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Published 3 hours agoOpen Space Institute purchases over 300 acres for Warwick parkland
WARWICK – The Open Space Institute has just purchased 316 acres of woodlands, fields and open space from the Warwick Conference Center to be used by the Town of Warwick as parklands. Town Supervisor Jesse Dwyer said the property transfer has cost the town nothing. “Open Space…
Journey to the Coast
Accidents and abstractions define artist’s water works
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Published September 02Soccer tournament deep connections lead to launch of youth sports platform
GOSHEN – The Sweitzer Cup began with friendship and loss. Rory Brady, of Goshen, created the recreational soccer tournament after losing a close high school friend, Tim Sweitzer, in a car accident years earlier. He wanted to make sure his friend’s name and story did not disappear…
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Published 3 hours agoState legislation to curb dangerous driving in Poughkeepsie
POUGHKEEPSIE – In the wake of the death of Poughkeepsie school crossing guard James Montanino on September 29, 2025, State Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson (D, Newburgh) passed legislation for traffic safety. The measures are aimed at protecting children and others walking to…
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Published 3 hours agoFEMA formally denies major disaster declaration following February blizzard
WASHINGTON – Following requests by Governor Hochul for the Trump administration to issue a major disaster declaration following last February’s blizzard that caused more than $168 million in damages and placed a serious financial burden on the Mid-Hudson, New York City and Long…
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Published 3 hours agoSchool is back in session
MID-HUDSON – Thousands of Hudson Valley students returned to class Wednesday as the 2026–27 school year began. Students from kindergarten through high school have begun an educational journey that will conclude next June. Some of the youngest children were greeted at the Putnam…
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Published 3 hours agoPutnam Legislature requests state audit of county’s fund balance
CARMEL – New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will be receiving a letter in the mail from Putnam Legislature Chairman Dan Birmingham any day now requesting the state’s chief fiscal officer conduct an audit of the county’s fund balance. The county has a fund balance of some…
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Published 3 hours agoStar exemption omitted from Haldane School District tax bills
COLD SPRING – Residents in the Haldane School District in Cold Spring will receive updated school tax bills in the mail this week because a calculation error accidentally removed STAR exemptions. The Putnam County Finance Department, which prepares the bills, said a “file control…
Putnam Legislators Increase Power
Take bigger role in ethics board, spending
Mahopac Man Gets Seven Years Prison After 8th Felony Conviction
Omar Miles’ Eighth Felony Conviction Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced today that 47-year-old Omar Miles, of Mahopac, NY, was sentenced on August 19, 2026, to seven years in prison followed by three years post-release supervision after pleading guilty to one…
Rangers continue search for missing man last seen in Indian Lake
Plus: Rangers assist lost and injured hikers this past week in the Adirondack region
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