2022-08-23 E-Edition

CAMP HERRLICH AT 100, B1

Campers participate in a variety of activities at Camp Herrlich, now 100 years old and still serving youth from a variety of locales to help them become ‘better human beings’.

Carmel Man Charged

Gun Brandished Over Parking Space

A 27-year-old Carmel man is facing charges of menacing after allegedly pulling a gun on another driver he had been tailgating in northern Westchester. Pleasantville Police said last week’s incident took place on Bedford Road when the unidentified Putnam motorist got into what Police Chief Erik Grutzner described as a “tiff” over a parking space in the village’s downtown and […]

Lake Peekskill

Send Lawyers, Drugs & Money?

A joint investigation by the Putnam Sheriff’s Department and Peekskill Police has led to the arrest of three residents of Lake Peekskill on drugs and gun charges. August 17th, members of the Peekskill Police Department, Westchester County Department of Public Safety and Putnam County Sheriff’s Department executed search warrants on two separate residences in Peekskill and Lake Peekskill in connection […]

NYSEG Facing Stiff Fines over Missteps at Brewster Fire


The New York Public Service Commission has begun enforcement proceedings against the New York State Electric and Gas Company stemming from a violent natural gas explosion and fire that destroyed a multifamily home in Brewster in February. Miraculously, several people inside the dwelling – including an 8-year-old girl and 10-monthold boy – escaped serious injury. At 8:45 am on that […]

Michigan Man

Killed in Motorcycle Crash

Nine-one-one calls to both the Putnam and Dutchess dispatch centers sent emergency responders to Route 52 less than a half mile from the county border last Wednesday for a report of a man laying along the shoulder of the road with an overturned motorcycle nearby. When police reached the scene shortly after 12-noon it was determined the crash occurred in […]

Environmental Advocates Praise Federal Inflation Reduction Act


Putnam Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney received kudos and high regards from environmental advocates last Wednesday (Aug. 17) for his role that resulted in the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act that addresses climate change while also protecting the environment. Standing before representatives of the Riverkeeper, Glynwood Center, Hudson Highlands Land Trust, Open Space Institute, Dutchess Land Conservancy and the NYS […]

Putnam County under Drought Watch


A drought alert has been issued for all Hudson Valley counties by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. A drought watch is the first of four levels of state drought advisories, which are watch, warning, emergency, and disaster. No mandatory restrictions are in place under a state drought watch. In the town of Carmel, Supervisor Michael Cazzari issued a notice […]

Firefighters Assist Local Economy

The day was a scorcher with high humidity and temperatures in the 90s—one in a series this summer in Putnam County. Carmel FD personnel answered the report of an alarm at a private residence off Lakeview Road. After checking out the home and realizing the device had emitted a false alarm, the crew returned to headquarters. Along the way they […]

Rosemarie Elizabeth Wadle Perrin Memorial Service Saturday August 27 at 2 p.m. Patterson Community Church Rt 311 Patterson NY

Rosemarie Elizabeth Wadle Perrin passed away on May 18, 2022, she was 90 years old. She was residing at Falls River Village Assisted Living in Raleigh, NC. She was born on May 14, 1932, in Jersey City, NJ. Rosemarie graduated from Somers High School, Somers, NY. In November 1953 Rosemarie married Wallace King Perrin, in Somers, NY. Rosemarie and Wally […]