Putnam County

Click this link to see how Putnam County fares under the stimulus package. Putnam County, N.Y. | ProPublica Recovery Tracker. U.S. New York Putnam Population 304,059,724 19,490,297 99,244 Total recovery funding $312,735,579,044 $22,244,669,208 $17,655,467 Direct to County $290,999,413,356 $20,310,238,241 $17,655,467 County Funds per Capita $957 $1,042 $178 // < !; var options; options = {height: 30, type: "bar", barWidth: 4, barColor: "#6666ff", sliceColors: , colorMap: , lineColor: "#ff0000", chartRangeMin:...
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Study: 3 counties top health charts | LoHud.com The expensive health club memberships and smoking bans have paid off — Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties rank among the healthiest in the state, according to a new study. Putnam clinched the top spot for the healthiest county in New York as measured by length of life and...
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The problem in the end may be that those who like the skies dark at night may viewed as "those intellectuals" or, "those people hate children!" as we hear the sports mafias intone until we're ready to puke. But to vilify someone for wanting the skies dark, which may be the reason they moved...
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2010 is going to be an interesting year for politics in Putnam County. The sides are lining up for a couple of Legislative seats and the race for the County Executive's seat. On the legislative side the Republican machine is gunning to shoot down one of its own, Tony Fusco, trying to remove the...
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I understand that part of the reason for all this is that if I take money from you up-front and then walk away from the job you have a place to go (my bond which the county holds.) But along with that I have to pay the county a $250 fee every two years,...
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Yo Wait! Before we do, remember that New York gave Verizon permission to raise their rates recently because they had lost business to their competition. So, rather than improve service and attract more customers in that good old American Capitalist way, they went begging to the State and the State said, "yeah, sure." And...
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A poll released on Friday shows that Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee holds a slim lead in a potential 2012 race against Barack Obama. Huckabee leads by 45%-44%. Mitt Romney trails slightly, by 42%-44% for Obama and Obama leads Sarah Palin by 49%-41% though she is the most well liked Republican of respondents. This shows...
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