2022-03-02
Back-to-Back Rescues on Breakneck Ridge
Rescuing hikers off Breakneck Ridge continues to tax emergency responders from Cold Spring and North Highlands. Last week there were back-to-back emergencies. The most serious case required a New York state Police helicopter in addition to responders from Cold Spring, North Highlands and Philipstown. According to NYS Parks spokesman Brian Nearing, “a 41-year-old female hiker in distress was airlifted by […]
Cold Spring Board OKs ‘Brews with Views’ & Seems Likely to Approve Wine & Food Festival
In a meeting via Zoom last week (Feb. 23), the Cold Spring Village Board approved Hops on the Hudon’s ‘Brews with Views II’ festival set for July, contingent on the organization reaching a parking agreement with Haldane. Attendees would then be brought to the event via shuttle. Mayor Kathleen Foley said she hopes organizers of such events at Mayor’s Park […]
Pataki Will Not Be Gov. Candidate
Putnam County’s George Pataki will not be seeking the GOP endorsement for Governor this year. The announcement came Monday evening at the NYS Republican Convention on Long Island. The Garrison resident had been rumored as a potential candidate. In 1994, a relatively unknown Pataki, shocked the political arena when he bested Governor Mario Cuomo, and went on to win reelection […]
Kevin Byrne Captures Republican Nod for County Exec; Will Run Unopposed Unless Dems Field Candidate
State Assemblyman Kevin Byrne is more likely to be sporting a new title of County Executive Kevin Byrne on January 1, 2023, now that Legislator Carl Albano has withdrawn from the race. Two weeks ago by a 2-1 margin, Byrne was selected by the Putnam GOP Committee as the Republican nominee for Putnam’s next county executive by defeating Albano 148-76. […]
Talk of our Town
The world situation got a lot more complex in the past week, didn’t it? We have additional reaction inside. Filming for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is going on just off Route 9 at the southern edge of town. If you haven’t seen the Amazon series, it’s a wonderful show. Season 4 just came out. Scouting is expanding in Philipstown. We […]
Troopers’ Barracks Vandalized
Residents of Mahopac and Carmel along with Croton Falls and Somers flooded police switchboards Friday night to report low-flying helicopters. Troopers and Westchester County Police took to the skies after the State Police barracks on Route 100 in Somers was vandalized by unknown individuals who tossed a brick through the plate glass front door and fled on an ATV. State […]
Putnam’s Sales Tax Revenue Soars in January
Sales tax dollars in January surpassed any other January in county history. Commissioner of Finance William Carlin presented the county’s monthly sales tax report to members of the Putnam Legislature’s Audit Committee last Tuesday evening Feb. 22) that indicated sales tax dollars collected for the first month of 2022 totaled $6,071,784, $1.2 million more than in January 2021. The amount […]
Naloxone Boxes at Putnam Correctional Facility
Sixty-six opioid overdoses were reported across Putnam County last year. Sheriff Kevin McConville is aware of the opioid crisis facing not only Putnam County but across the United States where more than 100,300 overdose deaths were confirmed for the period ending April 2021, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The sheriff has teamed up with the Prevention Council […]
Across a Community, Aspiring Educator & Star Cellist Mourned
Mourners said ‘good-bye’ Saturday to a 21-year-old senior at the State University of New York–College at Potsdam. She was set to graduate this spring with honors, until she was shot and killed February 18 in the upstate community. Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Howell of Patterson, a 2018 graduate of Brewster High School, was remembered as a star student and an aspiring educator […]