Desmond-Fish will host awards

Through Wednesday, Jan. 13, the Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison will exhibit research projects on Garrison, Putnam County or the mid-Hudson Valley submitted for the Putnam History Museum’s Jean Saunders 7th Grade History Contest.

The contest, which has been conducted annually for more than 30 years, is named in honor of Jean Saunders, teacher, historian and the first curator of the Putnam History Museum. An awards ceremony and pizza party will be held at the library at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11 (snow date Jan. 12). The library is located at the corner of routes 403 and 9D.

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