Legislature Adopts 2017 County Budget; Senior Center Again A Target



Following three weeks of discussion and debate, and a public hearing attended by a dozen residents primarily from western Putnam and permeated by griping, the Putnam Legislature Thursday night adopted its 2017 fiscal spending plan totaling $100,000 more than the $153.1 million budget proposed by County Executive MaryEllen Odell in early October. The discontented residents charged that county lawmakers were […]

Brewster Football’s Cinderella Season Comes to An End



BREWSTER – The clock strikes midnight for everyone eventually. For the Brewster High School football team, the clock ran out when the previously unbeaten second seeded Bears clawed back into a shootout with the third-seeded Somers Tuskers twice, but ran out of time and fell 42-35 at home in the Section 1, Class A semifinals on Friday night. “It was […]

Quietest Halloween for Putnam in Years



Credit it to a school night, but area police reported one of the quietest Halloween celebrations across Putnam County in years. Added patrols were on the ready to respond for mischief makers’ however, police on the village, town, county and state levels indicated Tuesday minimal complaints received. A report said a group of youths carrying baseball bats was congregating on […]

Over the Rainbow



Father Anthony Sorgie Returns



Father Anthony Sorgie received a hero’s welcome last week when returning to Carmel. One of the region’s most loved, respected and revered clergyman, who was reassigned by the Archdiocese of New York from St. James Church and Our Lady of the Lake Church to the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady in Tuckahoe, spent a day at Florrie Kaye’s […]

400 Vets Chow Down Thanks To Putnam



More than 100,000 veterans call the Hudson Valley home and on Sunday, more than 400 of these brave men and women were recognized at Putnam County’s 2016 Veterans Chow Down in Mahopac. The main ballroom at the Putnam County Golf Course was filled to the rafters for two seatings hosted by County Executive Mary- Ellen Odell, State Senator Terrence Murphy […]

Mom And Dad Accused Of Bringing Kids To Drug Deal



A Mahopac Falls couple faces felony charges for allegedly bringing their two infants, aged three weeks and two years, to a drug deal in Mahopac that was set up as undercover sting by the Countywide Narcotics Task Force. Captain William McNamara identified the couple Friday afternoon as Philip Callaci, 49 and Dawn Lagatella, 38, both of Parker Drive. McNamara said […]

40th District State Senate Race Careens Into Gutter



The gloves came off Tuesday when candidates seeking the 40th District State Senate seat attacked each other at news conferences an hour apart. Before a gathering of a dozen supporters outside Mahopac Library, Democrat Alison Boak called incumbent State Senator Terrence Murphy a “sexual predator” for not supporting legislation related to the provisions of the Child Victims Act which would […]

62,000 Eligible To Vote Next Tuesday



Some 62,000 registered voters are eligible to head to the polls next Tuesday to cast ballots for national, state, county and town contests. In addition to – GO voting on contested races for President, Vice President, U.S. Senate, Congress, State Senate and Assembly, residents will elect a Putnam County judge and Putnam Legislators in Districts Putnam 5, 6 and 9 as […]

Officials Taking All Precautions For Election



Putnam County Elections Commissioner Anthony Scannapieco has assured the public that local voters balloting on Election Day have nothing to worry about as to whether their vote will be tallied properly. Some residents expressed concern that machines manufactured by the British company controlled by George Soros might result in certain votes becoming corrupted. Scannapieco told the Courier Thursday that “none […]