Legislature Mulls Expanding Jail Capacity For Female Inmates

Smith Hails Proposal for Allowing Putnam to House Other Female Perps, Raise Revenue

A dramatic increase of female inmates at the county jail has prompted members of the Putnam Legislature to begin thinking about jail expansion. By a unanimous vote last week, lawmakers requested County Executive Robert Bondi to “pursue and explore the need for jail expansion and renovation, and report to the Legislature a plan ands timetable for accomplishing this need.” Undersheriff […]

Southeast Mahopac



Folchetti Seeks Judgeship When James Borkowski stepped down from the Southeast bench to run for Sheriff, attorney Greg Folchetti soon found himself sitting before the Republican Committee along with half a dozen of candidates, hoping to be appointed to the job. “Everyone was well-qualified. I wouldn’t have been upset if any of the others had gotten it,” he says. “After […]

Kent



Legislature scales back Peekskill Hollow Road project Who says governmental officials don’t listen to their constituents? Following public hearings earlier this year, in which residents of Peekskill Hollow Road expressed passion about their community and demanded that scheduled remediation of the narrow and winding artery connecting Putnam Valley to Kent be limited, the Putnam Legislature last week voted unanimously to […]

Southeast Mahopac



Mahopac High School graduation to be held in Danbury The traditional blue and gold of Mahopac High School will be adorning the O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury a week from Tuesday when the Class of 2009 conducts its annual commencement. For the first time in the school’s proud history, the conferring of diplomas will take place […]