Trouble with Peace and Quiet
PATTERSON TOWN BOARD
A special meeting was held on July 20 at 7pm to discuss changes to the Patterson’s town code regarding not-forprofit membership clubs and research and development. There to give their input was the town board, planning board, and zoning board of appeals. Full Story
Have A Rare Night Out
STEAKHOUSE 22
Jim Troetti knows how to serve meat. He’s a self-taught cook, an experimental food-lover, and the owner of Steakhouse 22, located on Route 22 in Patterson. “I just decided to cook one day, I just had a flare for it,” Troetti said. “I bought a restaurant and just started messing around.” Full Story
Illegal Alien Arrested in Brewster
A man reportedly in the U.S. illegally from his native Guatemala is facing felony charges of burglary and grand larceny following his arrest by Brewster State Police.
Troopers charged Victor Hugo Ramirez, 41, last week after station commander Sgt. Joseph Malorgio reported an investigation into a residential burglary in downtown Brewster. Full Story
Wittenberg is County’s Employee of the Year
Rebecca Wittenberg has been giving back to her community for more than three decades as a dedicated member of the Putnam County Health Department. Full Story
Children’s Theater Hopes to Move to Putnam Park
If all goes well, a special production of A Christmas Carol
will be performed live on stage in a refurbished building at the Putnam Veterans Memorial Park later this year. Full Story
Board Members Caught Up in Dog Fight
It was all bark and no bite for the Djeljevic family of 34 Avery Road in Carmel at the Carmel Zoning Board meeting on July 22; pun fully intended. Chairman Mark Fraser and zoning board members RoseMarie Fabiano, Roger Garcia, James Ferrick, and John Lupinacci, and town attorney Gregory Folchetti seemed perplexed and eventually fed up with contingencies surrounding the case. Full Story
Upgrading Audio and Video at Historic Courthouse
Regular attendees at Putnam Legislative meetings as well as those who watch proceedings at home on cable television are complaining the same these days: Sound quality is so poor that the important discussions relating to county government cannot be understood. Full Story
POLICE NEWS
Woman Vict imized at Carmel Drug Store
For the second week in succession, a woman has been victimized in the Carmel-Mahopac area by leaving her handbag unattended.
Carmel Police reported the most recent incident taking place at a local drug store when the victim left her handbag unattended in a shopping cart while she browsed through the aisles. Full Story
Pepsi’s Annual ‘Gives Back Day’ Improves Walking Trail
Because of the valued partnerships between Volunteer-Center.org, Pepsi Beverage Company, and Keep Putnam Beautiful, improvements have been made to the Lake Gleneida Walking Trail.
On July 16th, Pepsi’s annual Gives Back Day offered its employees an opportunity to work on this community project. Full Story
Chamber to Get New Office
‘Economic opportunity center’ will house only non-profits
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has helped funnel $400,000 in taxpayer money for the creation of an “economic opportunity center” in Mahopac. Despite its name, the center will not house job-creating for-profit businesses. Instead, it will serve as a new office for the Mahopac-Carmel Chamber of Commerce, as well as local nonprofits. Full Story
Peniowich Completes Basic Training
Air Force Airman Robert C. Peniowich graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Full Story
Mahopac Teen Charged With Grand Larceny
A 17-year-old Mahopac youth accused of stealing a debit card from a neighbor and making several purchases with it from area merchants is facing five counts of grand larceny.
Carmel Police arrested Dylan Deltoro last week. He was arraigned in Carmel Town Court before Judge Joseph Spofford and remanded to the Putnam Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 bail. Full Story
Town Board Extends $80K Info Tech Contract
On a sunny and clear midsummer Monday evening, the Kent Town Board made quick work of a brief agenda in time to enjoy a fine Putnam sunset. Full Story
Water Advisories Issued Across the County
Lack of rain and hot weather has resulted in water advisories being issued by several municipalities throughout the region.
The Town of Carmel issued a mandatory water advisory earlier this month banning the watering of lawns and washing of cars. Full Story
Cops Say it Must be the Weather
Kent Police arrested Antonio Gonzalez, 46, of Kent, on charges of criminal mischief for reportedly swinging a piece of steel rebar that struck another local resident’s vehicle after the pair had been involved in an argument in Lake Carmel.
Gonzalez was arraigned in Kent Town Court and was released without bail pending a July 29 hearing. Full Story
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