News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
The 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
Read MoreNext 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,
Read MoreAnn Marie Chalmers, a dedicated leader and community advocate for the Brewster Central School District for more than 20 years, was recognized last week as a 2023 State Senate Woman of Distinction honoree at a special ceremony held in Albany. Chalmers was
Read MoreBrewster High School senior Suhaan Akula will have the prestigious honor of attending West Point in the fall. Only about 10 percent of the 10,000 students who apply to West Point are admitted, but Akula, who participated in the NJROTC
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