Philipstown News

Orientation programs ease the way for Haldane kindergartners and sixth graders.

The Village of Cold Spring cautioned Wednesday afternoon that the ban on daytime outdoor water usage remains in effect and that violators risk being ticketed. The restriction, imposed in July, forbids outdoor watering between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.          “For anyone connected to the village water system, it applies,” including the many who live […]

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The village’s Upper and Lower Dams, located off Foundry Pond Road in North Highlands, and their partner, the Foundry Brook Dam on Fishkill Road, are the subject of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) awaiting attention by the Village Board.

Saturday, Oct 2, 2010. Putnam County Hazardous Waste Collection Day

After months of deliberations, the Cold Spring Village Board last Wednesday (Aug. 25) enacted a law allowing use of composting toilets in parks.

The Town of Philipstown has filed an appeal of a court order that it issue a zoning variance for a used-car lot along Route 9 in Garrison.

Philipstown.info’s Michael Turton recently spoke with Haldane High School principal Brian Alm at his office.

The Cold Spring Village Board voted 4-1 Wednesday night (Aug. 25) to use a 1/2 —second test twice a day for the fire siren, with a 40-second blast to sound in cases of actual emergency.

Officials of the Town of Philipstown were quick to respond to a recently completed five-year audit of the Town’s finances.

The contentious issue of the fire siren tops a busy agenda for the Cold Spring Village Board’s weekly workshop meeting, scheduled for this Wednesday (Aug. 25)

Aug. 21 – Cold Spring police and firefighters responded to a two-car collision at the corner of Main Street (Route 301) and Morris Avenue (Route 9D) that apparently produced no serious injuries

Man and a woman from Dutchess County arrested on charges of petit larceny

Vincent Burruano appointed as acting Putnam Valley high school principal

Sleuthing by the Cold Spring Police Department retrieved an expensive bicycle several weeks after it was stolen and gave the alleged thief an appointment with the local justice court, according to information from Commanding Officer George Kane.        In a written report to the Cold Spring Village Board Aug. 10, Kane noted that, among other […]

Those seeking to build a house in a busy commercial industry district get a break in Philipstown’s mid-summer rezoning draft — the fifth since 2008.

The monthly meeting was a brief affair

Elected a trustee of the Garrison Union Free School District last spring, Charlotte Rowe, recently sat down with Philipstown.info’s Michael Mell to discuss a wide variety of topics.

Visitation for Donald Lusk will be held at the Clinton Funeral Home, 21 Parrott Street in Cold Spring, on Wednesday August 18, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. The service will take place at the funeral home at 10:00 am Thursday, August 19.

The Cold Spring Water Department announced Monday night (Aug. 16) that it had shut down use of the reservoir system and begun \”utilizing its emergency connection to the New York City Aqueduct water supply, effective immediately.”

The clock is ticking for the Special Board

By a margin of only 2 votes, residents of the North Highlands Fire District approved the purchase of a new pumper/rescue truck.

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

Contention over minutes and agendas

New athletic director hired