Mahopac Athletic Trainer Fleury Teaches While She Works



YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Subluxations, dislocations, ankle sprains and fractures were just some of the things students in the Sports Medicine class at The Tech Center learned about last week during a visit from Mahopac School District Athletic Trainer Marissa Fleury. Fleury taught students in Will Brightman’s class on the campus of Putnam/ Northern Westchester BOCES about the role of an […]

Five Mahopac Residents Busted by Police in Traffic Stops



Five residents of Mahopac face court hearings in Yorktown next month following their arrests by Yorktown Police. Robert Bellesteros, 20, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in connection with a stolen credit card found in his possession when stopped during a traffic check last week on East Main Street in Jefferson Valley. Lt. Richard Malan said the credit […]

The First Annual All-Putnam High School Football Team



They are the best of the best in Putnam County. For the first time ever, the Putnam County Courier and Putnam County News & Recorder have selected an All-Putnam team for several fall high school sports – football, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer and volleyball. We will roll these out over the next couple of issues, starting today with football. These […]

Brewster Girls’ Hoops Shoots Out to 3-0 Mark in Young Season



BREWSTER – We’ve learned so far in three games that the Brewster High School girls’ basketball team gets better as games go along. The Bears broke away from a tight first half and beat North Salem on Monday night, 58-31, in a nonleague home game. Coach Mike Castaldo said Brewster played a sluggish first quarter and led only 16-9 as […]

Carmel Girls’ Basketball Wins Two



CARMEL – Good sign for a team – the ability to bounce back. That’s what the Carmel High School girls’ basketball team did in its last two games. Two days after losing their season opener to Kennedy Catholic, the Rams put it together and beat Walter Panas, 50-31, in a non-conference matchup. They followed that up on Tuesday night with […]

VFW, Scouts Visit Castle Point VA Hospital





Cub Scouts from Pack 1, Boy Scouts from Troop 1, and some local Girl Scouts joined members of Brewster VFW Post 672 on Saturday, December 6, at Castle Point VA Hospital to host a holiday party for some of the long-term patients/ Veterans there. The Scouts got to meet a number of veterans – including some WW II Veterans, a […]

Carmel, Mahopac Wrestling Impress in Tournament



FREEDOM PLAINS – You sort of expected the Mahopac High School wrestling team to make the quarterfinals of the Section One Dual Meet, a multi-team season-opening tournament spread out over more than a week. And the Indians did. Mahopac whipped Hendrick Hudson, 82-3, and Ketcham, 65-12 to advance to Tuesday night’s round of eight. Carmel? Well, it’s not that the […]

‘A Night to Celebrate’ For the Brewster Sports Foundation



Brewster Sports Foundation’s 8th annual “Night to Celebrate” is January 25. This year, it is to honor Gerry Walsh, said by the foundation to be a “Pioneer of Brewster Lacrosse.” It will be at the Starr Ridge Banquet & Conference Center in Brewster, catered by Ledley Food Service. Cocktail hour and open bar are from 6-7pm, the dinner, dancing, and […]

Icy conditions delay school openings



Snowfall overnight has once again glazed roads resulting in school delays in sections of Putnam County, northern Westchester and southern Dutchess. Due to early morning slippery conditions  public schools in Brewster, Carmel, Mahopac, Putnam Valley, North Salem, Lakeland and Pawling are opening two hours late this morning, Thursday.Other schools delaying opening by two hours include Westchester Exceptional Children’s School in […]

Cops: ‘Bicycle Bandit’ nabbed; accused in 15 robberies

Crime spree hit multiple counties

A Dutchess County man is facing felony charges in connection with 15 armed robberies throughout the lower Hudson Valley including the December 2nd heist at Deli Land on Route 52 in Lake Carmel. Bernard Kilkenny of Wappingers Falls allegedly robbed the delis and convenience stores of cash in Putnam, Westchester, Dutchess and Orange counties between Oct. 30 and December 6 […]