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Indian Point: This Is Only A Drill

Evacuation plans and coordination reviewed for nuclear plant

Scores of municipal employees and a small army of volunteers from the four county–Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, Orange region–spent most of the day last Tuesday participating in an exercise centered on a malfunction at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants in nearby Buchanan. The time was 8:22 am when each county was notified of “severe damage to the plant’s main turbine […]

Service Medals Presented To Putnam Heroes


Four Brewster residents have been recognized for serving in the military as they were by bestowed the recently minted Putnam County Service Medal. The quartet consists of Peter Allegretta, a Marine Corps veteran, and Army veterans Andres Gil, Rob Rottkamp and Edwin Alvarez, pictured below with Putnam’s Legislature Chairman Joseph Castellano, who said: “On October 14, 1919, the former Putnam […]

Religious Events

CHABAD OF PUTNAM Sun Sept 22-11am-12pm High Holiday Fair. Free. RSVP: 845.225.4770, PutnamChabad.org/rsvp Sun Sept 22-6pm Jewish Women’s Circle. RSVP: 845.225.4770, PutnamChabad.org/rsvp FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MAHOPAC FALL RUMMAGE SALE – Friday 10/4/2019: 9AM- 6PM, & Saturday 10/5: $5/Bag 9AM-2PM. Donations will be gratefully accepted on Saturday 9/28: 3-5PM, Sunday 9/29: 12:30-5, Monday 9/30: 10AM-6PM, & Tuesday 10/1: 10AM-2PM, or […]

For All the Saints: Lake Mahopac UMC to Close After 197 Years


A bittersweet ceremony will take place on Saturday when the Lake Mahopac United Methodist Church, the oldest house of worship in the county, conducts a Decommissioning Service marking the end of 197 years of Methodist service, mission and worship. Pastor Heidi Fiederlein- Kesper explained congregants will “celebrate what we have been and done for almost two centuries and with sorrow […]

Lieutenant Gov. Hochul, Sen. Harckham Visit for ‘Pep Talk’ with Putnam Democrats


New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul had a message for Putnam Democrats when keynoting a gathering in Mahopac Thursday evening: “Tough being a Democrat in a Republican controlled county but you must pick off the opposition one candidate at a time.” Prior to her election as the state’s number two elected official, Hochul served in the House of Representatives […]

New U.S. Citizens Set to Take Oath in Ceremony


Dozens of new residents of Putnam County have completed their studies and will become United States citizens tomorrow (Wednesday) during a ceremony at the historic Putnam County Courthouse. The naturalization will be the third of 2019. County Clerk Michael Bartolotti, who returned the quarterly ceremonies to Putnam after a 20 year absence, admitted being “positively thrilled” to be able to […]