News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
Two new supervisors will be leading the towns of Southeast and Patterson following last week’s Republican primary. In Southeast, Nick Durante, a 48-year town resident and retired lineman for Verizon, defeated Putnam County Legislature Chairman Paul Jonke, 501-357. Durante will
Read MoreCarmel Supervisor Michael Cazzari secured a second term in office last week with a Republican primary victory over former town chief executive Kenneth Schmitt. With no Democratic candidate on the ballot in November, the June 27 GOP contest was a
Read MoreThe Putnam County Legislature Rules, Enactments and Intergovernmental Relations Committee last week supported a proposal from County Executive Kevin Byrne to expand a current homeless shelters law that would prohibit the temporary housing of asylum seekers. The June 21 vote,
Read MoreBy Louise Grant Republican voters in Patterson are heading to the polls to choose their party’s nominees for the next town supervisor and two seats on the Town Board. Squaring off in the race for supervisor are incumbent Richard Williams,
Read MoreThe June 27 Republican primary in Southeast will see three candidates squaring off for their party’s nomination for the Southeast Town Board. Councilman John O’Connor is running for a second four-year term while fellow incumbent Edwin Alvarez has decided against
Read MoreTwo Southeast residents are going head-to-head next week in a primary that will determine who the Republican candidate will be for town supervisor in November’s general election. Putnam County Legislature Chairman Paul Jonke is looking to take the same route
Read MoreA Putnam Valley man could face up to 40 years in prison after recently being convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy and wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud law enforcement union members. Andrew Brown, 55, founder
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Next week’s Republican primary in Carmel has winner-take-all ramifications regarding who will lead the town for the next two years. Former Carmel supervisor Kenneth Schmitt, whose 14-year reign came to a halt after losing a GOP primary to current Supervisor
Read MoreNew York City is suing Putnam County and 30 other counties across the state for emergency declarations that have prevented the city from relocating asylum seekers to many locations outside the five boroughs. The litigation, filed in state Supreme Court
Read MoreA Carmel police officer is being credited with helping the save the life of an eight-year-old girl who suffered cardiac arrest. On May 20 at approximately 4:37 p.m., Carmel Police, along with Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulunz medic units,
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