2023-02-06 E-Edition

STABBING

Incident at Mahopac Smoke Shop

A 22-year-Shrub Oak old man was admitted to Danbury Hospital in critical condition after being stabbed in the chest and back by a resident of Mahopac outside a popular smoke shop on Route 6 in Mahopac. Last Monday’s (Jan. 30) incident took place around 10 pm when Carmel Police were dispatched by the Putnam 9-1- 1 Center to the Cloud […]

BACKLASH Over Proposed $24K Salary Hike for Deputy County Executive


Editor’s Note: On Tuesday night, after the Courier had been printed, the county Legislature OK’d the pay hike and a reorganization of the executive’s office. We will have additional details in next week’s issue. Original story: On the job for only five weeks, County Executive Kevin Byrne, who ran unopposed last November, now wants to give his Deputy County Executive […]

Violent Meltdown on Route 9


Two residents of Beacon are facing a slew of charges following a domestic violence incident on Route 9 in Philipstown. The Sheriff’s Department reported last week that on Jan. 26 around 11:50 pm, deputies were dispatched by the Putnam 9-1-1 Center to a parking lot of a closed business for what was described as a violent altercation. Undersheriff Thomas Lindert […]

The Great Divide

Electoral Maps Splits the Town of Carmel

The NYS Independent Redistricting Commission tasked to redraw the state’s electoral map following the 2020 census has proposed dividing the Town of Carmel into two separate assembly districts. Under the current plan, Lake Mahopac would remain in the 94th District currently represented by Assemblyman Matt Slater, whose district includes Kent, Putnam Valley, Patterson, Southeast and Yorktown. Other sections of the […]

Serino Runs Again

This time for Dutchess Co. Exec.

Mere months after losing her re-election bid for the state senate, former Putnam County State Senator Sue Serino last week confirmed she hopes to become the next Dutchess County Executive. Serino represented constituents in Kent, Philipstown and Putnam Valley from 2016-2022 before losing to Democratic Senator Michelle Hinchey, after redistricting pitted the two incumbents against each other. Serino began her […]

2022 Sales Tax Collections Highest Ever


Putnam’s sales tax collections totaled $81.9 million last year, up significantly from the $78 million collected in 2021. Commissioner of Finance William Carlin detailed the county’s final sales tax numbers for the year gone by to members of the Putnam Legislature’s Audit Committee meeting last Monday evening (Jan. 30). Carlin told committee members Chairman Joseph Castellano, along with Amy Sayegh […]

Putnam Sheriff’s Department’s Tim Stewart Dies


For years, the first person visitors to the Putnam County Office Building met was Special Patrol Officer Timothy Stewart. Stewart passed away January 30 following a lengthy illness, leaving a legacy of service to others and being a welcoming hero to those he encountered. Sheriff Kevin McConville recalled Stewart as a “man with a warm smile and words of welcome […]

CUNNINGHAM’S CORNER

FREE Minnesota Cold

I grew up in Minnesota. Winters could be brutally cold. Twenty or 30 degrees was virtually balmy. But zero or below zero was fairly common, sometimes by a lot, like minus 20. We had an indoor/outdoor thermometer in the living room. And the weather was frequent, by which I mean incessant, the topic of conversation. Periodically, my father would ask […]

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