Memorial Garden for Putnam Suicide Victims Dedicated in Carmel


A granite bench and memorial garden containing the names of six Putnam residents who ended their own lives was dedicated last Wednesday outside the Department of Social Services and Mental Health Complex on the Donald Smith Governmental Campus in Carmel. Families and friends of Michael Boccardi, Ben Glantz, Richard Thomas Jennings, Rich Dudyshyn, Thomas Lisk and Nicole Ettere were in […]

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Spreading Among Deer Population


Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, a fatal disease among deer that last year killed scores of the animals throughout Putnam County has returned with a vengeance. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation last Thursday confirmed cases of EHD in not only Putnam but in Columbia, Dutchess, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester, Greene, Nassau, Oswego, Suffolk, and Ulster counties. A DEC spokesperson said […]

No Hail Mary for Lourdes as Mahopac Bounces Back, and Delivers a Wallop


MAHOPAC – After nearly pulling off an upset of Somers in the season opener, the Mahopac High School football team could have easily carried the frustration and heartbreak of the last-second loss into Week 2. Instead, the Indians took out their frustrations on Our Lady of Lourdes. Mahopac scored five touchdowns by five different players on Friday night, and the […]

Renegades Falter Down the Stretch, Miss Playoffs


FISHKILL – The Hudson Valley Renegades came into their final six-game series of the regular season knowing they needed a miracle against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Win five of the six games to force a tie for the second and final playoff spot in minor league baseball’s High Class A East League. That would have forced a one-game playoff with the […]

Brewster Football Falls in Home Opener

BREWSTER – From high to low in a week. The Brewster High School football team was overwhelmed in its home opener on Friday, falling to Somers 30-6 in a Section 1, Class A game. The Bears are now 1-1 overall after opening the season with a convincing 19-point road win at Yorktown last week. Somers opened the scoring early on […]

Renegades Release 2022 Schedule


FISHKILL – The Hudson Valley Renegades, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, have released their game schedule for the 2022 season. It will be the second year for the ‘Gades as the High Class A farm team of the New York Yankees. The schedule includes 132 total games and, for the first time in team history, the Renegades will play […]

Student Fatally Stabbed After Dutchess County Football Game


A fight in the parking lot at Arlington High School following the Admirals’ 39-12 football victory over Scarsdale on Friday night resulted in the stabbing death of 16-year old Arlington student, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The incident happened a week after Carmel visited Arlington and beat the Admirals by 27 points. Nestor A. Ortiz-Ocampo, age 18 of the […]

Mahopac School District Says Thank You

Friday evening the Mahopac School District will hold a tribute to thank members from the law enforcement community including emergency responders, firefighters and veterans from Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War and Operation Desert Storm. The event will be held on the high school athletic field. Last year’s celebration was canceled due to the pandemic. In 2019, Mahopac School District’s then […]

Philipstown Mailbox Thievery Leads to Arrest of Peekskill Man


The U.S. Postal Administration has encouraged Putnam residents to refrain from placing valuable items such as checks and other vital documents in their mailboxes for outgoing mail following the arrest of a Peekskill man charged with stealing checks from unsecure mailboxes in western Putnam County and fraudulently depositing them in his account. State Police last Friday arrested Robert Curry, 21, […]