Two Local Athletes Earn Collegiate Kudos

ONEONTA – A pair of local athletes who starred on the high school level are continuing to shine in college. Mahopac’s John Bernardi, a standout for the Indians, and Hopewell Junction native Matt Howe, who starred for John Jay, both were named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) men’s soccer All-Conference Second Team. Both play for […]

Louis Weber Sentenced to Prison for Causing Father’s Death


Louis Joseph Weber IV, the 21-year-old son of murder victim Louis Joseph Weber, whose body was found inside the gutted remains of a mobile home at the Old Post Trailer Park off Route 9 in Philipstown in November 2019, will be spending the next 29 years behind bars. He was sentenced in Putnam County Court last Wednesday (Nov. 10) by […]

Mahopac Woman Critically Injured in Danbury Crash

A 42-year-old Mahopac woman suffered life-threatening injuries last Tuesday in a four vehicle crash on I-84 in Danbury. Connecticut State Police identified the victim as Reyna Navidad. Troopers said the Putnam resident was a rear-seat passenger in a car traveling westbound that was rear-ended by another auto along the interstate near the New York State line. Police said the impact […]

Monster Pudding and Writing for Brewster’s 1st Graders


Six-year-olds in Sara DiDio’s classroom at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Brewster laughed and squealed last week as the boys and girls followed step-bystep directions to make monster pudding. The hands-on fun helped introduce the first graders to their how-to writing unit. DiDio, with the assistance of English as a Second Language teacher Lorraine Lennon, showed students how to […]

Carmel Football Captures Section 1 Championship, First in 23 Years


FREEDOM PLAINS – It was a conundrum, to be sure, filled with mitigating factors. The undefeated Carmel High School football team had plowed through the season with little to no problems in compiling an undefeated 9-0 record heading into Saturday’s Section 1, Class AA championship game. But there were underlying speed bumps. *The opponent was Arlington, which the Rams beat […]

Buddies at Kent Elementary School


First graders are teaming up with fourth graders at Kent Elementary School these days by forming a buddy system. Boys and girls in Christina Schubert’s 1st grade class and fourth-grade students in Chris Livulpi’s class meet daily with Technology Coach Mike Dwyer to interact with each other in a collaborative way that engages the students while using their technology devices. […]

Ryan Doherty and Greta Vaughn National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists


Two upperclassmen from Carmel High School have been named as semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. Ryan Doherty and Greta Vaughn are among the highest scoring program entrants in New York State who represent the top 0.5 percent of nearly 4 million students across the nation who took the exam. Doherty and Vaughn are among 16,000 seniors who […]

Mahopac Search for Superintendent


The Mahopac School District has retained the services of Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES to conduct a nationwide search in finding a successor to Superintendent Anthony DiCarlo, who has announced his retirement effective next June 30. Board President Michael Mongon reported last week BOCES will be hosting open forums to “gather community input on the qualifications and characteristics the new superintendent will […]