Representatives of each of Putnam’s six towns and three villages joined County Executive Kevin Byrne outside Kent Town Hall last week when the executive proposed renewing the county’s previously ...

Putnam residents with limited incomes in need of making household repairs received good news this week. The Putnam Housing Corporation is administering RESTORE and AHC Grants through the NYS ...

I saw a commercial from ESPN hyping its coverage of the NFL draft, and it used recycled audio tapes from legendary coach Vince Lombardi. In it, he talked about sports being a metaphor for life. It’s ...

We, the undersigned, represent all the taxpayers of Putnam County. We are a consortium of duly elected Supervisors and Mayors from all nine municipalities, representing nearly 100,000 residents who ...

I got one of the worst text messages a parent can receive at 12:05 p.m. on April 17. “Active shooter.” My daughter is in her final two weeks of undergraduate studies at Florida State University, where ...

The Hudson Valley Renegades minor league baseball team had its momentum temporarily stopped by Mother Nature. After having won four of their first six games, the Renegades entered the weekend by being ...

It was only a couple of years ago that Haldane High School didn’t even have a softball program for the varsity. Time flies. Now the Blue Devils have one of the most exciting programs in section 1, ...

Putnam Hospital Center will soon become part of the giant Northwell medical conglomerate – along with Vasser Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, Danbury ...

In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the . . . Anyone? Anyone? . . . the Great Depression, passed the . . . Anyone? Anyone? The tariff ...

A man in his 60’s is alive today thanks to the efforts of emergency responders in the greater Carmel-Mahopac area. Last Tuesday around 9 a.m., the victim was working out at Planet Fitness on Route 6 ...

As millions of retirees, persons with disabilities, and other beneficiaries try to cope with DOGE cuts to Social Security (website outages, inordinate wait times on the phone or in person, complete ...

The towns in Putnam County are being mis-served by our county’s refusal to share sales tax with our municipalities. This past year, in Putnam County (population 98,060), $85,200,000 of sales tax was ...