A Philipstown man pled guilty Tuesday to killing his father and setting his home on fire in November 2019. Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy said Louis Weber IV, 21, admitted under oath to killing his father, Louis Weber III,
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There has been a steady rise in COVID-19 active cases throughout the state and the local region in July and August, but Westchester hospitalizations related to the coronavirus are beginning to rise. As of Sunday, the county reported 2,793 active
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The Child Advocacy Center of Putnam County has announced that registration is open for the Annual One Too Many NY 5K to end child abuse. This event will be held virtually September 17th-19th, 2021. The virtual fundraiser is open to
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Croton-on-Hudson Police Department Aug. 2: Report from a village resident at 3:40 p.m. that someone filed unemployment benefits and opened a bank account with their name. The caller notified the bank who froze the accounts. The subject has had no financial loss at this time. Report
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The Centers for Disease Control has elevated the community transmission level for Putnam County from moderate to substantial, based on crossing the threshold of 50 new cases per 100,000 population over seven days. According to the Putnam County Health Department,
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Putnam Valley became the first municipality in Putnam County last week to launch its own Solarize Putnam campaign. The Putnam Valley Town Board voted unanimously August 11 in support of “Solarize Putnam Valley,” a Community Solar program that enables residents
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The New York State PTA and the United Way of Westchester and Putnam have partnered with Learning Ovations, an Irvine, Calif.-based early literacy support company, to launch a statewide program that encourages reading skills development at home. Reading Checkup is
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The solar panels that power Putnam County’s Kern Building went live in July, providing 58,5508 kilowatts of clean energy in the first year to the county’s Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Health. “This is an exciting step on
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Westchester County is considering tightening its mask policy for people entering county-owned facilities to try and slow down the accelerating number of COVID-19 cases. County Executive George Latimer said Monday that sometime this week there may be new guidelines for
Read MoreThe success of public transportation can be traced to one of the late President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest accomplishments, which continues benefiting many Americans today. On July 9, 1964, he signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 into law. Subsequently, this has resulted in the investment
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