from the 2010- 2011 Carmel School District budget.
The Board of Education adopted the $105,991,161 fiscal spending plan last week that represents a 1.79 percent budget to-budget increase with an estimated tax levy hike of 4.3 percent. Full Story
On the Rocks
Joseph McCluskey didn’t know what happened that made him lose control of his car and drive up a stone wall in Carmel.
The 55-year-old Putnam Valley motorist escaped serious injury Sunday in the 12:30pm crash on Vink Drive directly across the street from Carmel FD headquarters.
Carmel Police Sgt. Gary Johanson and Officer James Evans investigated the crash. Full Story
Schumer Gets a Local Challenger
Jay Townsend believes that U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is beatable!
The Hudson Valley resident and national political advisor who orchestrated former Representative Sue Kelly’s three successful campaigns in the 19th Congressional District announced his candidacy to oppose the popular Democratic incumbent. Full Story
Carmel Dominant in Wins Over Brewster
Rams bang out 21 runs, 30 hits in two games
CARMEL—The Carmel High baseball team continued its hot play last week, hammering out a 7-2 League 1-B win over Brewster last Friday night at Dutchess Stadium, after handing Yorktown an 8-3 loss in the first game of a double-header. One night earlier at Carmel, the Rams set the tone by handing Brewster a 14-4 thumping in another league game. Full Story
Brewster Bears Win Track and Field League Championships
BREWSTER—For the second year in a row, the Brewster High boys and girls spring track teams are League 1-B Champions. Competing over Tuesday and Thursday of last week the boys won with a score of 211 points, 59 points higher than second-place Lakeland/Panas. The girls finished with 176 points, which put them 42 points ahead of second place Mahopac. Full Story
Odell, Patterson Lead Attack as Gaels Capture DawgFest Title
Kennedy blows out Beacon, Tappan Zee in tournament
SOMERS—The John F. Kennedy Catholic High baseball team remained sizzling hot last week, as the Gaels rolled over North Salem, 7-1, last Wednesday, then blitzed past Tappan Zee, 11-1, and Beacon, 17-4, to win the DawgFest Tournament title Friday and Saturday at Beacon.
The three wins left Kennedy at 9-1 overall, and 3-0 in League 1-D play. Full Story
Don’t Pop The Champagne Corks Just Yet
The Federal Reserve Board’s monetary gurus—technically, the Open Market Committee—are not given to irrational exuberance. Full Story
Sifting Through the Sands of Time
Courier Archives
110 Years Ago 2 May 4, 1900
Tent Caterpillars
E. P. Felt, state entomologist, sends us this timely note in the interests of our readers:
“Many remember the abundance and voracity of those caterpillars last season, and it is feared that in some localities they will be equally destructive this year. 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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