Author: David Propper

After the legislation was tabled at the start of the month during a full legislative meeting, one legislator’s push to ban polystyrene across much of Putnam County died in committee last week. In her final meeting as chairwoman of the

It took a decade, but the Prospect Hill Road Bridge in the Town of Southeast is finally open again to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The announcement was made earlier this month after the bridge, which is owned by the MTA

Being a New York State lawmaker will soon be a more lucrative job once the new legislative session starts next year with the discussions of a large pay bump for elected pols gaining speed. The state’s 213 lawmakers will likely

CoveCare Center is pleased to announce Eric A. Toth as its next Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2019. Diane E. Russo, current CEO of CoveCare Center, is retiring at the beginning of 2019 after 20 years of dedicated service. Mr.

By the time it’s all over, the Carmel Board of Education might never want to say or hear the word “bond” again, but for now, members continued to discuss putting up a new bond package for a third time in

By a narrow margin, the Putnam Valley school system passed a bond last Tuesday that will lead to sweeping improvements at the middle school and a state of the art health and wellness center, ending a polarizing two months within

The Southeast town board is back at the drawing board after a previous sign ordinance was struck down as unconstitutional about three years ago. During a town board meeting last Thursday, town board members discussed how they could tweak the

In the heart of Putnam Valley, residents and visitors now have a new preservation to enjoy for decades to come as the access area and parking lot for Granite Mountain off Peekskill Hollow Road was officially opened last week. Hudson

If stealing from a cemetery weren’t bad karma enough, a Pawling man was also sentenced last Friday to state prison time for his embezzlement of Raymond Hill Cemetery in Carmel. Previously convicted in a jury trial of grand larceny in