Borkowski Wins One

Supreme court justice throws out DeStefano’s motion

New York State Supreme Court Justice Francis Nicolai has thrown out all motions and cross motions in the perplexing legal battle between retired NYPD captain Andrew DeStefano, former Southeast judge Jim Borkowski, and attorney Patrick Bonanno. On January 6, the Courier reported that DeStefano filed a motion against Borkowski and Bonanno, requesting a hearing to examine an alleged attempt to […]

Route 6 Truck Fire Snarls Traffic



A mid-day truck fire in Carmel snarled traffic along the hamlet’s main thoroughfare for over an hour. Last week’s incident was reported around 1pm, when a service truck owned by the Burke Oil Heating Company of Westchester stopped on Route 6 at Seminary Hill Road and the rear compartment ignited. Flames and smoke were visible over a wide section of […]

GOP Tells Carmel to Fill Board Vacancy



On Monday, the Carmel Republican Committee unanimously approved a motion to request that the Carmel Town Board fill the seat that was vacated by Anthony DiCarlo when he left for the county legislature. The committee also decided to request that the U.S. District Court in White Plains refrain from offering any leniency to convicted former state senator Vincent Leibell during […]

Postal Heroics



The winter of 2011 has been the most difficult in years with its weekly snowstorms. Traffic delays have become commonplace because of treacherous roads, school cancellations and delays have frustrated educators and parents alike, emergency rooms at area hospitals have been kept extremely busy with victims of crashes and falls treated around-the-clock, and let’s not forget about the postman. Larry […]

Shocking Home Invasion



A Mahopac man is held on $500,000 bail at the Putnam County Jail on felony charges that could send him away to state prison for the next 25 years following a home invasion and vicious beating of a young resident of Mahopac. Carmel Police reported the incident Tuesday that occurred 24 hours earlier when at 11:20pm cops received a 911 […]

Forging Regional Ties

Enterprise


Despite the weather challenges, several great business events took place in the past few weeks, bringing hundreds of entrepreneurs together to celebrate the abundant opportunities for growth in our part of the Hudson Valley. Earlier this month in Tarrytown, members of numerous chambers of commerce got together to network and do business along the shores of the Hudson River. Then […]

Eldridge Vetoes Term Limits



County Executive Paul Eldridge has vetoed legislation approved by the Putnam Legislature at its year-end meeting in December limiting county lawmakers to four consecutive terms. In his veto message, Eldridge said his rejection of the law was not related to “politics or philosophy but a nuts and bolts concern with the language of the bill.” At the insistence of former […]

Who Will Run in Southeast?



It appears that three Southeast politicians are interested in running for town supervisor in November. Supervisor Michael Rights has yet to indicate whether or not he’ll be running for reelection after his term ends at the end of this year but Councilman Robert Cullen has announced that he won’t allow Rights to run unopposed. Legislator Tony Hay, who has represented […]

Odell Runs for Executive—Again



Just one month after the appointment of interim leader Paul Eldridge, the race for Putnam County executive has started once again. On Sunday, at the Tavern at Highlands Country Club in Garrison, former legislator Mary Ellen Odell announced her campaign for the county’s top office. Through the summer and the fall, Odell was involved in a volatile campaign against former […]

Celebrating Boy Scout Sunday at Drew United Methodist Church