Cold Spring, NY

County in Strong Fiscal Shape According to Auditor But, why the shortfall? ask Legislators by Maria Theodore Leiter      Nothing in Putnam County’s audit suggests that there are any hidden land mines, an independent auditor told Legislators of the Audit and Finance Committee this month. More ... PV School District Facilities Five-Year Plan Undergoes Preliminary Vetting First quarter budget status portends surplus at Fiscal Year’s end by Margaret Sternberg      At its November 3 meeting, the Putnam Valley Board of Education spent most of the evening grappling with the mandatory building condition survey and questioning Director of Operations Nick Bellantoni over a number of the assessments and conclusions that had been made by the architectural firm doing More ... Garrison School Board Attempting to Curb Excessive Student Absences Impact on children’s learning feared by Margaret Sternberg      Citing a statistic that eight Garrison students had missed more than 30 days of school during the past school year, School Superintendent Gloria Colucci emphasized the impact of attendance on a child’s education during the November 2 meeting of the Garrison Board of Education. More ... Oil Tank Runs Dry While Haldane School Officials Seek Lower Prices for Heating Fuel Board seeks to solve student parking issues by Allison Dunne      While school officials from the Haldane Central School District were looking to seal a deal for lower heating oil prices, they received a trick, rather than a treat, on Halloween, when the oil ran out. During the November 1 Haldane Board of Education meeting, Haldane Central School District Superint More ... Friends of Fishkill Road Seek Clean Up Assistance      Friends of Fishkill Road will again be out in force to clean up Fishkill Road on Saturday, November 19th. The group will meet at 8 am at the east end (by the N. Highlands Fire Department) and continue down the road until finished. More ... Putnam County Sex Offender Facing New Charges in New York, Florida, and Nevada      Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that a registered sex offender from Putnam County is facing felony charges in three states after he violated his probation and absconded to Las Vegas with his mother’s stolen credit card. Mr. James Joseph Wood, aged 38, had been living with his mother in More ... Mahopac Girl Scouts Give Gift Basket to Mom of First Baby(s) Born on Birthday of of Scout’s Founder      Each year the Girl Scouts of America present a gift to the first baby girl born at Hudson Valley Hospital Center on October 31. This year, twins were born to James and Amylee Montague of Verplanck. The lovely gift basket was in honor of Gianna Angelina. Her brother, James Christopher, Jr. will, no d More ... Public Notices      Bagged leaves will be picked up at the curbside in the Village of Cold Spring on Wednesdays during the month of November. More ... Providing local news, information and opinions from Philipstown and Putnam Valley, NY Encompassing the Villages of Cold Spring and Nelsonville,  and the hamlet of Garrison, Putnam County, NY. This site is a publication of The Putnam County News and Recorder, the source for news and information of the Philipstown and Putnam Valley area. The PCN&R is 139 years old, published in hard copy every Wednesday, and circulated throughout Putnam County, NY. The PCN&R prints LEGAL NOTICES for: Putnam County, The Town of Philipstown, The Town of Putnam Valley, Village of Cold Spring, Village of Nelsonville, the Haldane Union Free School District and the Garrison Union Free School District. Deadline for printed press releases, advertisements and classifieds is Monday at noon for Wednesday publication. This site is updated on an as-needed basis with a minimum update weekly on Thursdays. For further information or to request a subscription to the paper, please contact us with your name and mailing address at: (845) 265-2468 PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY 10516, or e-mail us at editor@pcnr.com If you see an advertiser on line, tell them!

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