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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Putnam Commissioner of Jurors Tanya Mafes displays a former jury selection box used some 50 years ago in Putnam County. A citizen’s right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States ...

The precipitous form of Shedeur Sanders in the NFL draft got me to thinking. No, not about a potential flaw in his talents. The University of Colorado quarterback was ...

It took police a year of investigative work but a Bronx man accused of allegedly stealing a pickup truck from a Southeast business is now behind bars. Sheriff Kevin McConville reported the arrest ...

The Brewster High School literary magazine “Ursus” has been recognized nationally as a REALM First Class magazine by the National Council of Teachers of Engl... Please login below or purchase a ...

BHS students built the lean-tos and rabbit hutches in class. The ducks were quacking and the bunnies hopping when a group of Brewster High School carpentry students visited Green Chimneys School on a ...

If you were driving through the greater Carmel-Mahopac area last week and observed a larger than normal police presence, the reason was that Carmel PD participated in the statewide No Empty Chair ...

Eric Buzzetto and children at the PQ Elementary School Photo Courtesy of Eric Buzzetto Schools in Putnam County have joined the Sweethearts and Heroes anti-bullying message thanks in part to a ...

Jayron Sandoval Sola and Mariana Miguel Mendez Photo Courtesy of Brewster School District Two juniors at Brewster High School have been accepted into the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Program ...

A year ago in March, the Carmel School District experienced great excitement when the Board of Education appointed Erin Meehan-Fairben as its new superintendent effective July 1, 2024. Now, a year ...