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Reed Memorial Library in Carmel Hamlet will expand its services this fall with the opening of a new community hub inside Gilead Presbyterian Church, creating a fully accessible satellite location that will provide library services, meeting space...
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7/25/26
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After nearly six months of preparation and discussions with community members, a plan to improve the health of Putnam County residents has been completed. It was posted on the health department...
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7/24/26
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Tom and Jessica Gorman joined Rep. Mike Lawler, Assemblyman Matt Slater, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Yorktown officials and other local leaders at the Yorktown Police Department on July 24 to address concerns over state policies affecting local law enforcement.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 7/24/26 |
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The Mahopac Firemen's Parade drew a large crowd along Route 6 on July 23, where the community gathered to see the marchers and hop over to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department parking lot for the annual Firemen's Carnival.
MVFD is also selling...
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By Brian Vangor
Contributing Photographer | 7/24/26 |
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Some teenagers spend their free time playing video games. Others work after school, play sports or obsess over cars. At 15, Cade Freehill decided he wanted chickens.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 7/23/26 |
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The controversy over political messages written on a replica of the Declaration of Independence during Putnam County's America 250 celebration has taken a new turn after an unredacted Carmel Police Department report identifying the women...
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 7/23/26 |
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A group of protesters demonstrated outside Rep. Mike Lawler’s satellite office at Carmel Town Hall in Mahopac on July 15, accusing the Republican of making health care less accessible by voting for the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law,...
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EMILE MENASCHÉ
Editor | 7/23/26 |
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From the Firman's Carnival to the Putnam County Fair and beyond, there's tons to in the Mahopac area this week.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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7/23/26
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A driver escaped with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries after a vehicle overturned and landed in Teakettle Spout Lake early Monday morning, prompting a response from multiple emergency agencies.
The Mahopac Volunteer Fire...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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7/23/26
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The Yorktown Grange Fair returns Sept. 11-13 for its 102nd year, continuing a century-old tradition of celebrating agriculture, community and family fun.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 7/22/26 |
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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Northern and Southern Westchester, Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties, along with portions of southern Connecticut, through 2 a.m. Wednesday.
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/21/26
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A proposal to convert the Putnam Housing Corp.'s former Carmel offices into three affordable, handicapped-accessible apartments cleared its latest hurdle before the Planning Board last week, but not before applicants faced pointed questioning and...
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7/20/26
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Three families were displaced Monday (July 6) after a basement wall collapsed at a multi-family apartment building on See Avenue in Mahopac, leaving the structure unsafe and prompting officials to condemn the property.
The Mahopac Volunteer...
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7/20/26
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The town of Carmel is taking a hopeful big step toward securing millions of dollars in state funding for park improvements, waterfront planning and critical infrastructure projects after the Town Board unanimously approved a resolution...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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7/17/26
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Sycamore Beach is back.
The Town of Carmel announced the beach reopened Friday afternoon after getting a clean bill of health from the county after being closed by the Putnam County Health Department on July 10 due to elevated bacteria...
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EMILE MENASCHÉ
Editor | 7/17/26 |
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A 20-year-old Mahopac man has been indicted on felony weapons charges and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly pointing a handgun at the driver of a school bus carrying three special needs children on the Taconic...
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7/16/26
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Bushra Mina, MD, chief of pulmonary critical care medicine at Northwell’s Northern Westchester Hospital, breaks down how wildfire smoke affects the body and how to stay safe.
1: What are the primary health concerns associated with wildfire smoke,...
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By Bushra Mina, MD
Chief of pulmonary critical care medicine Northwell’s Northern Westchester Hospital | 7/16/26 |
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Smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires is expected to continue affecting the Lower Hudson Valley through Thursday, prompting state officials to issue an Air Quality Health Advisory for Putnam County and surrounding areas.
The New York State...
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7/15/26
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Mahopac Volunteer Fire Dept. was on the march in Mount Kisco earlier this month at the village's annual Fire Parade.
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7/14/26
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The Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services is advising residents to take precautions as dangerously hot and humid conditions are expected across the region through Wednesday evening. Heat index values are expected to exceed 100...
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BY THE PUTNAM COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE | 7/14/26 |