Putnam Lake News

The cause of a fire that heavily damaged part of a Sager Lane residence yesterday afternoon is still under investigation, Brewster fire officials said.

Putnam Lake is no longer the summer community of the 1970s, when, in Henry Zemsky's words , 'neighbors degraded each other with epithets when they met .

PUTNAM LAKE - A 1970s effort to abolish the Putnam Lake Community Council and establish a special taxing district around the lake to raise funds for maintenance pitted neighbor against neighbor, resident Henry ...

Amber Rowe, and Bo, a red tailed hawk PUTNAM LAKE - The Director of Wildlife at Green Chimneys Paul Kupchok summed up the day best: "It's important to get children away from the television, video games and the ...

“It seems to be working out pretty well”

Most of Putnam's work force leaves the county to work, and they can avail themselves of a growing number of car pool parking lots and trains that make it to Manhattan faster. via Journal News

“Clearly Mr. Hallisey and Ms. Gutterman demonstrated no desire to conduct a full and unbiased investigation, and no concern for (Laura Bliss) or for other students similarly situated”

By Noreen O'Donnell * Journal News columnist * May 3, 2008 You've heard it before - "He's not that kind of man" - and when a Putnam Valley middle school teacher was accused of drugging and raping a 12-year-old ... via The Patent Trader

David Shachnow, who was shot and killed in October by a Putnam Lake man who says he thought Shachnow was trying to break into his house, did not have marijuana in his car or in his possession, as state police ... via Journal News

“Obviously, you need an attorney.”

CARMEL - A Putnam Lake man, charged last year in the shooting death of a man he thought was trying to break into his home, entered a not-guilty plea yesterday in Putnam County Court to a five-count indictment. via Journal News

“Everybody used to make fun of me because I thought I was going to win, but I didn't care”

Installment six of the "Real Lives of Putnam County Millionaires" played out at a popular Route 22 diner yesterday, starring an until-now unknown 50-year-old plumber and father of two named Richard Salamone. via The Patent Trader

“In accordance with the input we received from the public and the ZBA at the public hearings, we are in the process of reviewing and evaluating potential alternate candidates”

Some 2,000 feet may not make a difference for those opposing a cell-phone tower planned for the shore of Putnam Lake. via The Patent Trader

PATTERSON - An autopsy was performed yesterday on the Putnam Lake man who died Sunday after driving his car into a tree, but the results won't be known for at least six weeks, said Chief Investigator A. Gerald ... via Journal News

“I know they've tested around this area”

Relocating the cell-phone tower proposed for Putnam Lake's shore to county-owned public parkland would require the state Legislature's approval. via The Patent Trader

“I'm feeling more hopeful that the (zoning board) is looking into investigating alternative sites that don't impact homeowners adversely”

PATTERSON - The lawyer for a company that wants to build a cell-phone tower next to Putnam Lake and the chairman of the Patterson zoning board agreed last night that other potential sites for the structure ... via Journal News

SOUTHEAST - Troopers from the Brewster barracks charged three motorists with driving while intoxicated this weekend, including a Patterson woman charged with felony DWI, state police said today. via Journal News

Firefighters in Putnam County are currently battling two structure fires. In the eastern part of the county, a chimney fire at a single-family house on Jasper Road in Putnam Lake extended into the house. via Journal News

Two fires within 30 minutes kept Putnam County firefighters busy yesterday afternoon. via The Journal News

“The burns are somewhat significant”

PEEKSKILL - A woman was taken to the hospital with burns on her hands yesterday morning after a fire in a Main Street apartment house damaged the nearly 200-year-old Greek revival structure, leaving more than ... via Journal News

Police are looking for a bank robbery that took place this morning in Putnam Lake section of Patterson, N.Y. Scanner reports indicate police are looking for the suspects, described as two Asian males in a white ... via NewsTimesLive.com

Sheriff's deputies and state police are searching for two men who robbed a branch of the Putnam County National Bank on Haviland Drive in the Putnam Lake hamlet this morning. via The Patent Trader

“I anticipate it being presented to a grand jury sometime in January or February”

Two controversial shooting cases in Putnam County this year continue to wend their way through the criminal justice system. via The Journal News