Putnam Legislature Enacts "Child Safety Zones" Law Restricting Sex Offenders' Access to Potential Victims
State requires County to hire additional corrections officers
Acting upon concerns expressed by residents who inadvertently now find themselves living near a Level 3 (the most dangerous and most prone to recidivism) sex offender, at its March 6, 2007 meeting the Putnam County Legislature approved a law designed to "prohibit sex offenders from residing, having employment or otherwise [being] within 2,500-feet of areas and facilities that would provide them e Full Story
Butterfield Library & Town Board in Legal Dispute over Validity of November's Referendum
Extra funds not included in 2007 Town budget
During the weekly workshop on February 28, 2007 the Philipstown Town Board met with members of the Julia L. Butterfield Library Board to discuss legal issues involved with November's referendum election, in which the library requested $250,000 in annual taxpayer funding to support its budget. Full Story
Lake Oscawana Advisory Committee Invites Public to Share in Consultants Report on Lake and Watershed Monitoring and Preservation
On Saturday March 11, 2007, at 10am in the Putnam Valley Town Hall, Dr. George W. Knoecklein from "Northeast Aquatic Research" will present the results of his lake and watershed monitoring activities for 2006. The general public is invited to attend what promises to be an educational, informative, and from a lake preservation viewpoint, an important meeting. Full Story
Putnam County Historical Society Exhibition Celebrates Donald MacDonald, a Living Legend
Opens on March 24, 2007
Philipstown Historian Donald H. MacDonald is celebrated with a new exhibition that illustrates his writings with more than 100 historical images. A Ramble through the Hudson Highlands: A History in Pictures and the Writings of Donald H. MacDonald features photographs, prints, postcards, and maps from the collection of the Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry School Museum. Full Story
Putnam Valley Ambulance Corps First Lieutenant Sheryl Keating Talks About Being a Volunteer and Giving Back
"One of the first calls I ever did as a riding member," said Putnam Valley Ambulance Corps. First Lieutenant Sheryl Keating, "was in December of 2005. In the middle of this crazy snow storm we responded to a car rollover on Dennytown Road just below 301 and we couldn't get up that last hill. We parked the ambulance, took out the stretcher and trudged through the snow. Full Story
Masterplan Issues Dominate Cold Spring Weekly Workshop
Assistant to Building Inspector included in next year's budget plan
At the request of the Special Board, who will be putting together Cold Spring Village's next Masterplan, the Cold Spring Board of Trustees discussed the potential scope of the Masterplan at their Weekly Workshop on March 6th 2007. There was general consensus amongst the Trustees that the plan should be both a vision and an action plan; that it should be, as Trustee Ed Mancari said, "do-able. Full Story
Garrison School Athletics Face Hurdles
Philosophy, lack of coaches and team mergers confront the district
Although the size of the Garrison school is often seen as an advantage in providing a more nearly individualized education to its students, it appears that when it comes to assembling athletic teams, the size of the school works against it. That was the gist of what Trustee Jim Cannon reported to the Garrison School Board at its March 7, 2007 meeting. Full Story
Putnam Valley Supervisor Davis Finds Strong Support for State Tax Reform and Education Funding Reform
A little over a year ago a group of new town supervisors got together in Albany to form the "Coalition for Education Funding Reform." Putnam Valley Supervisor Sam Davis was one of those lobbyists. On February 28, 2007 he and eleven other coalition members converged on Albany for appointments with key legislators whom they expected would spearhead the reform movement. Full Story
Congressman John Hall Will Hold "Community Congress" Forum in Wappinger Falls on March 17
Rep. John Hall will hold his next "Community Congress" forum in Wappinger Falls, on Saturday, March 17. This event, which will be co-hosted by Town of Wappinger Supervisor Joseph Ruggiero, is part of a series of forums around the 19th Congressional District that will allow constituents to address Rep. Hall directly with their ideas and concerns. Full Story
The Hastings Center Receives $2.1 Million Grant from the Ford Foundation
Grant to support outreach to policy makers, journalists, and opinion leaders, and research in ethics and public health policy
The Hastings Center has been awarded a $2.1 million grant by the Ford Foundation in support of Bioethics and the Public Interest, a three-year initiative designed to promote thoughtful public conversations about ethical issues in health care and the life sciences. Full Story
Public Notice
The Village of Cold Spring Special Board for the Comprehensive Plan has canceled their workshop meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 5th. Full Story
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