Church bells tolled in Putnam County Monday in memory of Pope Francis, whose death came one day after Easter. At St. John’s Church in Mahopac as 88 chimes echoed across Lake Mahopac, Father Szymon ...

Mahopac High School sophomore Cira Graap has returned from our nation’s Capitol, representing the Epilepsy Foundation in conjunction with the Teens Speak Up program, an initiative that connects teens ...

Two weeks ago I emailed Richard Othmer, head of the Kent Highway Department, about trimming back the trees and bushes at the intersection of Rt 301 and Gipsy Trail Road. During the summer months, the ...

Gary Pietropaolo may have been only 29, but the love and respect he received was an indicator of the kind of person the fallen cop really was. Pietropaolo, a member of the Carmel Police Department, ...

Representatives of each of Putnam’s six towns and three villages joined County Executive Kevin Byrne outside Kent Town Hall last week when the executive proposed renewing the county’s previously ...

I saw a commercial from ESPN hyping its coverage of the NFL draft, and it used recycled audio tapes from legendary coach Vince Lombardi. In it, he talked about sports being a metaphor for life. It’s ...

I am a Registered Dietitian working at the [delicious] intersection of food choice and climate action. I’m writing to urge our elected officials to do everything in their power to protect the progress ...

Neal Zuckerman has served as Putnam’s representative on the Metro North Commuter Council and later on the MTA Board for the last 15 years, having been recommended by former Putnam County Executives ...

We, the undersigned, represent all the taxpayers of Putnam County. We are a consortium of duly elected Supervisors and Mayors from all nine municipalities, representing nearly 100,000 residents who ...

After a mere two weekends, “A Minecraft Movie” has claimed the top spot of the 2025 domestic box office. It’s not shocking that this franchise piece beat out January fare, but since then we’ve had an ...

Facing threats from Uncle Sam and the fear of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal aid, the Haldane School District in Cold Spring has temporarily suspended the district’s Diversity, ...

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 widely expected to go among the ...