2022-12-20 E-Edition

SANTA’S COMING BY FIRE TRUCK

Carmel FD personnel, acting as masked Santa’s helpers, along with the toys donated by Putnam families once they were placed around a large holiday tree at the Maria Ferrari Children’s Hospital at the Westchester Medical Center. They will be distributed to hospitalized boys and girls on Christmas morning. Additional photo, A2. Photo, Vincent Ruggiero

Putnam-Danbury Partnership Inked

Would Open Route 6 Corridor

Officials from Putnam County and the City of Danbury realize that borders are, in some good measure, only lines on paper. In March 2020, the leaders of both municipalities met in Connecticut, where then-Mayor Mark Boughton and soon-to-be retiring County Executive Mary Ellen Odell continued discussions that began several years ago as to how state borders can be erased, or […]

Rapid Response

Putnam to Start Police Mutual Aid Plan

When a crisis unfolds requiring an immediate law enforcement response, police agencies from across the region take immediate action. However, unlike fire and EMS providers, Putnam County does not have a mutual aid plan detailing this rapid response for police. At last week’s meeting of the Putnam Legislature’s Protective Services Committee meeting, Sheriff Kevin McConville called on the legislators to […]

Pietro Joins Ranks of Carmel PD


Gary Pietropaolo may have been only 29 when killed in a 2018 tragic motorcycle crash in Kent but the love and respect bestowed upon his community as a member of the Carmel Police Department was remembered last Wednesday evening at a Carmel Town Board meeting when Pietro and his handler were introduced to a standingroomonly audience at Town Hall in […]

Carmel firefighters were up early last Saturday before loading more than 280 toys onto fire engines

Carmel firefighters were up early last Saturday before loading more than 280 toys onto fire engines and delivering them to the Maria Ferrari Children’s Hospital at the Westchester Medical Center for distribution to hospitalized boys and girls on Christmas morning.

Seventy-five people were on hand in Carmel Sunday evening when the county’s official menorah was lighted

Seventy-five people were on hand in Carmel Sunday evening when the county’s official menorah was lighted along the Gleneida lakeshore. The lighting was held in conjunction with the Holiday on the Lake and was coordinated by Rabbi Avi Korer of Putnam Chabad, shown here as he led the ceremony. A menorah lighting also took place on Monday in Brewster and […]

Ellen P. Schneider

June 23, 1929 – December 14, 2022

Ellen P. Schneider passed away peacefully on December 14, 2022, after a short illness. Ellen was the daughter of Caroline Ronan Schneider and Leonard Schneider and was born on June 23, 1929, in the Village of Brewster. After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in Katonah, New York and Secretarial School, she went to work at the Putnam County Clerk’s […]

Mary K. Sandell

May 7, 1922 – December 14, 2022

Mary K. Sandell, a long time Brewster, NY resident, passed away Wednesday December 14, 2022, in Danbury, CT at the age of 100. Mary was born May 7, 1922, in Bronx, NY, daughter of the late Simon and Eileen (Powers) Maloney. She graduated from Manuel High School in Brooklyn, NY, class of 1940. On April 20, 1951, she married William […]

Chanukah Menorah Workshop Well Attended

Chanukah is taking on special meaning this week for dozens of Jewish families when the traditional menorah is lighted each evening thanks to Putnam Chabad and Home Depot in Southeast. The two organizations teamed up a week ago Sunday by offering a free menorah workshop with moms, dads, grandparents and children taking advantage of the experience. Rabbi Avi Korer thanked […]