HELP FROM HUMANA — Melissa Lahey of Cold Spring works for Humana, which recently donated $4,000 to the Philipstown Food Pantry, where she volunteers. (Photo by Michael Turton)
THE PERFECT TREE — Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne and his son selected their Christmas tree in Garrison on Nov. 27. “Thank you Cockburn Farm for another great experience,” Byrne wrote online. “Braeden absolutely loved seeing Santa, picking out the tree and watching his old man get mud on his pants as he cut down the tree.” (Photo provided)
ARMY-NAVY RUN — On Thursday (Dec. 7), flanked by Peekskill police officers and New York State troopers, midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, trotted their way through Peekskill carrying a football that will be used in Saturday’s Army-Navy football game in Foxboro, Massachusetts. As Dave Mueller of the Peekskill Herald reported: “They were running quickly through Peekskill as it’s Army territory.” The tradition began in 1981 when cadets from West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy began running footballs for the game from their home site to the stadium. This year, the midshipmen will run 463 miles from Annapolis through seven states; each runner will cover 8 to 12 miles at a time for up to 48 miles. The midshipmen began on Tuesday while the Army, which will run 205 miles, began on Thursday. (Photo by Dave Mueller)
