Cold Spring, NY

School Resource Officers "Vital" Say School and Law Enforcement Officials County Executive retreats on immediate cessation of funding, gives school districts until September 2009 by Margaret Sternberg       On April 14, 2008 hundreds attended a special meeting convened by the Putnam County Legislature in response to a public outcry after Putnam County Executive Bob Bondi proposed in his State of the County Address to make school districts that have a School Resource Officer pay 100 percent of their c... More ... Donations and Resignations Make for Good Theatre at Putnam Valley Town Board Meeting PV Students praised for their efforts on PV Performing Arts stage by Edward Paul Greiff       One never knows which drama mask the Putnam Valley Town Board will be wearing, comedy or tragedy, at their monthly meetings. At their April 16, 2008 meeting they took turns wearing both. More ... Siren Location Debate Stalls as Entergy Rep Fails to Attend Philipstown Board Workshop Entergy says company will do no further work on siren without further discussion by Mike Turton       Frustration was the watch-word at last week's Philipstown Town Board weekly workshop. The focus of the April 16, 2008 meeting was to have been a second, three-way discussion among Garrison residents who live near the intersection of Avery Road and Indian Brook Road, More ... Haldane Board Finalizes Proposed 2008-09 Budget With 3.9% Tax Rate Increase New York State Basketball champs honored by Mike Turton       After months of planning, reports, discussion, revisions, best-estimates and further revisions, trustees for the Haldane School District last week approved the proposed 2008-2009 budget that will go to the voters as part of a May 20 referendum. The $19,996,258 budget represents a 7.33% spending in... More ... Cold Spring Board Presents Budget of $1.69 Million Tax rate increase could be over 16% but Trustees to work to try and lessen increase by Kevin Foley       The Cold Spring Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a preliminary budget last week that would require a 16.4% tax increase. And they vowed at the same time to spend two weeks finding ways to reduce the budget to avoid such a large increase. More ... Girl Scout Gold Award Project Honors Putnam Valley Military by Edward Paul Greiff       "There has not been enough recognition paid to our men and women serving in the military especially the boys and girls who leave Putnam Valley High School to go into the military," said Rebecca Bierhoff of Girl Scout Troop 2251 as she unveiled her Gold Award project before the Putnam Valley Town B... More ... Assemblywoman Galef to Host Panel of Experts on Small Business Start-Up and Growth Opportunities in Putnam and Westchester Counties       In order to help her constituents gain economic self-sufficiency and prosperity through entrepreneurship, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef is hosting a forum targeted at reinvigorating the economy by helping people with small business start-up and growth on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:30am at the Cortland... More ... Public Notice       The Village of Cold Spring Historic District Review Board will hold a Boards and Commissions training session Saturday, April 26 from 10am - 2:30pm at the Village Hall, 85 Main St.. Anyone interested in attending is welcome 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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