Cold Spring, NY

Philipstown Adopts Comprehensive Plan, Moves Toward Election Redistricting First Annual Triathlon being planned for Philipstown in '06 by Maria Theodore Leiter      Enthusiastic applause followed the Philipstown Town Board's adoption of the Philipstown 2020 Comprehensive Plan last Thursday, March 8, 2006, as they unanimously voted before a packed house to make the document official. The plan will serve as a guide as the Town reworks its zoning laws and makes More ... Preliminary Budgets Presented to PV School Board Three scenerios, 8.3%, 5.4% and 4.08% increased spending plans offered by Margaret Sternberg      The Putnam Valley Board of Education conducted a marathon session on Saturday, March 11, the result of combining a postponed Board meeting and a specially scheduled meeting to discuss the budget. More ... Haldane BOE Listens to Four Budget Presentations Big jump in fuel cost nearly doubles proposed budget for transportation by Allison Dunne      Haldane Central School District's Board of Education heard four budget presentations at its March 7, 2006 meeting: transportation; maintenance and operations; debt service; and benefits. School Business Official Meryl Rubinstein presented the four budget proposals, giving separate figures for main More ... Bondi Proposes a Revised Funding Schedule to Close Budget Gap      Putnam County Executive Bob Bondi sent a revised funding schedule to Chairman of the Legislature Dan Birmingham in yet another effort to address Putnam County's projected budget gap. The list includes all organizations that receive discretionary nonmandated funding from the County. More ... Putnam Valley Supervisor Reports After 60 Days in Office School taxes and development issues are at the top of his list of concerns by Edward Paul Greiff      After sixty days in office Putnam Valley Supervisor Sam Davis offers up his comments on key issues he is striving to reconcile and to move in a positive direction for the betterment of the Town. "Better a vineyard than a development," commented Supervisor Sam Davis on March 3, 2006 regarding the fut More ... Cortlandt Manor Man Arrested for Child Endangerment in Lake Peekskill      Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that a man has been arrested on a child endangerment charge in connection with events reported recently at a school bus stop in the Lake Peekskill section of the Town of Putnam Valley. Mr. Satnarine Etwaru, aged 63, of Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County More ... Lake Oscawana Home to Expanding Role of Coast Guard Auxiliary by Edward Paul Greiff      Steve Horvitz, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Commander of Division 6 in the Northeastern United States, has been a Lake Oscawana resident for twenty-one years. 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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