Cold Spring News

FISHKILL - Firefighters from four counties are pooling manpower to surround a brush fire that began late Thursday afternoon and has spread to about 100 acres.

He investigated terror attacks in India and Turkey, gathered intelligence in the Middle East, and commanded an NYPD unit that sniffs out police corruption.

The mystery of who brought the rabid skunk to a Cold Spring wildlife rehabilitator was solved Monday.

Kevin McConville, the Democratic challenger for Putnam County sheriff, has raised and spent considerably more money than two-term incumbent Republican Donald B. Smith in what has been Smith's first real re-election challenge.

County Executive Robert Bondi recently told the Putnam County Legislature he was vetoing not only certain 2010 budget resolutions but also the entire spending plan as modified by county lawmakers.

Metro Bus riders will climb aboard 91 new clean diesel and hybrid buses over the next 18 months paid for by almost $40 million secured by Rep.

Authorities today announced the arrest of four people, including three Dutchess County residents, in the Sept.

Officials have called an 11 a.m. press conference today at Village Hall to announce several arrests in connection with the Sept.

Hike name: Cornish Trail to the former Cornish Estate Location: Just north of Cold Spring Length: 2 miles round trip, plus exploring Rating: Easy.

Kevin McConville, the Democratic challenger to Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith in next month's election, yesterday criticized Smith over a civil lawsuit brought against the Sheriff's Office and others by the family of a 21-year-old Putnam Valley man who hanged himself in the county jail in 2006.

When it comes to leaf-peeping, Barbara Walker of Ossining says her favorite Lower Hudson Valley lookout in any season is Bull Hill, aka Mount Taurus, just north of Cold Spring.

Potsdam Police arrested 9 individuals for a variety of charges yesterday and early this morning.

CARMEL - Should money for senior services reinstated to Putnam County's 2010 budget this week become part of the final spending plan, and there's no reason to think it won't, Marlene Bowman of Cold Spring will still have someplace to gather with friends and eat lunch.

LINDLEY -- Work will be under way shortly on a long-awaited $45.4 million project to reconstruct a 5-mile portion of U.S. Route 15 in the Town of Lindley.

WAPPINGERS FALLS - It was a family affair for the Timms at the Dutchess County Classic on Sunday.

Bourbon reds, a heritage breed of turkey, at Glynwood Center in Cold Spring, a combination farm, research station and farming advocacy group.

A former New York City police captain who had been running for Putnam County sheriff cited two reasons for abruptly dropping out of the contest yesterday, just six days before the primary election.

Collage artist Susan Ullman of Ardsley vividly recalls her debut at the very first Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst show, back in 1985.

COLD SPRING - The wide floorboards of William Kemble's Cold Spring home may have shook as artillery shells were test fired and exploded against Crow's Nest, a peak on the west side of the Hudson River.

A county mourns and state police continue investigating after the Cattaraugus County Sheriff is found dead.