Creative Brewster 5th Graders Win Big At Olympics Visual Arts Competition



Fifteen students enrolled in a creative arts class at the C.V. Starr Intermediate School in Brewster have done their school, community and themselves proud by taking four top medals at the Olympics of Visual Arts competition in Saratoga Springs. Since last October, the 5th graders worked in small groups on their long term problem solutions with their teacher Danielle Scalera. […]

Intruder Shot To Death In Mahopac

Victim Grabs Gun In Struggle

A 50-year-old woman, attacked in her home by a former domestic partner, was able to grab the assailant’s gun during a struggle and fire repeatedly at and kill the attacker. The woman will not face any charges in what is clearly a case of self-defense, authorities said. The case began on a quiet residential street in Mahopac early Saturday, when […]

Sutton Appointed As Acting Emergency Services Commissioner



Tony Sutton is Putnam County’s Acting Commissioner of Emergency Services. The decision to confirm the appointment made by County Executive Mary Ellen Odell in March came following a three hour long meeting of the Putnam Legislature Tuesday evening that included two executive sessions. The vote to appoint was 8-0-1 with Legislator Dini LoBue abstaining. During discussion, Putnam’s Interim Commissioner Robert […]

Four Sheriff’s Patrol Boats To Be Christened at Veterans Park



Four patrol boats operated by the Putnam Sheriff’s Department will be christened this evening (Thursday) at a ceremony held at the Putnam Veterans Memorial Park in Kent. The launches will be named in memory of four Putnam County heroes representing different branches of the military. Navy Lt. Commander John McCloy, a resident of Brewster, was the recipient of two Medals […]

EMS Providers Cry ‘Help!’



An exceptionally large number of 911 calls requesting ambulance service to assisted living facilities, nursing homes, rehabilitation treatment centers and senior housing complexes is draining the resources of volunteer emergency services providers throughout the county. Last Thursday evening, members of the Putnam Emergency Services Safety Advisory Board brought the disturbing news to members of the county Legislature’s Protective Services Committee. […]

Amtrak Crash Renews Safety Concerns



An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing seven passengers and injuring more than 200 others was reportedly traveling at 100 mph an hour — more than twice the speed limit for that section of curved track where the accident occurred. The Washington Post quoting sources with knowledge of the investigation reported on the alleged excessive speed Wednesday […]

Mother’s Day Buddhist Ceremony Draws Huge Crowd to Monastery



Summer like weather attracted huge crowds to the Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent Cliffs Sunday to help celebrate Mother’s Day in a special way. A garden party and Bathing Budda ceremony along with a Grand Lion Dance performed by members of the Asian- American Cultural Exchange Association highlighted the day-long affair under clear and sunny skies. The monastery’s spiritual leader, […]

Power Utility Work Is All in the Family; Michelle Hicks Wins Prestigious Honor



The story goes that just before she began seventh grade, Michelle Hicks went backtoschool shopping with her mother and her three siblings. Their mother took the kids to a road in Mount Kisco where their father was working on overhead electrical lines for Con Edison. “I remember when we got there, we saw the Con Edison trucks and my mother […]

Hot Cakes And Bacon To Kick Off Putnam’s Row Of Honor



The appetizing aroma of bacon and pancakes will once again fill the Carmel Veterans Hall Saturday as dozens of people attend a fund raising breakfast to kick off Putnam’s Row of Honor celebration. The Row of Honor—placing of American flags in honor or memory of a veteran along the Gleneida shoreline in downtown Carmel—was inaugurated in 2012 to support a […]

David Gordon Debuts 2nd Novel



Middle School Social Studies teacher, David W. Gordon, will speak about his 2nd novel – An Absence of Faith – at Mahopac Public Library on Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 pm. Gordon’s latest novel has been described “thrilling, romantic and thought provoking. It is a story that will stick with you long after the last page.” If you enjoy books […]