THINGS TO DO
Follow School Speed Zone Regulations2019-On Select Tues.-6:45- 8pm Drug Crisis in our Backyard Spotlight Family Support Group at Mahopac Library. More info: MahopacLibrary.org Through Sept- Hudson Valley Scenes By Laura Martinez- Bianco on display at Mahopac Lib Tues Aug 27-3pm Virtual Reality Middle Earth Trek at Mahopac Lib. More info/ reg: 845-628-2009, ext 100, mahopaclibrary.org Tues Aug 27-6pm Vision Board workshop at Kent Lib. […]
Uncle Sam To Pay Putnam 66 Percent More To House Federal Prisoners
The cost of housing federal inmates at the Putnam Correctional Facility is going up for the first time in 27 years. Since the program’s inception in 1992, fees charged the U.S. Marshal’s Service for boarding prisoners in Putnam County under federal jurisdiction had been $90 per day. Undersheriff Michael Corrigan said thanks to the diligence of correctional staff brass including […]
Seeking Community Ambassadors For Annual Cancer Walk
Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization offering free support services to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer, is seeking Community Ambassadors for their 25th Annual Support-A-Walk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. The Support-A-Walk is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 (rain or shine) at FDR Park, Route 202, Yorktown Heights. Community Ambassadors are volunteers who help by bringing information […]
Financial Impact of Incarcerated Inmates Discussed Before Legislature
Putnam Legislator Amy Sayegh was concerned about the cost of health care coverage of individuals incarcerated at the county’s Correctional Facility. The Mahopac lawmaker recently attended the Regional White House Conference in Washington where the topic was discussed. She requested that fellow Legislator Paul Jonke invite Sheriff Robert Langley to the August meeting of his Protective Services Committee to discuss […]
Sifting Through the Sands of Time
THE MUSICThe music at the fair was furnished by the Cold Spring band. Carmel wants this band for the evening serenades which were enjoyed by the entire populace. On Wednesday evening they enlivened the Smalley Inn for a half hour, and then called on Mr. Weeks at Innisdale. Thursday evening the Smalley Inn was treated to a concert. Mr. Ferris is […]
On Sewer Line Repairs
To the Editor, For over five years, American Legion Hall Post 1080, on Buckshollow Road, has been battling a neighboring landowner to get their sewer main repaired. For over five years, our veterans have been without a working bathroom. And for over five years, they have incurred both the cost of port-a-potties and the loss of venue rental income. Beginning […]
CUNNINGHAM’S CORNER
FREE Another Fall, Another Back to School, Another LeavingBy PCC Staff | on August 27, 2019
DOUGLAS CUNNINGHAMI realize there are those who revel in the back-toschool time. The kids will be occupied, and order restored. Fall sports are in the offing, and I think many kids are genuinely excited to return. But. Perhaps it is age – mine, I mean – I’ve found this time bittersweet for some years now. It’s a marker that there are […]