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Ball quits House bid, shifts to Senate race
PATTERSON - Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, announced Saturday his decision not to run for Congress in 2010.
Ball to run for state Senate in 2010
Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Carmel, has decided to run for the state Senate 40th District in the 2010 election, challenging incumbent Sen.
Two Putnam groups to conduct food drives
BREWSTER - Nicole Prezzano, a Brewster High School senior, will spend her pre-Thanksgiving Day weekend helping others prepare for the holiday.
University Senate | Students, members debate book removal program
Bird Library's plan to move books to an off-campus storage facility has become a "lightning rod" issue on campus.
Police blotter: Westchester-Putnam
Interstate 684: Adrian Horner, 38, of Yonkers was charged at 2:05 a.m. Friday with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors, after a trooper stopped him in the northbound lanes, police said.
Syracuse University: Faculty and Students Say Don't Move Our Books
Quite the uproar in Syracuse. From the Article: The Syracuse University Library system is facing the classic book-lovera s dilemma: too many volumes, not enough shelves.
Upstate Democrats burned by New York license plate plan want to toss it back
Editor's note: This story was written by staff writers Dave Tobin and John O'Brien More on New York's new license plates >> Read the letter from the 11 Upstate senators to Gov.
3 women charged with DWI in Putnam County; one more than 4x legal limit
Police in Putnam County charged three women with driving while intoxicated during recent traffic stops in Kent and Patterson, one of whom had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit, police said.
Police blotter: Westchester-Putnam
Interstate 684: Rumolo T. Vieira, 25, of Harrison was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, at 11 p.m. Oct.
A Advocates for same-sex marriage are hitting New York's state capital hard, trying to sway the few votes needed for final legislative approval of the bill in a special session Tuesday.
State police: Former Carmel councilman violated order of protection
CARMEL - Former town Councilman Norman Marino is facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly violating an order of protection, part of an ongoing battle between him and town assessor Paul Jonke.
McConville outspends Smith in Putnam sheriff's race
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.
Assemblyman calls for probe into IBM pact
The chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Corporations is investigating IBM's financial dealings with the state.
Taxes, spending top issues in Putnam Legislature race
PATTERSON - Only voters in Putnam County Legislature District 4 - which includes most of Patterson and part of Southeast - will find a contested race next week when they go to the polls.
New Jersey man facing homicide charges arrested in Garrison
A 23-year-old man accused of inducing his friend's fatal drug overdose was arrested by Putnam County sheriff's deputies early Thursday and returned to Bergen County, N.J., where he faces homicide charges, officials said.
Effort to stop new license platea
Doesn't surprise me that the states population is reported to drop by 8% in the last years.
Southeast teen charged in party knife-slashing
SOUTHEAST - A 17-year-old town youth accused of slashing another teen in the face with a knife at a party was arrested on a felony assault charge, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Monday night.
Syracuse hosts third annual Latino Upstate Summit
Rita Paniagua , chair of the Upstate Latino Summit at the Oncenter, Syracuse, NY, escorts Gov.
State suspends health care worker vaccine mandate
The state has suspended a controversial emergency regulation mandating flu vaccinations for health care workers because of a vaccine shortage.
World Class Crafts On Stage In Purchase
More than 80 world-class artisans from Maine to Virginia will display their works here on Halloween weekend Sat, Oct.