News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
By Rick Pezzullo The former director of the Putnam County Office for Senior Resources has picked up some key endorsements in her bid for the District 5 seat on the Putnam County Legislature. Pat Sheehy, a 40-year Carmel resident, recently
Read MoreFrom the seed of an idea, of a school on a farm, to becoming an internationally known education and human services organization, Green Chimneys in Brewster has achieved a major milestone yet: 75 years of service to children and animals. Green Chimneys has
Read MoreIn the back of Scott Rizzo’s classroom at Mahopac High School sits a fish tank full of tiny brown trout swimming aimlessly. Suddenly the fish all dive to the bottom. “What’s going on?” Rizzo, asks the class. “There must be
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Putnam Hospital and Nuvance Health announced earlier this month they had to temporarily suspend delivery services following the departure of CareMount’s OB/GYN physicians. The Carmel-based hospital is in the process of recruiting a new team of physicians.
Read MoreA love of reading has bonded students at Kent Primary School with technology and engineering students at Carmel High School. During Read Across America week, students in the Home Maintenance class at the high school visited the elementary school to
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A third Republican has entered the race for the Putnam County Legislature District 5 seat being vacated by Legislator Carl Albano. Greg Ellner, a resident of Carmel, announced last week he was throwing his hat in the
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo In her final State of the County address, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell focused on the county’s strong financial position and thanked residents for entrusting her the last 11 years as the first woman to lead the
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Carmel Board of Education decided last week to scrap plans to construct a bus maintenance facility that voters approved in March 2019. Three years ago, voters authorized spending a maximum of $10.9 million to purchase property
Read MoreThe Putnam County Clerk’s Office will be hosting Putnam County Passport Saturday on April 2 at its office at 40 Gleneida Avenue in Carmel from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to provide passport information to U.S. citizens and to accept
Read MoreOfficials in Putnam County last week celebrated the March 2 end to the mask mandate for students and staff in K-12 schools and daycare facilities. “Make no mistake, our voices were heard in Albany,” County Executive MaryEllen Odell said. “Putnam
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