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BBQs & Beaches, Here We Come!

2019-On Select Tues.-6:45- 8pm Drug Crisis in our Backyard Spotlight Family Support Group at Mahopac Library. More info: MahopacLibrary.org June (Thursdays) ‘Living Simply’ at Reed Lib, Carmel. More info/reg: 845-225-2439 Until June 9 ‘Freed Formats: the book reconsidered’ exhibit at Mahopac Lib. More info: mahopaclibrary.org, 845-628-2009, ext 108 Tues June 4-6pm essential oils workshop at Kent Lib. More info/reg: 845- […]

Exit Marking Changes Made To I-84


The familiar exit markings of 17 to 21 along Interstate 84 in Putnam County are a thing of the past now that the New York State DOT has completed a project to upgrade existing signage. In addition to improving the visibility of the signs, both during the day and at night, the DOT has changed exit numbers from the current […]

Sifting Through the Sands of Time

CHANGE OF RATES A NEW INCREASE IN RAILROAD FARES TO TAKE EFFECT JUNE 28, 1910

The monthly commutation tickets on the Putnam Div. between Brewster & New York have been increased from $12.45 to $14.85. From Carmel to 155th St. they have been increased to $14.85from $12.45, and from Mahopac they have been increased to $14.65 from $12.45. The family tickets between 155th St. and Brewster have been increased from $37.85 to $42.00. From Carmel […]

WORD of the WEEK

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CUNNINGHAM’S CORNER: The unfolding WIC program debacle

FREE WIC Program on the Block

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ Deuteronomy 15:11, English Standard Version One of the things about irony is it often passes completely, entirely unnoticed. As it has done at the Putnam County […]

Stabbing Under Investigation In Brewster

A patron of the El Pueblo Restaurant on Main Street in Brewster was stabbed on Memorial Day evening and the assailant escaped. Brewster State Police handled the investigation with the assistance of the Putnam Sheriff’s Department and Brewster Village Police. Information released by authorities is sketchy but sources reported the assailant, a Hispanic man described to be in his 50s, […]

High Achievers

Curry College is proud to announce that the following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. David Keogh of Mahopac Jasmine Rodulfo of Patterson Matt Trainor of Stormville

Revolutionary War Encampment Held in Brewster at Starr School


Creativity, hard work, teachers’ collaboration and funding from the Brewster Education Foundation resulted in another successful Revolutionary War encampment at the C.V. Starr Intermediate School in Brewster. Students at the school recently participated in handson workshops and presentations designed to immerse them in the life and times of the colonial period. The program began with a town meeting where fife […]

Barbecue Goes Awry

A Carmel family has learned the hard way never to barbecue inside one’s home. A 9-1-1 call reporting a structure fire sent emergency responders from several agencies to the residence at 10 Collier Drive in the county seat on Memorial Day evening. Responders found a heavy concentration of smoke inside the wood-frame home along with a charred appliance and interior […]