By Holly Crocco The Town of Southeast has a new historian. Longtime resident Jack Alcott was unanimously appointed to the position by the...

By Holly Crocco After completing his first year in office, Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne delivered his State of the County address...

By Holly Crocco Thirty-three years after he was first sworn into office as the third Putnam County executive, and 13 years after leaving...

By Holly Crocco The Town of Kent has hired an emergency medical services program coordinator to help form a paid ambulance service....

Christopher Shields started his tenure last week as the new director of emergency management in the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency...

By Holly Crocco The Town of Southeast is considering ways to improve the health of Lake Tonetta, and recently heard a proposal from...

Putnam County government will host its first career exposition Feb. 7 from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Bureau of Emergency Services, 112 Old...

On Dec. 15, County Executive Kevin Byrne signed a memorandum of agreement for the Putnam Management Association, alongside PuMA President...

By Holly Crocco The Carmel Town Board welcomed new Councilman Robert Kearns to its ranks during its Jan. 3 organizational meeting,...

Recently re-elected Kent town leadership took the oath of office for terms beginning in 2024, by the Hon. Timothy Curtiss, during the...

By Holly Crocco Members of various law enforcement agencies throughout the county expressed shock and concern over the abrupt disbandment...

By Holly Crocco Patterson Town Councilman Peter Dandreano resigned from his seat Dec. 20, effective immediately. According to a letter...

By Holly Crocco Short-term rental properties are both popular and unpopular. With the increasing number of homeowners opting to rent out...

By Holly Crocco It’s been a long time coming, but the Kent Town Board recently approved a new chapter of local law regarding soil removal...

By Holly Crocco The resignation of Carmel Town Councilman Stephen Baranowski was announced at the Dec. 13 Carmel Town Board meeting, when...

Sara Servadio has been appointed the new commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Social Services & Youth Bureau by Putnam County...

Starting in March, sales tax on clothing and footwear less than $110 will be eliminated for at least two years in Putnam County. A...

By Holly Crocco The Southeast Town Board passed a budget for next year that increases the tax levy 1.93 percent, which is drastically...

By Holly Crocco The Putnam County Legislature has voted to override County Executive Kevin Byrne’s vetoes of cost of living adjustments...

By John Alcott Brewster’s massive urban renewal project is very much alive – and moving forward. Eleven years in the making, the downtown...