News from The Putnam Examiner, covering Brewster-Southeast, Cold Spring-Philipstown, Kent, Mahopac-Carmel, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, NY.
Putnam 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
Read MoreAs Putnam Valley officials strive to find a way to resolve noise issues within the town, a public hearing on a proposal capping sound emissions had residents divided on if the limit would infringe on their personal freedoms. During a
Read MoreBy Sydney Stoller While most Americans are trying their best to defeat the coronavirus, Mahopac High School senior Max Semegran is focusing his efforts on another deadly disease: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. This year, Semegran will become Mahopac’s first participant in the
Read MoreNearly a week after Putnam County used up its supply of COVID vaccines, the area was only given 400 new shots to immunize over 30,700 eligible residents. With New York grappling with the shortage of vaccines from the federal government,
Read MoreThe Putnam County Department of Health in the span of two weeks has effectively inoculated over 900 people with the COVID-19 vaccine, but officials are uncertain when the next batch of doses will arrive from the state. Three events have
Read MoreThe Putnam County Metro-North worker who infiltrated the U.S. Capitol last week appeared in federal court on Wednesday where he was charged for the part he played in the attack. Will Pepe, a seven-year laborer at Metro-North’s Brewster rail yard,
Read MoreMTA Metro-North Railroad officials last week announced the completion of the Maybrook Trailway, a 23-mile segment of the Empire State Trail Putnam and Dutchess counties. The Maybrook Trailway is a vital link in the Empire State Trail, launched by Governor
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