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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People Against Domestic Violence Candlelight Vigil
7PM Monday, October 19th - On the steps of the County Courthouse. If you think that Domestic Violence is only about physical abuse, and that the many signs of abusive relationships are known...think again. This event will bring about awareness, offer resources, and remember victims who have died due...
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Back in early July I wrote an article entitled, "Is There No Balm in Gilead?" regarding the plight of a homeowner who finds herself surrounded on 3 sides by the continuing destruction of what was once a mountain and now, little by little, is becoming a molehill topped with little boxes made of ticky-tacky.
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From the August 11, 2009 Candidates Forum in Carmel:
Supervisor Kenneth Schmitt on blasting in Carmel:
“If anybodies life or anybodies property was in jeopardy or if anybody was in imminent fear or imminent danger of being injured by blasting, we would be the first ones, I would be the first one to go out there...
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A special edition!
Yes folks, the developers who run this county have crossed a line from which there is no return and government is not helping. In fact, they’re assisting. Two stories….
First: Kent Manor.
“Why the rush? Why the Secrecy?” – Lou Tartaro.
Yesterday we reported that the County Legislature has worked out some sort of...
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What do you do when your town building inspector doesn't seem to care? When the DEC throws up roadblocks and hurdles too high for the average person to leap over? What happens when you are forced to defend yourself in a court that gives you conflicting information - and you're not an attorney? What...
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Fourth of July photos from Lake Carmel
Graciously provided by Skip Pearlman
“If Franz Kafka had started a business, he would have started Verizon.”
Good Monday Morning,
If you were around on Saturday, you’d have noticed that pretty much every shop and business was open and so the question is: who gets a holiday? The answer...
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