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News That Matters – An Open Letter to the Carmel Town Board

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I know your minds are on many issues that are more important than public safety. Issues such as picking up the pieces of the Leibell puzzle and trying to figure out what your future holds with MaryEllen Odell as your new county executive, and how many … [...]

News That Matters – Monday, May 2, 2011 – McGuigan Enters The Race – Carmel Blasting Ordinance

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If you wrote a letter asking the judge to be lenient in his sentencing then I’d better never hear you complain about corrupt politicians ever again. Never, never never never never again. [...]

Breaking News: McGuigan Enters Legislative Race

“In politics you need to step back and re-evaluate your position to serve your constituents effectively. I have the years of experience and know County Government inside out, but I also have the benefit of a respite and as a self employed businessman I know the struggle and pressure families in Putnam are feeling in order to make ends meet.” [...]

News That Matters – Monday, April 4, 2011

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“I’m concerned about the total lack of accuracy in the reporting on this site. Ive [sic] been to meetings which were later described on this site, and there was no connection to reality in the reporting. They would say “so and so was not there”, but that person would be standing right next to the ‘reporter’ at the meeting. Then they quote someone in the article, but that person did not say what was reported. So it seems this site gives the fictional account of the news.” – March 28, 2011 Billy Noel [...]

$1M Carmel suit claims assessor creates hostile workplace | The Journal News | lohud.com

CARMEL — Carmel Town Hall off McAlpin Avenue is a tempest of threatening and childish behavior stirred by the town’s gun-toting assessor, according to a recently filed lawsuit.

In the suit, Eileen Brennan, the town’s account clerk, details what she claims is a hostile work environment perpetuated by Assessor Paul Jonke. Jonke, she said, yells in Town Hall, has carried a gun to work and filed a false sexual-harassment complaint against her. She is seeking $1 million in total damages from both him and the town for enduring his behavior.

A Long Island-based lawyer representing Jonke and the town noted the suit was not a verified complaint, meaning it was signed only by Brennan’s attorney and not by Brennan, who would do so under the penalty of perjury, he claimed. Attorney Michael Miranda all but called the suit a work of fiction. It was filed early in March in state Supreme Court in Carmel.

Read More At: $1M Carmel suit claims assessor creates hostile workplace | The Journal News | lohud.com.

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News That Matters – Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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The Carmel police are still looking for the guy that tried to rob the William Shell station on Route 6 at Put Plaza last Friday evening, stabbing the attendant several times and sending him to the hospital. K9 units, helicopters and I swear they probably have a SWAT team out there, have been searching in vain. If you happen to see a light-skinned Black man around 6 foot tall waving a knife, call the Carmel cops at 628-1300. This is the second robbery in Carmel recently. A 6 foot tall white man bearing an axe(!) robbed the BP station at Fair Street and Route 52 on February 23rd. If you happen to see a white guy running around waving an axe, (and probably covered in spilled crude oil) call the Carmel cops at 628-1300 just the same. [...]

News That Matters- Friday, March 11, 2011 – Things To Do Edition

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Rapes, murders, jewelry store thefts… yeah, that’s Putnam County these days. It’s odd and strange and slightly encouraging that the artificial walls we’ve set up to prevent the outside world from coming in are coming down. As for our county and town governments, we have the County Legislature passing memorandum calling for the state to increase funding for this or that. We’ve got caretaker County Executive Paul Eldridge blaming ‘unfunded mandates’ for county budgetary issues, issues that could be resolved if the county would just man-up and cut the budget. In other words, whether we like it or not we’re just like everyone else save that our governments are constructed of tax-and-spend Republicans. Go figure. [...]

ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 03/09/2011 – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 03/09/2011

* Region 3 SEQR and Other Notices

* Region 3 SPDES Renewals

Putnam County

Applicant:

Town of Carmel

60 McAlpin Ave

Mahopac, NY 10541

Facility:

Sycamore Park

Long Pond Rd

Mahopac, NY 10541

Application ID:

3-3720-00119/00005

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands

Section 401 – Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification

Project is Located:

Carmel, Putnam County

Project Description:

New York City Department of Environmental Protection proposes stormwater improvements at the Sycamore Park parking facility in the Town of Carmel in Putnam County. The proposed project includes the conversion of the existing gravel parking lot to smaller, paved parking spaces and two “overflow” grassed parking lots. Stormwater treatment will include the installation of two biofiltration areas to collect and treat runoff from the paved areas as well as a vegetated drainage swale. The existing clogged culvert will be cleared of debris and the culvert length reduced to restore open channel flow. In total, 1.66 acres of the adjacent area of New York State regulated Freshwater Wetland LC-22 (Class 1) will be temporarily impacted by the project. Upon completion of the project, the impacted area will be restored using native seed mixes, as [...]

News That Matters – Friday, January 28, 2011 – Things To Do Edition

Easter is right around the corner and the family is coming over, as they usually do, and you know as well as I do that your dining room, guest room and living rooms aren’t exactly as nifty as they could be. Not that anyone in the family will mind, they’re family after all, and will not mention the faded walls, cracks and dents and dinks left over from last year. But you know your cousin Sheila will mention it in a facebook post… Contact Taconicarts today for an estimate on getting that cleaned up and shutting Sheila up for good. Just imagine! [...]

News That Matters – Wednesday, January 19, 2011

And while we’re down there, guess who is trying to get the state to do his road widening work for him on Route 6? You guessed it! Mike Griffin! Nah, Paul Camarda is, that’s who. And is anyone surprised? Why are we spending county tax dollars doing the business for an out-of-state developer with deeper pockets than the county? Why are we spending any man-hours at all on this? [...]