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15 hrs ago | Journal News

Voters in Carmel, Putnam Valley re-elect supervisors

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.

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Related Topix: Putnam Valley, NY, Carmel, NY, US News

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Journal News

North Salem, Orange Cty drivers charged with DWI in Philipstown, Southeast

Putnam County deputies charged two motorists with driving while intoxicated in recent traffic stops, police said.

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Related Topix: North Salem, NY, Walden, NY

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Journal News

Putnam Legislature: Conklin holding off Amron in District 4

PATTERSON - County Legislator Mary Conklin, R-Patterson, appeared to hold off a challenge from Democrat Mark Armon of Putnam Lake and won a second, three-year term representing District 4 in the Putnam County Legislature, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections.

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Related Topix: Patterson, NY, Putnam Lake, NY

The Patent Trader

Putnam health officials find handler of rabid skunk

Putnam County health officials have found the person who handled a rabid young skunk.

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Related Topix: Cold Spring, NY

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Journal News

New Jersey man facing homicide charges arrested in Garrison

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.

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Related Topix: Garrison, NY, Patterson, NY

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Patent Trader

Legislature to revisit Mahopac park-and-ride lot

The Putnam County Legislature is considering whether to restart the construction of a controversial park-and-ride lot at Route 6 and Mount Hope Road.

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Related Topix: Mahopac, NY, Croton Falls, NY

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Journal News

Putnam lawmakers overide most of Bondi's budget vetoes

CARMEL - The Putnam County Legislature Monday night overrode most of County Executive Robert Bondi's budget vetoes, reinstating most positions Bondi had targeted for layoffs and bringing to a close the preparation of Putnam's 2010 budget.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

LoHud

Southeast teen charged in party knife-slashing

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.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Patent Trader

14 charged with driving under influence on I-84, 95, 684, Routes 6, 9, 100

Troopers charged 14 motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in weekend traffic stops in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Westchester County, NY, Fort Montgomery, NY, Montgomery, NY, Peekskill, NY

Star 93.3

Putnam Man Dies In Crash

State police say one man has died and another has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a one-car crash in the northern Catskills.

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Related Topix: Tannersville, NY, Hunter, NY, Lake Carmel, NY

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Star 93.3

Road Rage Fatal

A Putnam County man has pleaded guilty to menacing another motorist in an alcohol-fueled road-rage incident that preceded a fatal crash.

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Related Topix: Putnam Valley, NY

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Journal News

Hillside pantry to hit dance floor for funding

THORNWOOD - Every year since 2002, Hillside Food Outreach, a nonprofit food pantry that delivers food to the homebound, has raised at least a third of its $450,000 operating budget through a fundraising event.

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Related Topix: Thornwood, NY, Reality TV, Entertainment, Dancing With The Stars, Television, Peekskill, NY, Westchester County, NY, SUNY College at Purchase

Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Journal News

Patterson elementary student recovers from H1N1

Carmel schools Superintendent James Ryan acknowledged Tuesday that there had been a case of H1N1 flu in the district, and he urged parents to use common sense to prevent their children from getting sick.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Carmel, NY, Patterson, NY

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Journal News

Smith and McConville clash over Putnam sheriff's office

The Democratic challenger to Republican Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith wants to add at least one more person to the work force at the sheriff's office: a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Prison, US News, Illegal Immigration

Mon Oct 19, 2009

WINS-AM New York

Cops: Decomposing Body Found in Putnam Co. Stream

Police say the decomposing body of a man found in a Putnam County stream has been in the water for several months.

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Related Topix: Carmel, NY

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Journal News

Putnam sheriff investigating Carmel assessor's office

CARMEL - The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has requested various documents from the Carmel assessor's office as part of what it terms 'an ongoing criminal investigation.' But Assessor Paul Jonke blames the sheriff's inquiry on former two-term town Councilman Norman Marino, whom Jonke characterizes as a disgruntled taxpayer.

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Related Topix: Carmel, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Journal News

Three busted in Putnam drug stings

CARMEL - Undercover officers arrested three men in two separate stings into drug dealing in Putnam County, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Carmel, NY, Brewster, NY, Peekskill, NY

Fri Oct 16, 2009

The Journal News

Man who sued over son's jail suicide settles with Putnam County

The father of a Putnam Valley man who hanged himself in the Putnam County jail has reached a settlement with four of five defendants in a civil rights lawsuit he filed over his son's death.

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Related Topix: Putnam Valley, NY

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Journal News

Putnam Valley man threatens to harm self, prompting police search

Police from several agencies searched on the ground and from the air yesterday for a distraught Wood Street man who ran from his home with anti-freeze, which authorities feared he may have drank and which he was threatening to drink.

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Related Topix: Putnam Valley, NY, Mahopac, NY, Westchester County, NY

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Star 93.3

Sewer Yields Ancient Artifacts

An archaeologist has found ancient tool fragments and other artifacts at the site of a Putnam County sewer construction project.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Peach Lake, NY, Brewster, NY

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