Legislature Makes Appointments
The Putnam Legislature has appointed a number of local residents to a variety of boards and commissions.
Meeting in regular session last week, the nine-member governing body appointed Deputy County Executive John Tully of Patterson to the county’s Traffic Safety Board. Full Story
Six Graduate from Putnam County Treatment Court
Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles that he has overcome.
Six local residents who overcame those obstacles during the past 18 to 24 months now have a new lease on life thanks to the Putnam County Treatment Court. Full Story
Public Health Safety Day Takes Place on Saturday
Putnam County’s first annual Public Health Safety Day is planned for Saturday in Carmel. Full Story
Neighborhood Watch Programs Expand Across Putnam
Neighborhood Watch programs pay dividends by providing local residents working with law enforcement to participate in the detection and prevention of crime. Full Story
Age Strong! Live Long!
Putnam County’s aging population continues to increase.
By 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau is predicting that more than 26,000 residents of Putnam County will be over the age of 60. Full Story
Expo Speaker Addresses State’s Hostility to Enterprise
New York State has the dubious distinction of being the second most expensive state in which to do business in America.
“Only Hawaii surpasses the Empire State,” said Mike Elmendorf, New York State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, during last week’s Putnam Business Expo. Full Story
Putnam County’s USS New York Memorial Kicks Off
Organizers of the Putnam County-USS
New York
Memorial project are hoping for a large turnout next Thursday at a community barbecue fundraiser in Patterson. Full Story
Police News
P.V. Man Stabs
Patterson Resident
A Putnam Valley man is facing charges of felony assault for allegedly stabbing a resident of Patterson in the neck during a fight at the victim’s residence. Full Story
Beware the Peeping Tom in the Mercedes
School officials throughout Putnam County have been placed on alert following an incident that occurred in Bronxville in southern Westchester.
Last week, Bronxville Police received a call reporting a man seated in a red Mercedes E320 sedan with New York license plates outside Bronxville High School taking photos of young girls. Full Story
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