Philipstown News

The Butterfield Library has installed a new book return at the rear parking lot.

Contention over minutes and agendas

New athletic director hired

With primary election day coming up on Sept. 14, the Putnam County Board of Elections wants to give voters a chance to practice; bringing sample voting machines to Philipstown.

The Village of Cold Spring ended the 2009-10 fiscal year with a fund balance of $128,000, a positive turn after years of budget deficits, according to a financial report given the mayor and trustees Tuesday evening (Aug. 10).

Haldane Central School District may be very close to answering a question that has been on the table for years: What is the most cost effective way to upgrade the aging heating system while spending less money on energy?

Selected areas of the West Point Foundry Preserve’s Foundry Cove marsh are being planted with native wetland vegetation to further restore the area to a healthy tidal freshwater marsh habitat.

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of a Putnam County man on a felony criminal charge stemming from an armed robbery which occurred in the Town of Philipstown.

Philipstown’s Town Board last week moved toward membership in the Hudson River Valley Greenway Compact and disputed notions that a reference in rezoning documents to Putnam County’s Greenway program undermines property rights.

One less empty storefront on Main Street in Cold Spring

Agreement could be finalized by September

Part of Cold Spring and Route 9D south to Bear Mountain suffered a power outage

The Putnam County Chambers of Commerce have begun a letter writing campaign to lobby public officials for a more streamlined process of business development approvals.

The Cold Spring fire siren blasted its way back into controversy Tuesday

Gillian Thorpe was elected a trustee of the Haldane board

On Thursday and Friday, August 5 and 6 the New York Blood Center will be accepting blood donations at the North Highlands Fire House at 504 Fishkill Road.

A recent report on the Cold Spring water system’s fire-protection capability reveals dire needs and decades of inactivity, despite repeated warnings of deficiencies.

Input sought for America’s Great Outdoors Initiative

Board holds reorganization meeting

Cold Spring’s driving problem dominated the village board agenda again last night (July 27), when Church Street residents sought remedies for speeding on a block where 20 children live.

Demoliton of Harrison House in Nelsonville, destroyed by fire, begins.

Rep. John Hall launched his re-election on Saturday, July 24, asserting that \”somebody needs to stand up here and speak the truth” about tough issues, including federal spending, climate change, and unpopular votes.

Will Cold Spring soon be known as Cold Spring on Hudson?

if attendance at school board meetings is any indication, children are not so precious . . .

One driver was killed and another suffered injuries, though relatively minor, in a head-on collision about 4:30 p.m. Friday (July 23) on Route 9, just north of the intersection with South Mountain Pass,