News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
The Putnam County Health Department is encouraging parents to schedule required vaccines for their children before school begins. Putnam County Interim Health Commissioner Michael J. Nesheiwat, MD said early childhood vaccination rates fell nearly eight percent in Putnam during the
Read MoreIt was standing room only at Putnam Valley fire house last week with more than 100 people anxious to hear the work schedule to complete construction for the Peekskill Hollow Road project. The meeting was hosted by Putnam County Executive
Read MoreA Patterson man was charged Saturday with animal cruelty for severely neglecting a nine-year-old mini- poodle. Detectives from Putnam County’s SPCA Law Enforcement Division responded to a call to a residence on Lake Shore Drive in the Putnam Lake section
Read MoreFirst responders involved in the successful rescue of a 66-year-old Mahopac man who was reported missing for five days were recognized during a Carmel Town Board meeting last week. On July 27, Carmel Police were notified of missing man from
Read MoreState Assemblyman Matt Slater (R/Yorktown) has introduced legislation that would prohibit convicted killers of police officers from making parole. Slater’s bill was triggered by the New York State Parole Board’s recent decision to release Scott Cobb, who drove the getaway
Read MoreSurveillance data from the Putnam County Department of Health indicates higher than average cases of the tickborne disease anaplasmosis in residents during the first six months of 2023. Preliminary data shows 36 cases recorded from January through June. Those numbers
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The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges, but it also provided time for individuals to try new things. One case in point is Paul Rodden, a nine-year-old fourth-grader at Matthew Paterson Elementary School in the Carmel School District. Rodden, who resides
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Area representatives continue to press for more federal help to assist the hard-hit areas of the lower Hudson Valley that were devastated by a barrage of heavy rainstorms and in the past couple of weeks. On Saturday, President Biden approved
Read MoreA local man, 47-year-old Derrick A. Rocco of Putnam Valley, the owner of Rocco’s Deli in Mahopac, was arrested twice in recent weeks for multiple illicit acts. The first arrest was linked to an alleged attempt to take unauthorized pictures
Read MoreThe Putnam County Legislature last week overwhelmingly supported expanding a current homeless shelters law that would prohibit the temporary housing of asylum seekers. The 7-1 vote on July 5 expectedly followed a June 21 thumbs up from the Legislature’s Rules,
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