In 1961, a group of dedicated first responders formed the Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps to provide EMS care to a growing community. Now 65 years later, the corps continues to serve the ...

James F. Myatt, a lifelong resident of Nelsonville, died Dec. 18, 2025. He was 100. He was born Aug. 30, 1925, one of the first 21 born to the newly opened hospital to the late Harold and Agnes Van ...

Putnam County has agreed to transfer four properties located in Philipstown to the Open Space Institute that will result in the eventual construction of an emergency communications tower in ...

Since this weekend’s highest-grossing as-yet-unreviewed theatrical film, 205-minute Indian actioner “Dhurandhar,” is playing on only 377 screens in the entire country, I thought I’d take this ...

Carmel High School Assistant Principal Kerry Weltman will be changing her role in the Carmel School District in 2026 now that she has been appointed as Principal of the Kent Elementary School. The ...

Fresh off his reelection to the Putnam Valley Town Board, Christian Russo is now looking to move up the political ladder. Russo recently announced he was throwing his hat in the ring to serve on the ...

Boys Basketball How many times have you heard a coach preach to his players about taking care of the basketball? At Mahopac High School, they might be preaching to the choir. In a near-flawless ...

Veteran firefighter Vito Rizzi has been re-elected as Chief of the Putnam Valley Fire Department for 2026. Rizzi will be joined by his assistant chiefs Frank DiMarco and Travis Gembecki, along with ...

As Jacqueline Annabi prepares to leave Town Hall at the end of the year after four years as Town Supervisor and another 11 as a Town Board member, she offered these written responses to questions. The ...

There were tears of joy and plenty of hugs when Brewster High School alumni Jacob Stone walked into his sister’s classrooms at the Henry Wells Middle School and C.V. Starr Intermediate School last ...

A Putnam Valley teenager is lucky to be alive after his speeding car failed to negotiate a curve on Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, struck a road embankment and overturned bursting into flames ...

If there’s one thing to watch for in the New Year, it’s the Mahopac High School girl’s basketball team. Yes, it’s early, but the team is sending out great vibes and quietly giving notice that they ...