Kent News

Here are some of the snow reports as of early this morning, around 9am from the NWS in Buffalo.

KENT - An early morning chimney fire inside a residence on Seven Hills Lake Drive caused some structural damage to the house today before Kent firefighters were able to knock down the flames and extinguish the fire, Kent Chief Paul Kane said.

A 58-year-old East Fishkill man and his dog were found dead after a fire destroyed the man's house early Wednesday morning.

An elderly horse named Parader was in stable but guarded condition after he got his leg stuck in a sinkhole and was rescued by suburban New York firefighters.

Lake Carmel firefighters helped rescue a very old horse that got stuck in a hole this morning, and now the steed, which was apparently traumatized by the ordeal, is on its way to an animal hospital for treatment, Chief James Hauth said.

KENT - The 34-year-old horse that rescuers freed from a hole Tuesday on a Kent horse farm after one of its hind legs got stuck was apparently recovering Wednesday at a Patterson equine hospital.

A Lake Carmel man brandishing a loaded handgun and a metal pipe entered a Putnam Drive home this weekend while looking for a family member, police said today.

Rescuers were responding to help a horse that fell into a hole about 7:30 a.m. today, police said.

Veterans in full uniform gathered at the American Legion Sheret Post 35 in Albion on Monday night for the fourth annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Service.

The twelve semi-finalists for this year's Bocuse d'Or team were announced at Daniel minutes ago.

A Brewster woman and a White Plains man were charged with driving under the influence in separate incidents in Putnam County, authorities said today.

ALBION LARCENY: Shawna N. Weis, 22, 2186 Transit Road, Kent was charged Wednesday with petit larceny.

A sanitation worker in Lake Carmel was injured Tuesday when the truck he was driving apparently slipped out of gear as he was exiting the vehicle, town police said.

While Manhattan buildings have seen sale discounts as high as 70 percent in this recession, this is not the first time the city has seen bargain-basement prices for skyscrapers.

A town sanitation worker was injured when the garbage truck he was driving crashed into a tree early this morning on Route 52 in Lake Carmel, police said.

Instead of a normal adjournment, Tuesday's Orleans County Legislature meeting was put into recess because of a resolution to appoint a new commissioner of Social Services.

Cheers filled the room of the Republican headquarters in Albion on Tuesday night as election results were read for the three contested Orleans County Legislature seats.

A hotel/motel occupancy tax was enacted Wednesday by the Orleans County Legislature.

Concerning the re-election campaign bid of Kent Town Justice Joe Esposito, I would like to remind people that unlike many other judges who only seem to care about raising more revenue through fines, Joe has been a lifelong pillar of the community who cares about the little guy.

Alcohol and excessive speed are believed to be factors in a weekend crash in the Catskill Mountains that killed a Putnam County man, state police said Monday.