Festival Puts Spotlight on Vets and Military History

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The annual Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department Carnival kicked off with its parade Thursday evening (July 6). The carnival continues this weekend, July 13, 14, and 15 with lots of ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Mahopac’s Maggie Karaqi is a cancer warrior. She was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2011 when she was pregnant with her twins, Nedjat and Veranika, now 6. In remission ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The 19th annual Mahopac Relay for Life ended in extraordinary fashion on Saturday as the event’s community leader, Tracey Walsh, said the American Cancer Society fundraiser ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Eagle Scout candidate Christopher DiSilvio, 16, of Mahopac Troop 1, completed his project last month when he constructed a two-row bench and installed artificial turf on the east ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Pine Grove Country Day School in Mahopac got into the spirit of things on May 5 when they joined in the Paint the Town Purple Day.

The event is used to promote the upcoming ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— The American Heart Association Putnam Heart Walk was held last month at Brewster High School and featured Mahopac resident Robin Zencheck as the survivor honoree. Zencheck ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— What first started off as a small party with a few women wearing their favorite little black dresses to support the Mahopac-based, not-for-profit organization Community Cares six ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Roy Fields, the scoutmaster for Mahopac Falls Boy Scout Troop 271, looked around the room at the Secor Sports Club on Agor Lane Saturday night and couldn’t help ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— If you noticed that Mahopac took on a decidedly purple tint over the weekend, you weren’t seeing things. Saturday was Paint the Town Purple Day, an event used to promote ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Walk MS: Putnam 2017, the annual walk for multiple sclerosis, was held Sunday, April 24, and more than 100 walkers and teams came out to raise money for the cause.

The walkers ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Austin Road Elementary and SEPTO held one of the most colorful fundraisers imaginable at the school on Saturday, April 22.  Called the “Color Run,” students run ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Mahopac’s Jack Aglietti has had an eye on becoming an Eagle Scout since he joined the scouting program when he was in second grade.

The 18-year-old Lakeland High School ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Mahopac has become known as a community rich in altruism, with a population that embraces charitable causes and civic activism. So, it seems odd that the Lions Club—one of ...

BREWSTER, N.Y.— American Heart Association Putnam Heart Walk will be held Sunday, April 23, at Brewster High School, 50 Foggintown Road. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the Walk kicks off at ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Spring is here and that means baseball season. And that means the ball fields at Jimmy McDonough Memorial Park will be filled with players, fans and families as the new season ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— The Mahopac High School Dance Company presented “Cause for Paws” April 1 at the high school—a fundraiser for the Putnam County Humane Society. Dance troupes ...

The Putnam/Northern Westchester Women's Resource Center held its 19th annual Hudson Valley Food & Wine Experience earlier this month at Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac. Attendees were ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— The poet John Keats once wrote, “Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.”

For Robin Zencheck, nothing could be more real than a heart transplant.

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— The Mahopac Inn was packed Saturday night as people lined up to get their heads shaved and raise money for childhood cancer research.

It was all part of the St.

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Relay for Life, the annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, held its Kick-Off event at the Putnam County Golf Course in Mahopac Thursday, March 23.

The Kick-Offs ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— The ninth annual Shamrock Auction Dinner Dance hosted by the St. Patrick’s School Parent Association was held Saturday, March 18, at Villa Barone in Mahopac. This ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— After learning about the children of war-torn Aleppo in Syria, Mary Kurtz’ fifth-grade class at Lakeview Elementary School took to making crafts for a fundraiser.

Last ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— When Mahopac Middle School student Jenna Nolan died tragically while swimming in Lake Mahopac on June 20, 2014, she left behind not just a grieving family, but a heartbroken ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Denise Kuhbier of Mahopac has been named event chair for the 2017 Putnam County Walk to End Alzheimer’s  to be held Sunday, Oct. 15, at a new location at Putnam County ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y.— Because there are many people around the world who do not have access to clean drinking water, members of Mahopac High School’s Create the Change Club decided to do ...