Responders Aid Kids’ Hospital



Christmas and Chanukah will be a little more special for kids hospitalized at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital on the Westchester Medical Center campus this year thanks to emergency responders throughout Putnam County. On Sunday as the long holiday weekend wound down a group of Carmel firefighters displayed more than 100 gifts collected days before during the CFD annual Friendship […]

Kids Day is Sunday in Carmel



The Carmel High School gymnasium will take on the aura of a holiday festival Sunday when for the 31st consecutive year, students, staff and faculty of CHS open their school for an old fashioned holiday get-together consisting of carnival games, refreshments, entertainment events, free prizes and of course a visit from Santa. Jennifer Zupan, this year’s senior class co-advisor, described […]

Up, Up, & Away



D.A.R. Sponsors Annual Auction



Want your garden designed for butterflies, well here’s your chance to bid on. Through the generosity of Hudson Valley artists, merchants and members, the annual DAR auction will include unusual and useful offerings. From 1p.m. to 4p.m. on Saturday, December 10th at the Mahopac Golf Club, the Enoch Crosby Chapter of the DAR will hold its annual auction “Jewels of […]

Troopers Get Tough on Driving



Ninety percent of all motor vehicle fatalities across New York State this year involved occupants of passenger vehicles when a truck was involved. In an attempt to reduce the carnage, State Police last week kicked off a year-long initiative to reduce the number of commercial vehicle crashes. The Troop K Enforcement Unit will be stationing details along I-684 at the […]

EDWARD ‘TED’ HAZARD DWYER



Edward “Ted” Hazard Dwyer, 86 years, a native and longtime resident of Mahopac, passed away, peacefully, on Friday, November 25, 2011, with his family at his side. Ted was born on October 21, 1925, to Edward Eugene and Lora Hazard Dwyer of Mahopac. Mr. Dwyer was instrumental in centralizing Mahopac School District into one school and was its first principal, […]

FORMER CARMEL JUSTICE HOWARD STOCKFIELD



Family and friends are mourning the passing of retired Carmel Town Justice Howard Stockfield who passed away Nov. 19 after losing his battle from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Stockfield, 70, a resident of Mahopac, was born on June 27, 1941 in Yonkers. Stockfield began his career in the legal profession working for the Internal Revenue Service. In 1971, he opened a […]

JEAN SARGENT MORGAN



Jean Sargent Morgan of North Salem died Saturday November 19, 2011 in Danbury, at the age of 74. Mrs. Morgan was born July 24, 1937 in New Rochelle, NY, daughter of the late Leonard and Doris (Fuller) Sargent. She graduated from Mt. Kisco High School in 1954 then married David M. Morgan in Mt. Kisco on June 21, 1958. Mr. […]

Penny Social for Our Lady of the Lakes



On Sunday, December 11, the Ladies Auxiliary of Our Lady of the Lakes Council # 6318 is hosting its first Annual Penny Social, with proceeds going to local charities in Putnam County. The doors will open at 2 p.m. and calling starts at 3 p.m. at 10 Fair Street, Carmel 10512 (Knights of Columbus Building). Many items will be offered, […]

Community Sing-Along of Handel’s ‘Messiah’



The Putnam Chorale, Douglas Anderson, Director, presents a community sing along of Handel’s Messiah with string quartet. Sing along to the wonderful melodies of Handel with the Chorale at 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, at Gilead Presbyterian Church, 7 Church Street, Carmel. $10. For more information: putnamchorale.org or 845-279-7265.