‘Pac Indians Pummel Clarkstown North, 35-0



MAHOPAC—Dillon Addonizio ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries to lead the Mahopac High football team to a 35-0 rout of Clarkstown North in a non-playoff game Friday night at Mahopac. The win puts Mahopac in the hunt for a bowl game. The Indians are set to travel to take on RCK (4-3) Saturday at noon. A […]

Brewster Boys Run Well Take Second at Invite



BREWSTER—Placing only two runners in the top 10 and four in the top 20, the Brewster High boys cross country team had to settle for a second-place finish at the Coaches Invitational, run at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls Saturday. Honeoye Falls Lima was first with 52 points, Brewster was second with 61, and Suffern placed third with 96 points. […]

PV Girls Soccer Team Falls in Season Finale



PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley High girls soccer team lost their final game of the season at home to Croton by a score of 4-1. It was a disappointing end to senior night for the Tigers as they lost in a hard fought game. Croton scored two early goals but Put Valley kept the score at 2-0 going into halftime. In […]

Firefighters Remember Art Brady and Bob Johnson at Installation



Putnam County’s sole female fire chief, Ann Link, took her oath of office at the Mahopac Falls Fire Department installation, but the evening belonged to two longtime members of the fire service—Art Brady and Bob Johnson—who both passed away this year. Brady died at the age of 100 after serving for decades in the emergency services corps, while Johnson succumbed […]

Animal Kingdom USA’s Ask Critter Chatter

Lynne from Hopewell Jct. asks: Should I get health insurance for my pet?

Dear Lynne, With veterinarian medicine becoming as sophisticated as human medicine, this question is being asked all the time. According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, pet owners spent $10.8 billion in 2008 on veterinarian bills. The average cost pervisit has skyrocketed between $172 and $219! Most experts believe this has happened because of the increase in the use […]

JOSHUA P. MENZIE



Joshua P. Menzie, 43, died Sunday morning, October 25, at the scene of an accident in Platte Clove, New York. Born April 28, 1967, in New Rochelle, New York. He was the beloved son of the late John J. and Frances M. Menzie. Joshua was an assistant Boy Scout Master for the Carmel Troop I and a football coach for […]

LYDA E. ROJAS



Lyda E. Rojas of Carmel, NY died on October 15, 2009, at Putnam Hospital Center with her five children by her side. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Rojas was born on September 17, 1931, in Andahuaylas, Peru. She immigrated to New York in 1958 with her husband Dr. Gilberto Rojas and two-year-old son, Henry. She lived in Carmel for […]

Global Warming



Dear Editor: Dr. Stelzer (an economist) in the October 15th issue attacked the scientific basis for global warming. He cites information that the global temperatures have been relatively stable for a decade. There is a big weakness in the conclusion reached by this presumed fact. The time frame that should be considered is intermediate between centuries and decades. Other critics […]

Thanks to Food/Coat Drive Participants



Dear Editor: To the residents of the greater Putnam Lake area and our neighbors in New Fairfield, CT. Recently the Putnam Lake VFW Ladies auxiliary held a food/coat drive to benefit our veterans and their families currently in care at the Veterans Administration Hospital located in Castle Point, NY. Thanks to your kind donations we collected over 650 non-perishable food […]

Removal of Fabric Storage Structures



Dear Editor: Fabric-covered storage structures have been prohibited in the Town of Southeast since August 10 when the Town Board adopted Local Law No. 1 to amend Chapter 138, Section 138-13 of the zoning code. Only such structures that had an existing permit or certificate of occupancy may remain. The Zoning Enforcement Officer has been sending courtesy warning letters to […]