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‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ was performed last weekend in Carmel. More coverage, B6. Photo, Carmel School District

Presidential Primary Early Voting Gets Underway Saturday

Primaries on Tap for Both Republicans & Democrats

Residents desiring to ballot early for the 2024 Presidential Primary Election will have the opportunity to cast their vote starting Saturday. This year’s Presidential Primary will be held on April 2. Putnam County has two Early Voting sites this month – one at the Putnam Board of Elections office on Old Route 6 in Carmel behind the Putnam Plaza Shopping […]

Maloney Is Confirmed, Finally, as Ambassador


Former Putnam County Congressman, Sean Patrick Maloney, is now officially in his new role. The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Maloney’s appointment as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Headquartered in Paris, the Organization for Economic Corporation and Development is comprised of 38 countries with its mission to promote international economic growth. The Cold […]

Anger and Frustration Continue for Hours at Carmel Board Meeting Over Financial Fiasco


At 6:30 pm last Tuesday evening, more than 350 residents of the Carmel School District jammed the Carmel High School gymnasium for a meeting of the Board of Education – and eight hours later, at 2:30 am with just a handful still in attendance, the gavel sounded, closing the marathon session. For nearly four hours, community members berated the district’s […]

Artist Patricia Leinani Stanton’s influences include flowers, leaves and patterns found in nature

Artist Patricia Leinani Stanton’s influences include flowers, leaves, and patterns found in nature. Her work is on display this month at the Kent Library. Photo, Carol Donick. See B1 for more coverage.

CARMEL SCHOOL DISTRICT FACING $6 MILLION SHORT FALL

Layoffs, Program Cuts & Tax Hikes Expected Possible Closing of a Grade School

Carmel School Board members and a handful of residents attending a work session two weeks ago were gobsmacked when told that property owners in Putnam’s largest school district faced a 3.5 percent tax levy increase with a $6 million reduction in spending. And, if no cuts to programs and staff were made, a whopping 9.5 percent tax levy hike was […]

Lawler: Putnam Projects Will Benefit from Federal Funds


Several major infrastructure projects benefiting residents of both eastern and western Putnam County have received a massive infusion of funds thanks to the efforts of Congressman Mike Lawler. Lawler, a Republican whose 17th Congressional District encompasses all of Putnam and Rockland counties in addition to sections of Dutchess and Westchester, secured $36 million in community project funding for 17 projects […]

Putnam’s Wearing of the Green


Everyone was Irish on Sunday in Mahopac when crowds estimated at more than 5,000 cheered as scores of marchers proceeded along Route 6 during Putnam’s 47th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade, New York State’s third-largest wearing-of-the-green extravaganza, consisted of six divisions this year, containing 64 different units. Pipe and Drum Corps were joined by schools, fraternal organizations, Boy […]

6 Sent to Hospital in Big Head-on Crash

A head-on crash in Southeast sent six people to the hospital, three of them children. Miraculously, no injuries were life-threatening. More coverage, A2. Photo, Brewster FD

New Supt. Named for Carmel Schools; Her Father Was Carmel Super 50 Years Ago


It’s been 50 years since Richard Meehan served as Carmel Superintendent of Schools, and now his daughter Erin MeehanFairben will be seated in her dad’s former office beginning on July 1. Fairben has been named as Carmel’s new chief school administrator emerging, as the Board of Education indicated, as the “top candidate by demonstrating a wealth of experience, a proven […]


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