See It Here: Time in a Bottle, in Putnam!



Contents of Putnam’s 1962 time capsule unveiled earlier this summer are now on display at the County Clerk’s Office in Carmel. County Executive MaryEllen Odell told a news conference Monday the unearthing of the capsule has served as one of the highlights of her tenure as Putnam’s chief executive: “People of all ages, from 97-year-old Muriel Cornish to young school […]

Kent Man Faces Sex Charges; Other Victims?



A Kent man is facing a lengthy state prison term following his arrest for allegedly having sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl at several locations throughout Putnam and Dutchess counties. Police are now trying to find out whether the man has preyed on other girls, as well. Kent Police reported the arrest Wednesday afternoon of Thomas Webb, 59, of the […]

Big Jobs Only For Residents?

County job might require county address

Should top county officials be residents of Putnam County? That’s the issue being debated among members of the county Legislature these days. At Tuesday’s meeting of the legislature’s Personnel Committee, Legislators Anthony DiCarlo and Sam Oliverio, who serve on the panel along with Dini LoBue, who was absent due to the recent death of her mother, heard from Personnel Director […]

Saland Is Winner in Republican Primary

Race turned on social issues

Absentee ballots and write-in votes opened Monday at Board of Elections headquarters in Poughkeepsie have given State Senator Steven Saland a 107-vote lead in the closest contest of the veteran lawmaker’s three decades long career.Final numbers have Saland with 5,288 votes to Neil Di Carlo’s 5,181 votes.On Primary night, Saland led his challenger by only 41 votes. A Di Carlo […]

Poll Indicates Hayworth Leads in 18th

Dynamic could change if Working Families candidate drops out

A Siena College Research Poll has Congresswoman Nan Hayworth with a comfortable 13 point lead over her Democratic challenger Sean Patrick Maloney. Results of the poll were released Tuesday morning indicating that Hayworth has the backing of 46 percent of likely voters in the new 18th Congressional District that encompasses all of Putnam County as well as sections of Dutchess […]

Hayworth vs. Maloney: Stark Differences as Race Boils to a Finish

Is she in the Tea Party? Is he a carpet-bagger?

The gloves are off in the Congressional race between incumbent Rep. Nan Hayworth and challenger Sean Patrick Maloney. In new advertising out from both camps, she paints him as a carpetbagger, political hack and cardboard cutout, as the broadcast ad places him at familiar spots around the district. Maloney’s advertising, meanwhile, is also highly aggressive. His ads repeatedly link Hayworth […]

Citizens Should Exercise Their Right To Vote




Elections are the main way that the citizens of our community get a chance to clearly impose their wishes on government. Yet so often, the percentage of people who show up at the polls is incredibly anemic. Fewer than 10 percent of voters in Putnam County showed up at the September 13 primary. That is a shame, because in most […]

Humane Society, Feline Association Take Action to Slow Feral Cats



The region’s feral cat population is increasing and two local organizations hope to stem the tide by trapping and neutering the wild domestic animals. Representatives of the Putnam Feline Association based in Putnam Valley and the Carmel-based Putnam Humane Society met with the county Legislature’s Health Committee last week to discuss their roles in the process. Judy Siegel of the […]

Vets To Host Romney Support Conference Today



A group of Putnam County veterans will speak during a news conference at 5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, on the steps of the Putnam County Courthouse to announce their support of Governor Mitt Romney for president. The veterans said they are deeply concerned that the United States of America is moving in the wrong direction economically, militarily and diplomatically. They advocate […]

Reunion to Remember for Class of ’62



Fifty graduates of the Carmel High School Class of 1962 laughed, cried and reminisced about the past half century last weekend while attending their 50th year reunion. The Class of 1962 graduated 109 students–the first class to break the century mark. Over the years, 11 members of the class have passed away but Jim Dusenbury of Carmel, who served as […]