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MAHOPAC, N.Y. - In honor of the American Cancer Society’s upcoming Relay for Life event, the charity held its annual Paint the Town Purple day Saturday, May 1. The day included luminaria sales at businesses throughout the town, a “boot drive” at the intersection of routes 6 and 6N where volunteers collected money in a boot, a blood drive at the Mahopac firehouse, raffle ticket ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - On Earth Day, April 22, a dozen teen volunteers from the Mahopac Public Library performed some community service that helped make the town a little prettier.
The teens cleaned up the Putnam Trailway/bike trail from Mt. Hope Road to Buckshollow Road, and from Mt. Hope Road to Croton Falls Road. In the end, they filled eight huge garbage bags with trash.
“It was so cold ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - More than 40 blankets and quilts were recently produced and donated to the regional chapter of Project Linus by members of the Community Crafters and the Butterfly Quilters.
Project Linus is a national, non-profit organization that provides handmade blankets to children and teens who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need of security, warmth, and ...
This article is the first in a series examining the impact of possibly having a marijuana dispensary in the town of Carmel. Over the next few months, we’ll publish articles, release a podcast and host a community forum on Zoom around this topic.
Edward Abrahams understands why residents may be opposed to having a marijuana dispensary in the town of Carmel, which has until ...
KENT, N.Y. - The Putnam County SPCA is seeking information regarding the owner of an older, neutered male mini-poodle mix breed dog found at-large on Chief Nimham Road in the Town of Kent.
At approximately 6:15 p.m., Monday, April 27, a good Samaritan, going for a walk on Chief Nimham Road, contacted the Kent dog control officer about a loose dog limping down the road.
The dog control ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Towns officials are determined not to let what was once a state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Superfund site turn into another ecological and aesthetic debacle.
At the Town Board’s April 14 meeting, Councilman Frank Lombardi noted that an abandoned 16-acre parcel of land on Union Valley Road near Tea Kettle Spout Lake, the former site of an auto junkyard, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - On Monday, March 29, the VFW Post 5491 in Mahopac, held a ceremony to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day honoring and remember Vietnam vets.
The Vietnam War lasted from November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.The U.S. military reported 58,220 American casualties during the conflict,
Dan Bullock (Dec. 21, 1953–June 7, 1969) was a United States ...
CARMEL,N.Y. - New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) announced last week that it has begun construction on two circuit upgrade projects in the town of Carmel on the company’s Crafts 422 and Crafts 423 circuits, which deliver power to customers’ homes and businesses.
The Crafts 423 circuit is located on the northern area of town and work is currently being performed along ...
I recently came across a blog article titled, “Why Children Need Camp Now More Than Ever,” essentially a list of social/emotional needs that have been neglected due to the pandemic. The article explains, in the most scholarly way, why children have suffered for the last 13 months and how camp can help ease children back into an educational setting and ultimately childhood. And while ...
