OurNeighbors Historical Society Hosts Blacksmith Demo

a family oriented Open House . . .

Brief Description: On Saturday September, 18, 2010 between 10am and 2pm, Brookfield resident Ryan Blessey will give a hands-on blacksmithing demonstration at the Gurski Farmstead Forge. The Brookfield Museum and Historical Society will host a family oriented Open House that day which will also include a working exhibit of antique farm machinery and a tour of Brookfield’s second oldest burial […]

Out & About



Tour de Putnam Called Best Yet



What a day for a bike ride! Golden sunshine, low humidity and pleasant morning temperatures greeted some 988 cyclists last Sunday at the Putnam Veterans Memorial Park for the beginning of Putnam’s annual Tour de Putnam. While the mercury climbed to 90 degrees later in the day, when the bikers departed between 7:30am and 8am, the temperature was a delightful […]

Change Up Your Cooking Game



Some of the best chefs began their careers with a taste of a delicious dish that they wanted to re-create. There’s no denying the fun, as well as the exhilaration, of a truly gourmet outcome. But for the rest of us, those not destined to be chefs, those (like myself) who hardly romanticize their own daring in the kitchen, a […]

‘NEVER FORGET’



Vincent Bellissimo, like most Americans, can tell you exactly where he was on September 11, 2001. “We were doing a job for somebody and the husband was killed in the World Trade Center as we were there,” Bellissimo said. “The wife came out screaming and yelling ‘My husband’s in the building!’ Later we found out that he was killed. I […]

Greg Ball Battles the Tax-and-Spend Machine

40TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT

“Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life,” wrote Confucius, circa 500 B.C. Greg Ball, the 32-year-old Tea-Partying state senate candidate from quiet Putnam County, must have been sick the week they taught early East Asian philosophy in high school. For reasons only he can explain, Ball has decided to stay in a […]

Will Bondi Budget Keep Taxes Stable?

The longtime executive’s last budget ...

Putnam County Executive Robert Bondi, who leaves office December 31 after serving for 20 years as the county’s chief elected official, will be remembered, in part, for his fiscal restraint and tight purse strings. The 2011 county budget delivered Sunday to the Putnam Legislature highlights Bondi’s long history of keeping property taxes down. This was the earliest in the week […]

DID YOU HEAR?



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Putnam Remembers its 9-11 Heroes



Hundreds of people are expected to crowd into the Carmel Cornerstone Park on Saturday for what has become a Putnam County tradition. Saturday marks the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and thanks to the efforts of the Stephen Driscoll Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police and Putnam residents serving with the FDNY, Putnam’s eight heroes who […]

Police Nab Suspended Drivers



Carmel Police Officer Brian Shay took a double take when observing a vehicle travelling along Miller Road in Mahopac. The auto bore a gold colored European license plate while it contained New York State registration and inspection stickers affixed to the windshield. The officer stopped the car last week and conducted a computer check with the New York State DMV […]