County Executive Mary Ellen Odell is well aware of New York’s water quality issues particularly Putnam’s aging water infrastructure along with increasing amounts of contaminations such as algae blooms and deicing salts. Odell led a contingent of representatives from the New York State Association of Counties in the Big Apple last week to present testimony and gain support for the […]
Putnam Receives $1.3 Million In EDC Grants
Three projects worth $1,368,750 were awarded last week as Putnam’s portion of almost $800 million divided across New York in conjunction with the Regional Economic Development Council’s Awards program to boost the state’s business climate. Putnam falls within the Hudson Valley region where a total of 113 projects worth $84.5 million were allocated. The lion’s share of Putnam’s funding totals […]
Sifting Through the Sands of Time
The Board Of SupervisorsWe are disposed to deal with our present Board of Supervisors as they deal with others, in a fair and honorable manner. They are deserving of much credit for the manner in which they do their business. If a bill proves unsatisfactory to them, and the person to whom it belongs is where he can be found by a committee […]
Word of the Week
bibelot /BEE-buh-loh/ noun : a small household ornament or decorative object : trinket
21st Century Water Meters Coming to the Town of Carmel
Currently residents served by a municipal water district in the greater Carmel, Mahopac, Mahopac Falls area receive a postal card from the Town of Carmel requesting a reading of the homeowner’s water meter. The resident jots down the numbers taken from the device, usually located in a remote section of their basement, and mails the card back to the town. […]
Heating Oil Spills Into Lake Carmel
A home heating oil spill into Lake Carmel earlier this month resulted in multiple agencies assisting with the environmental nightmare. The Putnam 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received several calls reporting a strong odor of fuel along the Lakeshore Drive section of the lake. Lake Carmel FD personnel were dispatched. Kent Police arrived on the scene moments later and reported a pungent […]
FROM THE CHAMBER
Pushing Progress On Sewers, and Leaving Politics BehindRecently, the County announced it was receiving $1.2 million dollars for the Danbury-Brewster sewer extension project through the consolidated funding application process from Empire State Development. New York State recognizes the importance of towns, states and municipalities being willing to share infrastructure wherever possible. The extension would allow improved watershed quality and enable much needed commercial development in that corridor. […]
Drug Abuse ‘Shock Treatment’ at BOCES As Students Hear From One of Their Own
You could have heard a pin drop when 180 students enrolled at the Putnam- Northern Westchester BOCES Campus in Yorktown listened as a recovering teen drug addict along with four adults explained the legal, personal and long term ramifications of drug abuse. Putnam County Judge James Reitz was joined by State Senator Terrence Murphy and Susan Salomone of Mahopac, founder […]
Diversified Team To Join New Langley Sheriff Administration
An FBI agent, Commissioner of Correction, former First Assistant District Attorney, retired lieutenant with the NYPD and former 23-year member of the Putnam Sheriff’s Department will be joining the Sheriff Robert Langley administration on January 1. Late Friday afternoon, Sheriff-elect Langley named his new captains as the command team of the Sheriff’s Department. Langley said Jon Jennings, Kevin Cheverko, Lisa […]