Class of 1955 Celebrates 55 Years



Classmates fifty-five years ago at Carmel High School came from near and far to reunite at a gala that will be remembered for some time. Gerald Russo returned to his alma mater from his home in France, while Robert Reale and Sarah Gillet Wade flew in from Florida. Others like Lynn Greenwood, Lenore Pearlman Lundberg, Harriet Marron Seavey, and Ann […]

Training for Disaster



Firefighters and EMS providers from four area departments are now better prepared to deal with a mass casualty incident following a realistic training exercise. Last Thursday evening the Mahopac Falls Fire Department hosted the drill that involved members of the Mahopac, Putnam Valley, and Somers Fire Departments, as well as Carmel Police. To set the scene, a two-car crash on […]

Street Signs Coming to Lake Secor



Street signs are coming to Lake Secor. Residents of the densely settled community located in western Mahopac submitted a petition last week to the Carmel Town Board seeking assistance in getting street name signs erected at 11 intersections. David Wilson, chairman of the Lake Secor Property Owners Association Neighborhood Improvement Committee, charged the petition was generated after Carmel Highway Superintendent […]

Relative Gets Lead Foot for Helping Hand



A Mahopac man’s desire to help a relative move his car from a garage resulted in chaos when the driver hit the gas pedal, believing the auto was in reverse. Carmel Police and Mahopac Falls Fire Department personnel were summoned to 3 Hilltop Drive in Mahopac Falls last week around 8pm for a report of a “car through a garage.” […]

Local Teen Recognized at Awards Breakfast



The Putnam Community Service Network (PCSN) Awards Breakfast, held on September 28 at Clearpool Education Center in Kent, recognized those agencies and individual volunteers that have made an impact on the lives of Putnam residents. The PCSN was started as a result of the Putnam Alliance’s 1985 Dynamic Decade Project. It is now an educational outreach program of Cornell Cooperative […]

Walk to Fight ALS with Notre Dame Club



Surrounded by the autumn glory of the Hudson Valley, a band of walkers will traverse the Walkway Over the Hudson October 17 in an effort battle a brutal disease that impairs movement and ultimately destroys life. For the second consecutive year, the Notre Dame Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley will host its ALS Walk, in honor of board member Gus […]

Roadside Birth for Putnam Baby

Luckily dad is a pol ice of f icer and mom is a paramedic.

The stork wouldn’t wait, but thanks to mom and dad being trained in emergency childbirth, Putnam’s newest resident made it through his ordeal without a hitch. The time was 5:25am Wednesday when dispatcher Shawn Madsen received a call at the Putnam 911 Center from a man reporting that his wife was in advanced labor. Chris Corrado of Carmel told the […]

Our Neighbors

From Near Death Experience to Survival Story

Sandra Berry of New Milford goes up and down the same set of stairs in her house countless times a day—a task so simple and natural it hardly requires thought. However, a misstep on the stairs in April nearly ended Berry’s life. She skipped the last step, fell on her knee and banged the back of her head against the […]

Gardening Gusto

Praise for ‘Taters

Although we often think of potatoes as ubiquitous, they originated solely from a tiny area isolated high in the Andes. The potato had been domesticated there (in what is now Peru) since 3000 BC because corn, the usual staple, would not grow at elevations over 11,000 feet. In 1530, when Pizarro’s men were in the region of Quito, Ecuador, they […]

Sifting Through the Sands of Time

90 Years Ago 2 O ct. 15, 1920

Hang It Up We are sending out as supplements in this issue a fine portrait of the candidates on our national ticket. If you sympathize with their cause hang it up on the outer walls to show where you stand on the issues in this campaign. A Valuable Animal Scarcely any one likes skunks and very few there is who […]