Mahopac News

MAHOPAC - Plenty of people wake up early on the Fourth of July, whether to beat traffic, get a prime location at a picnic area or just get an early start to their holiday.

Mahopac man charged with burglarizing doctor's office, stealing, forging prescriptions MAHOPAC The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has charged a Mahopac man with breaking into a doctor's office and stealing a prescription pad from a desk drawer.

CARMEL - A rejuvenated Putnam County Independence Party brims with enthusiasm from its leaders, all under 25 years old.

MOUNT KISCO - These colors don't run, or so the bumper sticker says. But today they run.

All of the changes at Putnam National Golf Club over the past two seasons have provided a new selling point for Ciaran Carr, the course's director of golf.

Carmel police enlisted the help of the called the Westchester County Bomb Squad yesterday in executing a search warrant on a Boniello Drive home, where they seized roughly $6,000 in fireworks and arrested a man who lives there on a variety of charges, police said today.

YORKTOWN - The owner of an embattled Mohegan Lake winery says he doesn't plan to pursue his appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit against the town.

MAHOPAC - Participants entered the sanctuary wearing colorful traditional costumes and bearing flags from around the world, including Poland, Italy, Ireland, Philippines, Portugal, Germany and Mexico.

MAHOPAC: Singer-songwriter Thomas Earl will perform at 7 p.m. July 15 at the Mahopac Public Library as part of the BAMM2 Listening to America concert series.

MAHOPAC - A small closet fire in a rooming house by Lake Mahopac was quickly extinguished with little damage to the building early yesterday morning.

MAHOPAC - A quick-acting Carmel police officer put out a third-floor closet fire with an extinguisher from his squad car this morning, the fire department said.

Route 6N: Joshua Torres, 28, of Fishkill was charged at 2:45 a.m. June 9 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, as well as being an unlicensed driver and crossing the double-yellow line, both violations.

Seven years ago this week, Michael Sichenzia stood in Orange County Court and admitted he was a crook.

A routine traffic stop involving Putnam County Legislator Anthony Fusco, R-Mahopac, in March 2008 has led to a court odyssey stretching from state Supreme Court in Putnam to the Appellate Division in Brooklyn before winding up in Putnam Valley Town Court last month.

PEEKSKILL - For Jake Hernandez yesterday evening at the First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill was about gaining new experiences while being Jewish.

A Putnam County man is due in Yorktown Town Court tonight to answer a felony burglary charge, police said today.

Revere thoroughly deserves his place in American history, but another courageous American has been ill-served by those who write books about the Revolutionary War.

BREWSTER - Brewster Central School District officials announced that a Garden Street Elementary School student had a probable case of swine flu.

Four Mahopac teens face felony charges after they broke into a Lake MacGregor home and stole electronic equipment, state police said today.

CARMEL - Town residents and officials are hoping a Boston company that owns a cell-phone tower at the firehouse will finally return an American flag to the top of its empty pole.