Leadership Elected to Boards of Education



Putnam’s six Board of Education have elected leaders for the 2015-16 school year. In Brewster, veteran trustee Stephen Jambor was reelected as President of the School Board at its annual organizational meeting this month. Trustee Sonia Mesika will serve as vice president. The Carmel School District has a new president for the first time in more than a decade now […]

Former Bus Driver Sentenced to 14 Years



A former school bus driver charged last summer with multiple felony counts of sexually abusing a child and possessing child pornography will be spending the next 14 years in a maximum security state penitentiary. Michael Cunningham, 68, of Garden Street, Brewster, also faces five years of postrelease supervision—the maximum sentence handed down Monday in Putnam County Court by Judge James […]

Mahopac Falls Cop Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Possession



A highly decorated police officer from Mahopac Falls pleaded guilty Monday in White Plains Federal Court for possessing child pornography. Former Mount Pleasant Police Chief Brian Fanelli copped the guilty plea before a packed courtroom consisting of family members, friends and former colleagues. The 56 year old Fanelli was arrested in January 2014 after federal agents raided his home and […]

Love Holds Life Committed to Do Public Good



Love Holds Life, a nonprofit organization based in East Fishkill, whose mission is to help children battling cancer and their families, has donated substantial dollars during its three years in existence to local families in need. The Montana family of Carmel is one of those families. Michael Montana was born in December 1999 and was diagnosed with autism three years […]

All The Ghosts Are In The Trees



Multi-media artist Lynda O’Connor brings her brilliant talent to Studio Around the Corner in Brewster for the month of August. O’Connor studied Fine Arts at F.I.T. where she was awarded a scholarship, and continued her studies at SUNY Purchase, SUNY Potsdam, and the Silvermine School of Art. Experimenting with diverse materials, O’Connor focuses on dichotomy: strength/vulnerability, past/ present, ancient/new and […]

Worship Listings



Chabad of Putnam County5 Fair Stree, Carmel 845 225 4770 www.PuntamChabad.orgRabbi Avi Korer conducts Shabbat services Saturdays at 10:00am. Education director Michal Korer. Hebrew school Sundays 10am – 12pmNo membership necessary. CHUAN G YEN MONA STERY2020 Rte 301, Carmel 845-228-4283/4288 baus.org bauscym@aol.com Sunday programs: 9-10am – Chanting and Meditation, 10-11am – Dharma Talk, 11am-12pm – Noon Book Discussion Group, Vegetarian […]

Robert Brohl “Bob” Busby



Robert Brohl “Bob” Busby, a manufacturing executive and loving, dedicated husband and father, died peacefully at home on July 21 in Pawling, NY, surrounded by family. He was 82 and had a neurological disease that was not conclusively diagnosed. Bob was born to Alfred and Jean McCall Busby, the second of three sons, in Brooklyn, New York, on May 28, […]

Zillah M Dykeman



Zillah M Dykeman, 92, a longtime Red Hook resident, passed away on Saturday, July 25th, 2015, at the Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck. Born on June 12, 1923, in Carmel, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lester J. and Mary F. (O’Dell) Barrett. Zillah married Robert A. Dykeman and he predeceased her on March 20, 2003. Zillah was […]

94 y.o. Carmel Man Is Poker Record Breaker



William Wachter of Lake Carmel is in the record books. The 94 year old World War II veteran broke a record last week for being the oldest player to win cash in the World Series of Poker. Wachter traveled to Las Vegas for the 46 year old tourney and placed 524th out of some 6,420 players who entered the international […]

High achievers



Bucknell University Bucknell University has released the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the 2015 spring semester. Paige Banfield of Brewster was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University for the spring semester of 2014-15 academic year. Jacklyn Esernio of Mahopac was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University for the spring semester of 2014-15 academic year. […]