Snowstorms Welcome on This Street



To the editor, There is one family here in Patterson that is not tired of the snowstorms. Each snowstorm gives our developmentally disabled son the chance to put on his cool fluorescent orange and yellow snow gear so he can go out with his shovel and spend hours “plowing” our driveway. And then the town plow comes by. He stops […]

Thousands Welcome Chinese New Year in Putnam



Thousands crowded into the Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent Cliffs last Thursday to celebrate the Chinese New Year 4713. The Year of the Ram or Year of the Sheep was ushered in with prayer and song. The Big Buddha Hall containing the largest statue of Buddha in the western hemisphere was filled with celebrants from around the globe. Vehicles were […]

Style Program for Women Cancer Patients





Look Good Feel Better is a free, non-medical, brandneutral, national public service program founded in 1989 and supported by corporate donors to help women offset the appearance-related changes from cancer treatment. Putnam Hospital Center, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, will offer the program from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 4, in the large Oncology Conference Room […]

Child Poverty Talk at Mahopac Library





Lindita Semanjaku knows what it’s like to live in poverty. Growing up in a small town in Albania, Semanjaku lived in a state where equal opportunity was nonexistent and corruption was rampant. Eventually her family migrated to the United States and, now a resident of Mahopac, she is determined to change the lives of children in impoverished regions. Semanjaku will […]

Brewster Film Festival Open for Submissions





Now in its fourth year, the Village of Brewster Film Festival is open for submissions for the 2015 season. The Festival is now accepting new films through May 30th. This year they have partnered with SPACE on Ryder Farm and will be including a screenwriting competition as well as new venues to be included. The Executive Director of SPACE, Emily […]

Viewfinders on Display at Studio Around the Corner



Photographs and paintings are on display this weekend at the Studio Around the Corner in Brewster thanks to a pair of local artists. Pal Gyomai of Carmel calls himself a “self-taught” photographer who began taking pictures as child in his native Hungary. Gyomai relocated to the U.S. in 1983 and his love for photography and digital art continued. During an […]

Crossroads 312 Zoning Change to be Decided



Greater Brewster remains divided over the Crossroads 312 project and tonight (Thursday) the Southeast Town Board is expected to make one of its toughest decisions in years—whether or not to change the zoning needed for the undertaking to continue. JPH Development Corporation hopes to erect a four story, 100 room hotel plus four small box retail stores containing 143,000 square […]

Kent’s First Winter Carnival a Success



The weather outside was positively frightful with noontime temperatures at 13 degrees and wind chills near zero yet dozens of hearty souls donned heavy winter attire Saturday to partake in Kent’s first annual winter carnival. The Kent Town Governmental campus off Route 52 became grounds for the event with an ice skating pond, sledding contests, the Nimham Mountain Singers, arts […]

Freezing Temps Bring Putnam to Knees



What a week of weather! Arctic cold not only made life miserable for man and beast alike but it caused great inconvenience to scores of area residents. Mahopac High School was closed all or parts of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday due to a massive electrical interruption resulting in an oil burner failure. Power has since been restored and the school […]

9,800 Calls Answered by Putnam’s Fire and EMS This Past Year



The year gone by was the busiest in the history of Putnam’s Fire and EMS. The county’s 13 volunteer fire departments and four independent volunteer ambulance corps answered 9,804 calls during 2014. Topping the list was the Brewster Fire Department which responded to 2,181 fire and EMS calls followed by the Putnam Lake FD which handled 1,122 calls and the […]