2020-12-02

What We Learned From The Fall High School Season


The name is Joe Btfsplk. Today’s high school students won’t know the name. Their parents won’t know the name. Perhaps their grandparents. We’ll cut to the chase – Joe Btfsplk is a character from Lil’ Abner, a wildly popular comic strip from the mid-1930s to when the strip ended in 1977. (And if you’re thinking about how to pronounce it, […]

Putnam Valley Schools Shift To Remote Instruction


The Putnam Valley School District continues its remote protocols today (Wednesday, Dec. 2) after the district was notified Sunday that its contracted transportation company, Orange County Transit, was unable to provide transportation services after learning that several of its employees were being mandated to quarantine. Superintendent Jeremy Luft said the majority of the exposures were “not related to any positive […]

Mill Street Bridge Open at Last


The Mill Street Bridge in Putnam Valley, closed since the summer, reopened last week (Nov. 25). The reopening was long-awaited. The replacement of the bridge was initially supposed to be in place by Labor Day, but first the abutments needed substantial upgrading, and then the county encountered problems with the decking contractor being able to finish in time. Ultimately, a […]