April is Child Abuse Awareness Month – a time to recognize all children who have been victims of child abuse. Each year, blue pinwheel...

Customers with Day/Night Meter Paid More than Those with Straight Meters   By Holly Crocco The folks at New York State Electric & Gas...

The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning began March 16 and runs through May 14. Since 2009, the New York State...

The 48th annual Northern Westchester/Putnam Saint Patrick’s Day parade took over Route 6 in Mahopac on March 9, celebrating the Irish...

By Holly Crocco “The state of Putnam County has never been stronger. The opportunities here are greater than ever. A future beckons...

As winter turns to spring, the sugar maple trees at the Brewster Central School District show signs they are ready to be tapped....

Butter churning and cider making, furniture graining and stenciling, candle making and creating whirly-gig toys were just a few of the...

The Northern Westchester-Putnam St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee recently kicked off its 48th year of celebrating the Irish holiday,...

Operation Cupid, an annual initiative by United for the Troops of Mahopac to send care packages and handwritten cards to active-duty...

Third-graders at Kent Elementary School celebrated Lunar New Year with a noisy art project, ringing in the Year of the Snake. Art Teacher...

As part of a lesson on Martin Luther King Jr., third-graders in Michele Love’s class at Matthew Paterson Elementary School in Kent...

Carmel Rotary’s 18th annual Community Basketball Challenge fundraiser will return in March, and local organizations and individuals are...

Students at George Fischer Middle School in Carmel began rehearsing before the holidays for the upcoming musical production of “Grease –...

Putnam County held its swearing in ceremony Dec. 31 at the historic Putnam County Courthouse in Carmel, where several local, state and...

Michal Korer of the Chabad of Putnam stopped by Reed Memorial Library in Carmel recently to read a story about Chanukah, teach children...

The Hamlet of Carmel Civic Association’s annual Holiday on the Lake celebration took over Gleneida Avenue on Dec. 7, when families...

This year, Kent Public Library brought its holiday kick-off celebration indoors. Patrons sipped hot cocoa, nibbled on cookies, and soaked...

More than 90 people gathered Nov. 24 for the Chabad of Putnam’s community babka bake at the Carmel VFW hall, to mix, knead, fill, roll,...

The recent annual senior Thanksgiving luncheon sponsored by the Carmel Teachers’ Association was another big success, with the special...

By Holly Crocco It was a night for incumbents to claim victory and many Republicans to join their peers who serve in various capacities,...