Ice Cream Café Opens in Carmel



A father and son from Carmel have opened Putnam’s newest business just in time for summertime fun. The Ice Cream Café, featuring a wide variety of delicious sweets and treats, began welcoming customers this week at the Shop-Rite Plaza off Route 52 near the shopping center’s movie theater. Ed Sparado and his 27-year-old son, Ed Jr., called their business “family […]

Watch the Trains Go By As You Dine at the Cold Spring Depot



Twenty-five years ago, Tom Rolston sat in the Cold Spring Depot having a drink. The bartender leaned over to him, and said “You’re in the restaurant business. Why don’t you buy this dump?” Rolston laughed, “I swear to you, she said that. I said ‘if we can close in a week,’ and it was done. We opened a week later. […]

Weedeating Fish Move Into Mahopac’s Lake Casse

But Supervisor Schmitt says 'they never nibble on toes'

Four-hundred-eighty-five weedeating fish have moved into Lake Casse. The sterile triploid carp were purchased by the Lake Casse Park District to rid the lake of milfoil and other vegetation that has begun strangling the body of water in Mahopac. Last Thursday a tank truck pulled onto the lakeshore, and with representatives of the park district and Carmel town officials in […]

Letterboxing in Brewster’s Bog Brook



Tucked in on a windy back road in Brewster, the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bog Brook Unique Area is a 131 acre property dedicated to protecting a portion of the Great Swamp, as well as the Bog Turtle, a species listed as “threatened”by the federal government and “endangered” by New York State. Fortunately, you can still enjoy the Bog Brook […]

Keeping Putnam Both Beautiful and Bustling



Keep Putnam Beautiful is encouraging business development across the county by showcasing entrepreneurs who are helping to make Putnam more attractive. Under the direction of coordinator Walt Thompson, four beautification awards were presented to commercial property owners last week in the Mahopac Southeast area for businesses that improved road frontage in order to attract new business. “Road frontage is a […]

Putnam Valley

Powell introduces electric time and date stamp to town hall

This past May, longtime Putnam Valley resident Dawn Powell announced her intention to challenge incumbent Town Supervisor Bob Tendy in next November’s election. No stranger to town hall, she served as the personal assistant to former Supervisor Sam Davis, albeit under a cloud, because at the time she was also his domestic partner. Endorsed by both the PV Democratic Committee […]

Southeast

Inferno destroys attorney's large home

A raging inferno has destroyed a 5,000-square-foot home belonging to a prominent Westchester attorney in Southeast. The blaze was reported early Saturday when the Putnam 911 Dispatch Center received several calls reporting a blaze at 12 Pine View Drive, a threestory wood frame dwelling located in a hilly subdivision off Guinea Road in Southeast. Brewster Fire Department personnel arrived around […]

Carmel

McDonough nominated for Town Board

Suzanne McDonough—her friends call her "Suzie"—has obtained nominations from both the Independence and Democratic parties for Carmel Town Board. The widow of former Town Councilman Jimmy McDonough says she is not a "normal politician." She has wanted to get involved in public life for some time, but waited. "My youngest child is 16. When I get into something I want […]

Mahopac

Mahopac man killed when struck by car

A Mahopac man was struck and killed early Sunday as he was attempting to cross Route 6N in downtown Mahopac. Carmel Police identified the victim as Matthew Denmark, 21. Police Chief Michael Johnson said the tragedy took place at 3:50am when the pedestrian was crossing the street in the vicinity of the Mahopac Marina. An investigation determined a Nissan Altima […]

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