Putnam Valley News

SHRUB OAK - A hot breakfast, rapt attention and words of thanks from students reminded U.S. Army veteran Richard Scudero of Putnam Valley how much times have changed.

Town police may be closing in on the shooter who killed a gas station owner in his back office nearly two months ago.

Ten-year-old Timothy Chizzik tilted his head back to make sure he had inhaled all the swine flu vaccine administerd moments before.

The Putnam County Health Department is offering the H1N1 vaccine to pregnant women, people caring for infants younger than 6 months, health care workers and people 6 months to 24 years old who live or work in Putnam.

For nearly a decade, it was the worst-kept secret in Southeast, N.Y. Danbury trash kingpin Jimmy Galante, now serving an 87-month federal prison term in Pennsylvania, was the local muscle behind a property rights scheme that crossed the state line between New York and Connecticut.

Voters in Putnam County on Tuesday went with incumbent supervisors in Carmel and Putnam Valley and moved Philipstown Councilman Richard Shea up to replace Supervisor William Mazzuca.

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.

YORKTOWN - When Robin Perlmutter was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago, she was in the trenches of motherhood, raising a daughter, Lena, 5, and a son, Matthew, who was 1. Perlmutter was 37 at the time and had to figure out how to keep their lives 'as normal as possible.' But she had to tell her school-age child a little bit about what was ...

A dying lake, political infighting and residents upset over potential changes to one of their scenic roads are just some of the issues on the table in the Putnam Valley election.

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.

White Plains 3, Ossining 0: At White Plains, Thema Frangias had seven aces, 10 digs, and 23 assists in a 25-22, 25-19, 25-17 win.

Watch live today on LoHud.com as candidates for offices in Rye city, Putnam Valley and Mount Vernon are interviewed by The Journal News Editorial Board.

A panther chameleon, pictured, can be seen at the 2009 Long Island Reptile Expo.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday for final approval of $400,000 to improve the water quality of Lake Oscawana in Putnam Valley.

Interstate 684: Hector Perez, 28, of Port Chester was charged Sept. 26 around 6 a.m. with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.

The Mohegan Lake Fire District has been issued violations by the state Department of Labor amid criticism from union firefighters that understaffing has led to injuries and risks to public safety.

CARMEL - 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.

An eight-member federal jury began hearing testimony yesterday in a lawsuit brought by the father of a Putnam Valley man who hanged himself in the Putnam County jail in 2006 after being arrested on charges of selling heroin.

WHITE PLAINS – Opening arguments are scheduled this morning in federal court in a civil lawsuit filed against Putnam County by the parents of a 21-year-old Putnam Valley man who hanged himself in the county jail in May 2006.

Homer Simpson loves 'em. Dunkin runs on them. And in the fall, carloads of leaf-peepers and apple pickers inhale them by the bagful.