2021-01-05 E-Edition

Sheriff Robert Langley To Seek Reelection


Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr. will be seeking reelection in November. The first-term sheriff made the announcement on New Year’s Eve Day, telling me: “I have always had a calling as a public servant. Having grown up in Putnam County, I have learned to love its people, which has given me great pride in providing them with the best law […]

Putnam COVID Numbers Still Rising


More than 500 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Putnam County during the past week. On Sunday afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo reported 5,084 cases of coronavirus in Putnam since the pandemic began nine months ago, with more than 1,000 active cases countywide. The latest statistics from Putnam officials were reported a week ago Monday, and they indicated 4,533 […]

From Heartbreak to Jubilation


Clarice found her forever home over the holidays thanks to a caring family, the Putnam Humane Society and a delivery man who observed a heartless individual dump the adult beagle out of his Jeep along Route 301 in Carmel last month and speed off as the frightened dog attempted to follow the vehicle. Putnam Humane Society President Michele Dugan reported […]

Putnam CAP Soup Kitchen Needs Assistance


The Putnam Community Action Partnership (CAP) operates a soup kitchen throughout the year serving lunch Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. During the winter when the Brewster Cares Emergency Shelter provides assístance, lunches are also prepared and served on Fridays. CAP Executive Director Judy Callahan said “realizing the value of the program extension, the fourth day will continue through the end of […]

Grants Available to Assist Those in Need of Household Repairs

Residents of Putnam in need of making household repairs but with limited incomes have received some good news. The Putnam Housing Corporation has received a $200,000 Housing Trust Fund Restore grant to assist homeowners with emergency repairs on their primary residence. Denene Makkay, Deputy Director of the county’s only not-for-profit housing corporation, explained grants must be used by “income eligible […]

Vehicle Theft Ring Smashed with Assistance of Putnam Sheriff’s Dept.


The Putnam Sheriff’s Department is being credited by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut along with the FBI, Connecticut State Police and Danbury Police for the arrest of a Bronx man stemming from his alleged role in a vehicle theft ring operating in both New York and Connecticut. Joseph Cartagena, 24, was arraigned last Wednesday by U.S. […]

CUNNINGHAM’S CORNER

FREE 2021 Arrives, and the News Is Still Grim

Readers often jot us a note with their renewal, and most of the time, they tell us they enjoy the paper and our intensely local focus on Putnam County and its people. A few chime in with their favorite cocktail recipes, realizing that mine is a Manhattan. Then there are times, as we sometimes find here at the Paragraph Factory, […]

From the Archives

FRIDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 7, 1921

WRITES FROM FLORIDA ‘The Florida craze” has seemed to take many by storm this year and many are talking over ways and means of travelling hence. One Putnamite, who recently arrived in the land of oranges writes home that “the trip was great. Five hundred miles the road was good, the next fivehundred the roads were poor, and the next […]

Zumba Gold Set at Reed Library

The Reed Memorial Library will be hosting a Zumba Gold on Zoom program on Mondays at 9:30 am from January 4th – March 29th, 2021. Online registration required. To register please visit our calendar at www.carmellibrary.org/ calendar and go to January 4th. Contact email programs@carmellibrary.org with any questions.