News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
About two dozen parents throughout Putnam County protested last week the meager levels of their children’s in-class instruction and urged school officials and policy makers to devise a workable plan to get their children back in the classroom. Parents demonstrated
Read MoreAs Kent officials work to include mining safeguards in the municipal code, a public hearing has been scheduled to extend an existing moratorium halting any excavation work from being conducted on town property. With the current mining moratorium set to
Read MorePutnam Valley Supervisor Sam Oliverio announced Friday he will not be seeking reelection in November. Oliverio, 67, was first elected supervisor in 2015 following 18 years on the Putnam County Legislature. “It’s been a hell of a ride,” Oliverio remarked
Read MoreA lifelong Putnam County resident with 30 years of law enforcement experience last week launched his campaign for the position of Putnam County Sheriff. Kevin McConville, 63, who resides in Cold Spring, kicked off his effort Feb 4. on the
Read MoreCarmel Councilman Michael Barile pled guilty Monday in Town of Philipstown Justice Court to one count of theft of services in connection with illegally hooking up a Mahopac restaurant he owns to a town sewer district. Barile, 67, was arrested
Read MoreFollowing public outcry over the proposed decibel limit and amendments to the Putnam Valley noise ordinance, officials have scrapped the plan and are starting over to appease the community. The decision comes after residents pressed the Town Board during a
Read MorePutnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley, Jr., Town of Carmel Police Department Chief Anthony Hoffmann and Kent Police Department Chief Kevin Owens announced their departments will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving. The statewide STOP-DWI
Read MoreThe Putnam County Department of Health will begin administering second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. Only those who were given the first dose of the vaccine by the Putnam County Department of Health are eligible for a
Read MoreState Senator Pete Harckham honored three Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies as “First Responders of the Month” for January 2021 at a ceremony held last week at the Putnam Sheriff’s Substation in Cold Spring. Randel Hill, Andrew Kristan and Benjamin Levine
Read MoreKent lawmakers are one step closer to resolving the issue of mining after presenting a series of amendments last week that would be included in the town’s soil removal and zoning code laws. Nearly two years after mining became a
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