2022-03-29 E-Edition

Former Brewster Man Convicted of Second Murder; Killed Both His Wife & Daughter, Moved to Ohio & Started Another Family


Justice has at long last prevailed for Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch. Robert Honsch, who is serving a life sentence in Massachusetts for killing his wife Marcia, 53, will be sentenced June 15 for the murder of his daughter Elizabeth. The 78-year-old former Brewster resident was found guilty last week in Connecticut of killing his 17-year-old daughter. The murders were simple […]

Mahopac Woman Struck by Harlem Line Metro-North Train

A Mahopac woman was critically injured earlier this month when struck by a Harlem Line Metro-North train at the Woodlawn Station in the Bronx. Renee Price, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Deputy Communications Director, said the tragic incident occurred at 8:30 pm on March 19 when Hope Mantovi, 23 was standing on the station platform. Mantovi was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital […]

Putnam Firefighters Assist at Croton Falls Blaze

Twice in 48 hours, firefighters from Putnam County were summoned to assist northern Westchester at a working fire. Friday afternoon’s blaze sent Brewster, Mahopac and Mahopac Falls FD personnel to Wallace Road in Croton Falls where firefighters assisted members of the Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department and three other agencies from Westchester at the blaze. Croton Falls FD Chief Sean […]

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Dogs and cats lined up by the dozens with their owners Saturday at the Putnam Veterans Memorial Park in Kent. Within minutes the animals were vaccinated against the deadly rabies virus. Putnam County Health Department Sanitarian and rabies coordinator Marianne Burdick thanked the public for participating in the free event.Burdick said 151 animals including 105 dogs, 44 cats and two […]

NYSEG Officials Meet with Putnam Legislators


Substantially higher electric bills during the last few billing cycles with some customers reporting statements two and four times higher than the previous month, prompted Putnam lawmakers to invite representatives of the New York State Electric and Gas Company to last week’s Economic Development and Energy Committee meeting. Legislators Bill Gouldman of Putnam Valley, Paul Jonke of Southeast and Nancy […]

Remains of Mahopac Falls Man Found in Idaho


Human bone fragments located in the vicinity of a remote road adjacent to the Selway River in Grangeville, Idaho, have been positively identified as those belonging to Jesse Ferrieri, 21, of Mahopac Falls. Ferrieri and his 22-yearold brother, Raymond, also of Mahopac Falls, were unaccounted for after a vehicle in which they were riding crashed on the morning of May […]

New Metro-North Schedules Increase Weekday Train Service to 89% of Pre-Pandemic Levels; Yankee Clipper Trains Return for All NY Yankees Home Games

MTA Metro-North Railroad announced Sunday that new train schedules have taken effect, as of March 27, including on the two train lines through Putnam County. The move was expected. The new schedules restore 66 weekday trains on Metro-North’s three east-of-Hudson lines. The restoration of more weekday trains brings the railroad’s weekday service to 89% of its pre-pandemic levels. Guided by […]

Richard T. Hazzard

September 27, 1943 – March 18, 2022

Richard T Hazzard of Patterson, NY passed away unexpectedly on March 18, 2022, in Savanah, Georgia at the age of 78. He was born on September 27, 1943, in Mount Kisco, NY, son of the late Herbert “Hap” and Marjorie (neé Wilkinson) Hazzard. He grew up in Brewster, NY, graduated Brewster High School in 1961, attended Simmons School of Mortuary […]

Elaine Kruger, 95 Dies


Elaine Krueger, former Director of Patient Services for the Putnam Health Department and Putnam’s Senior Citizen of the Year in 1996, died March 16 at her home in Carmel at the age of 95. Born January, 19, 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the baby of a family of five children, Kruger grew up during lean years. At a funeral service […]