The Putnam Humane Society will be holding their annual “DogWash” fundraiser today, July 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in order to help the non profit shelter that needs the donations and goodwill of the public at-large to operate.
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Under a sunny June sky, Highlands Preservation recently commemorated Putnam County’s Bicentennial with a “Magical History Tour and Nature Hike” up Mount Nimham in Kent, which for many years was thought to be the highest elevation in Putnam County. The
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To borrow or not to borrow? That is the question county government and local municipalities are asking as of late, with revenues down and interest rates on borrowing that have headed in the same direction. After a discussion on the
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The lack of proper financial reporting by the nonprofit that operates the county-owned Tilly Foster Farm became a major discussion topic at the Putnam County Legislature’s Physical Services Committee meeting on June 19. The Society for the Preservation of Putnam
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A 52-year-old Putnam County resident was arrested on narcotics-related criminal charges stemming from a four-month investigation into cocaine sales in the towns of Kent and Carmel, according to a statement released by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. In early February
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Exactly one week after a majority of the Putnam County Legislature approved a proposal to levy a four percent tax hotel occupancy tax, County Executive MaryEllen Odell vetoed the legislation on Tuesday, June 12. In a reversal from the previous
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Putnam County Legislator Richard Othmer and local veterans said they opposed removing the name of former State Senator Vincent Leibell, who is currently serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice and tax evasion,
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U.S. Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, M.D. (NY-19) announced last week that the United States Department of Agriculture has designated Putnam County, along with Orange, Rockland and Dutchess Counties, as agriculture disaster areas. These counties experienced significant crop destruction due to severe
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If you were one of the thousands of Putnam County residents who called in to emergency services in the early to mid 1980s to report seeing a boomerang shaped aircraft the size of two football fields hovering in the night
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Three of the five Democrats battling to unseat freshman GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth jockeyed to convince voters they were the best bet of sending a Democrat back to Washington at a candidate forum in Mahopac on Tuesday, June 5. The
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