State Senator Pete Harckham addressed an Albany news conference last week. Photo by Tom Staudter Putnam County State Senator Peter Harckham has called for a ban of toxic sewage sludge known as ...

Rite Aid pharmacies located in Putnam will be joining the pharmaceutical chain’s 12 other locations in the Hudson Valley by either closing or selling their properties to other pharmacies as a result ...

Pope Francis is dead. But at age 97, musical humorist Tom Lehrer is still with us. And so are his many parody songs, the rights to which Lehrer has generously transferred to the public domain. Among ...

Brian Fullerton Photo Courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office A 46-year-old Mahopac man is facing a decades long prison sentence if found guilty of sexually exploiting a child. Brian Fullerton was arrested ...

Putnam Hospital Center has received a grade of “A” when it comes to protecting patients from preventable harm. The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades was released last Thursday and ...

What you are about to digest is not preaching. It’s more of an observation. And to preface this, you are reading the words of someone who went to a Catholic grade school, Catholic high school and a ...

“The Accountant” was a midsized hit from 2016 that until recently had a reputation as a wannabe franchise-starter that never got a follow-up. I watched the first movie for research last weekend, and I ...

The Putnam Valley School District has entered into a partnership with the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester to offer Universal Pre-K this fall. Superintendent Jeremy Luft said the YMCA ...

Time to get those bell bottom slacks and blue suede shoes out of storage! The Lake Mahopac Rotary is sponsoring its 11th annual Rock & Roll Spectacular on Friday evening at Mahopac High School, featur ...

FISHKILL – A sweep of a different kind. Hudson Valley Renegades pitcher Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz has been named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week, and outfielder Jace Avina has been named the ...

Putnam sales tax dollars declined dramatically in March. Commissioner of Finance Michael Lewis reported last week $5.8 million was collected during the 31-day period, down by $1.8 million from the ...

My name is Brett Yarris. I live in Carmel Hamlet with my wife and our two young children. I’m running for Putnam County Legislature in District 5, and I’m the founder of the For The People Party – an ...