Brewster’s Got Talent Competition Underway


The Brewster Education Foundation has begun gearing up for next month’s fifth Annual Brewster’s Got Talent Show. Organizer Joe Cavanaugh urged local residents to consider participating: “In order to be eligible, individuals or groups must reside, have previously lived or be employed within the confines of the Brewster School District.” Cavanaugh has requested that “bands, singers, dancers, jugglers, comedians and […]

Health Chair Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Delay Legalizing Marijuana

Putnam Legislator Barbara Scuccimarra, chairwoman of the legislature’s Health Committee in addition to the “One Army in the War on Addiction Task Force,” called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo Friday to “thoroughly analyze the potential negative impacts legalizing recreational use of marijuana will be on New Yorkers” before the state moves ahead with the legislation. Scuccimarra said while the NYS Health […]

Legislators Urge State To Ban Synthetic Drugs


County Executive Mary- Ellen Odell’s signature on a local law prohibiting the sale and possession of synthetic drugs anywhere in Putnam has prompted county legislators to urge New York State lawmakers to follow suit. At last week’s regular monthly meeting of the Putnam Legislature, a resolution that urges the county’s state lawmakers to introduce and support a bill similar to […]

Santa Says: ‘Ho, Ho, Ho!’ We Add: ‘And a Bottle of Rum!’

(Hot Buttered Rum)

I have to add another layer of confession to last week’s column, “The Cookie Confession.” In that heart-felt mea culpa, I confessed that, in my long and happy years in the kitchen, I have not ever baked cookies. Not ever. BUT, prompted by My Boss, I included three cookie recipes that might tempt me to mend my ways, mentioning that […]

Putnam Service Dogs Adds Three Board Members


Putnam Service Dogs, a non-profit founded in early 2017 by Nancy Teague of Southeast, has added three new board members each with strong ties to Putnam County. Vincent D’Ambrosio, Business Development Officer for the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Justin Killian, Manager of Mahopac’s Trustco Bank, and Dave Bruen, recently retired from the Bruen, Deldin and Didio Insurance Company, were […]

DWI Down For First Time In Weeks


After several weeks of DWI arrests in the double digits, State Police saw a dramatic decline in arrests in the past week. Troopers made only nine arrests, and four either occurred in Putnam or involved local residents. State Police at Brewster charged Francesca Nastro, 29, of Danbury, with drunken driving following a traffic stop on Route 22 in Southeast. A […]

Legislators Set Salaries for 2019

Putnam legislators set a variety of salaries for elected and appointed officials during the final regular legislative meeting of the year last week. Before a small audience at the historic Putnam Courthouse in Carmel, the ninemember governing body unanimously authorized the 2019 salary of the County Executive at $158,313, Commissioner of Finance at $144,033, Personnel Director at $135,109, Commissioner of […]

Legals

Legal Notice ELLIAN PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/16/18. Office: Putnam County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Ellen Lever, 29 Averill Drive, Mahopac, NY 10541. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Legal Notice SPECTRUM MARKETING STRATEGIES, LLC, […]

Mahopac Grad Earns All-Region At RPI


TROY – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Mikaela DiBello, a Mahopac High School graduate, has been named to the Longstreth/NFHCA (National Field Hockey Coaches Association) Division III North Atlantic All-Region Second Team. In her final season, in which she started all 18 games, Di- Bello led the Engineers in goals with 10, points with 21, shots with 54 and shots […]

Fast Action on the Ice!

Carmel senior and captiain Matt LaFontaine takes a shot on goal. Carmel won, playing against Mount Pleasant, 11 to 3. The two teams met at the Brewster Ice Arena. Carmel is now 2-1 overall.