Putnam Valley News

PUTNAM VALLEY: Local author Carolyn Doggett Smith and her colleague, Marilyn Berkon, have published a new book, 'In the Tales of the Bards: A Novel of Roman Britain,' the story of the British tribes' struggle to drive the Roman occupiers from their land.

CARMEL - A rejuvenated Putnam County Independence Party brims with enthusiasm from its leaders, all under 25 years old.

YORKTOWN - The husband of a Putnam Valley woman convicted of killing her husband's Army buddy in a drunken crash pleaded guilty last night to menacing for pulling a knife on another motorist just before the collision.

Separate two-car accidents on the Taconic State Parkway were slowing southbound traffic in Putnam Valley and slowing northbound traffic in Briarcliff Manor at 8 a.m. today, police said.

Putnam Valley may be the town that adheres the closest to the county's tourism slogan: 'Come to where the country begins.' An aerial photo of the town shows mostly just trees and lakes.

The Putnam Valley Lions collected more than 75 pairs of glasses from various drop-off locations throughout Putnam Valley that will be donated to the Lions Recycle For Sight Program.

PUTNAM VALLEY - After his propane provider of 13 years cut him off, Clarence 'Clint' Morey took his fight to the streets, or at least to his driveway's edge.

PUTNAM VALLEY: Michele Belanich is the 2009 recipient of the George Shawe Memorial Visual Arts Scholarship award from the Putnam Arts Council.

PUTNAM VALLEY - A particularly lively election season is assured in this town where feisty politics is the norm.

A routine traffic stop involving Putnam County Legislator Anthony Fusco, R-Mahopac, in March 2008 has led to a court odyssey stretching from state Supreme Court in Putnam to the Appellate Division in Brooklyn before winding up in Putnam Valley Town Court last month.

State Police stopped a 25-year-old Hopewell Junction resident for driving while intoxicated at 3:11 this morning on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley.

A White Plains man was charged with drunken driving after he crashed into a car driven by an off-duty Brewster state trooper who was on her way home from work, state police said today.

The Putnam Legislature's Health Committee has threatened to sue County Executive Robert Bondi over his refusal to spend an additional $2 million in watershed funds to extend a popular repair program for failing home septic systems.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated within two hours this morning in traffic stops in Putnam and Westchester counties, state police said today.

PUTNAM VALLEY: The Putnam Valley Education Foundation had a successful 2008-09 fundraising and grant year.

The extra attention forced JoJo Marasco to work a little harder to gain all-American honors this season.

From staff reports North Rockland 5, White Plains 0: In a Class AA semifinal at North Rockland, Brianna Rivera went 2 for 3 and had an RBI for the top-seeded Red Raiders.

PMT Productions , one of Westchester's oldest and most respected community theater organizations, will present a fully staged production of "Urinetown: The Musical", from June 12th through June 21st at the Richard G. Rosenthal JCC, 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, New York.

PUTNAM VALLEY: The 44th annual Elementary and Middle School Southeastern Zone Physical Education Awards ceremony was recently held at Carmel High School.

PUTNAM VALLEY: Putnam Valley High School's class of 2009 valedictorian is Kristin Macher and the salutatorian is Janelle Herelle.