Quintet Returns to Tompkins Corners





Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is delighted to welcome back the David Amram Quintet, with Kevin Twigg, Rene Hart, Adam Amram and Elliot Peper on Saturday, July 30, at 7:30 pm for the Second Annual David Amram Concert. A special guest, the “Out to Lunch” band with with Howie Bujese, Larry Cohen, Susan Sassano, Wayne Fugate, Michael Sassano and Joe Selly, […]

Mahopac School Fields to be Closed During School Hours



Citing a need for increased security, all fields and tracks on the Mahopac School District campus will be closed to outsiders during school hours beginning on the first day of class in September. Superintendent Dennis Creedon said the Board of Education’s decision became necessary after a situation occurred when the 2015-16 school year was winding down: “An individual took it […]

Questions on Government, Smoking & Cell Towers



To the Editor: From President Obama to County Executive Odell to Putnam Valley Supervisor Oliverio, it seems that every elected official in the land has a lust for power and control over the people who are their subjects. Under the guise of “the greater good” and “health and safety,” the elite rulers are imposing an ever growing slew of rules, […]

County Considers Planning Chief Who Is A Lawyer, Not A Planner



Putnam County lawmakers will be voting next month on appointing a Commissioner of Planning, Development and Public Transportation who is not a planner but an attorney. Debate at last week’s meeting of the Legislature’s Rules Committee centered on the request by County Executive MaryEllen Odell to appoint Sandra Fusco, an attorney in the Law Department, who has been serving as […]

County Makes Application for $18.5 Million in Grants



Realizing that economic development is key to the county’s future, the Putnam Legislature has applied for $18.5 million in competitive funding opportunities being offered by the New York Empire State Development Council. Applications were submitted this week for four projects on both the eastern and western sides of the county that focus on public infrastructure and economic growth investments including […]

Music Abounds at Wells Park



Putnam’s Cultural Music Series at Wells Park attracted dozens of local residents Sunday to Brewster’s newest venue. Eliot Rivera of Kent and Juan Sanchez played a variety of Latin favorites, songs made famous by Frank Sinatra and classical Doo Wop during the two hour outdoor concert. The program was sponsored by the Southeast Museum in conjunction with the New York […]

Sifting Through the Sands of Time

Investments in Farming

No farmer who is constantly making his land more productive can fail in securing a profitable result provided he uses his money with any degree of discretion. There is not a farm in western New York where $100 or $1,000 could not be used in ways that, would be perfectly certain to return twenty to fifty per cent. On many […]

Word of the Week



litotes LYE-tuh-teez noun : understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

Canine Falco Joins Ranks of Brewster Police



Putnam County’s newest canine police officer has joined the ranks of the Brewster Village Police Department. K-9 Falco and his handler, Sgt. Paul Italiano, a retired member of the Poughkeepsie Police Department, recently completed the rigorous four month Explosive Detective Canine School training course at the MTA’s new facility in Stormville. During an interview at police headquarters last Friday, Italiano […]

Putnam Housing Applies for Grant



The Putnam Housing Corporation has applied for a $200,000 state grant to assist low income local homeowners in making necessary improvements to their residences in order to bring them into compliance with town and village codes. Connie Fagan, co-executive director of the nonforprofit Putnam Housing Corp., said that since 2000, her group has administered $1.9 million in New York State […]