Patterson Fire Department Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Community Day Planned to Mark Auspicious Event: A Parade, Tag Sale, Games & Food Vendors, Followed by a Fireworks Display

The Patterson Fire Dept. was founded in 1921 when a group of concerned citizens brought a resolution to raise $4,000 to purchase firefighting equipment and form a fire district in the town of Patterson before the community for a vote. At that time when a fire broke out, local residents rallied and formed bucket brigades, often bringing water to the […]

2021-07-27 E-Edition

Brewster Crushes in Little League Tourney

In the first annual BrewCrew Invitational Tournament hosted by Brewster Crush Baseball and the Brewster Little League earlier this month, Brewster Crush won over Mahopac 3-2 in this 3-Day tournament of local 12U baseball teams. Shown are Kaden Anderson, Alessandro Velardo, Richie Anderson (coach), Aidan Fisher, Troy Ruggiero, Beckett Grutzner, Joe Gileno, Troy Vazquez, Mike Subin (coach), Mikey Subin, Todd […]

Positive Feedback to Mahopac Revitalization

3 Concepts in Play So Far as Town Leaders & Citizens Discuss Urgent Parking Need

Downtown Mahopac will soon be taking on a completely new aura and residents of the Town of Carmel have expressed great optimism over plans outlined at a recent public forum held at Carmel Town Hall. Insite Engineering has developed three unique and different concepts that include the creation of Swan Cove Park. The plans feature a bridge that will connect […]

Score Changes for Fiddler’s Green


For the first time in 40 years, Fiddler’s Green, a popular pub and restaurant located at the Putnam Plaza in Carmel, is owned by someone other than a member of the Feighery clan. Tom Feighery who has operated the business for decades after his soon-to-be 87-year-old parents, Tom and Nancy, established the Irish pub in 1981, has “passed the fiddle” […]

Haldane, Brewster, Mahopac Earn ‘School of Excellence’ Honor

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Inc. (NYSPHSAA) announced its 2020-21 ScholarAthlete School of Distinction and School of Excellence Award winners last week, and three Putnam County schools were honored. The purpose of the School of Distinction and School of Excellence Awards are to unite varsity coaches in challenging their teams to achieve a statewide academic honor. […]

CAP Back to School Campaign Gets Underway


Each July and August for the past several decades, residents of Putnam County visited area stores to purchase school supplies to donate to the Putnam Community Action Partnership (CAP) for distribution to families in need on both sides of the county. For the second consecutive year, things will be different as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marissa O’Leary, CAP’s […]

Renegades Drop Second Straight

ABERDEEN, Md. – Well here’s something we haven’t written in a long time – the Hudson Valley Renegades are on a losing streak. Granted, it’s the minimum, most modest you can get – two games – but the red-hot ‘Gades nonetheless dropped their second straight on Saturday night with an 8-5 loss to the Aberdeen Ironbirds in a High Class […]

15 Lose Their Lives To Drug Overdoses Last Year In Putnam County

Sheriff Robert Langley Jr. has disputed recent state statistics regarding the number of opioidrelated deaths within Putnam County. In the latest statistics released last week by the Putnam County law enforcement community and highlighted by Langley, the sheriff said that figures from the Putnam Coroner’s Office, Putnam Hospital Center Emergency Department, Putnam Health Department and the Putnam District Attorney’s Office […]

Sales Tax Revenue Continues to Soar


Putnam’s sales tax revenue for the first six months of the year totals $37.3 million, an increase of $7.6 million over the same period a year ago as the easing of the pandemic has resulted in increased business throughout Putnam County. Commissioner of Finance William Carlin last week indicated $6.8 million was collected in sales tax receipts for June, a […]