Putnam County News

PATTERSON - Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, announced Saturday his decision not to run for Congress in 2010.

PUTNAM VALLEY - In the classic TV game show 'What's My Line,' panelists guessed the unusual occupations of the show's contestants.

Four people face charges for allegedly attacking and robbing a man in the parking lot of the South Hills Mall in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

CARMEL - Police officers in 2008 were the highest-paid workers in Carmel, Putnam County's largest town.

Troopers charged nine motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and one accident in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

Troopers charged 14 motorists with driving while intoxicated during weekend traffic stops in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

Unsettled by last week's shooting at Fort Hood that left 13 soldiers dead and dozens injured, veterans and their supporters in Westchester and Putnam counties marked a somber Veterans Day on Wednesday with reflection, song, and good deeds.

Knives and 14 firearms, including three assault rifles, were seized from the home of a suspected drug dealer, the Putnam County Sheriff announced Thursday.

Police in Putnam County charged three women with driving while intoxicated during recent traffic stops in Kent and Patterson, one of whom had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit, police said.

A Dutchess County driver involved in a head-on accident with a flatbed truck on Route 9 this morning died of his injuries, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.

A 24-year-old village man suspected of being in the United States illegally was arrested on a felony charge after he was accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy, police said.

PUTNAM VALLEY - Hundreds of people have already lined up this morning to get the swine flu vaccine.

Voters in Putnam County on Tuesday went with incumbent supervisors in Carmel and Putnam Valley and moved Philipstown Councilman Richard Shea up to replace Supervisor William Mazzuca.

Putnam County deputies charged two motorists with driving while intoxicated in recent traffic stops, police said.

PATTERSON - County Legislator Mary Conklin, R-Patterson, appeared to hold off a challenge from Democrat Mark Armon of Putnam Lake and won a second, three-year term representing District 4 in the Putnam County Legislature, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections.

Putnam County health officials have found the person who handled a rabid young skunk.

GARRISON - A 23-year-old man accused of inducing his friend's fatal drug overdose was arrested by Putnam County sheriff's deputies early Thursday and returned to Bergen County, N.J., where he faces homicide charges, officials said.

The Putnam County Legislature is considering whether to restart the construction of a controversial park-and-ride lot at Route 6 and Mount Hope Road.

CARMEL - The Putnam County Legislature Monday night overrode most of County Executive Robert Bondi's budget vetoes, reinstating most positions Bondi had targeted for layoffs and bringing to a close the preparation of Putnam's 2010 budget.

A 17-year-old town youth accused of slashing another teen in the face with a knife at a party was arrested on a felony assault charge, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Monday night.