The Putnam Examiner

Large images of geese excrement flashed on a screen for the duration of Thursday night’s Southeast town board work session as residents fought each other about what to do with the burgeoning geese population and their insurmountable droppings. The contentious

A plan to force New Yorkers to purchase new license plates that could cost them as much as $45 was slammed by local state representatives last week. Beginning in April 2020 drivers that renew their motor vehicle registration with license

The following is a press release from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr, Town of Carmel Police Department Chief Michael Cazzari and Town of Kent Police Department Chief Kevin Owens announced today that their

For countless years, Town of Kent leaders have yearned to boost economic development in the bedroom community, but mostly to no avail. Now, with a major project on the table, it appears more than a handful of residents aren’t interested

Purchasing a private island for less than $1 million might seem farfetched, but not if buyers are interested in a small piece of land in the middle of Putnam Lake. Willow Island in the Town of Patterson became a hot

The two proposed cell towers were panned by residents that live near the 254 Croton Falls Road site and the 26 Dixon Road site with fears that the monopoles could drive down property values and ruin the aesthetics of the

As the number of House Democrats calling for an impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump continues to grow, local Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney remains against opening an impeachment inquiry into the Republican president. A spokesman for Maloney confirmed Maloney does

A legal fight between Putnam Valley’s building inspector and a town councilman could cost taxpayers thousands of dollars. Richard Quaglietta, the town’s building inspector and code enforcement officer, sued Councilman Steve Mackay for slander earlier this year, though the case

Sifting through trash recently helped the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office crack a case of illegal dumping. On July 29, a sheriff’s deputy was patrolling Barrett Road in Southeast when he found a large collection of trash and construction debris dumped

For the past few summers, harmful algae blooms in lakes across Putnam County have caused local beaches to close, leaving residents in the heat of summer hot and bothered. But this summer, while harmful algae blooms (HABs) have been present