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Philipstown News

A rendering of the path and "solar ribbon" the Desmond-Fish Library would like to install in Garrison.
Posted inPhilipstown News

Desmond-Fish Shares Plans for Landscape

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Discovery Path to wind through the grounds

Eisenbach and Potts
Posted inPhilipstown News

Two More Candidates in Nelsonville

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe February 13, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Eisenbach and Potts make four for two seats

Michael Barile
Posted inPhilipstown News

Carmel Board Member Pleads Guilty

by Staff February 13, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Convicted of illegal sewer hookup

Putnam Sheriff badge
Posted inPhilipstown News

Philipstown Man Arrested on Drug Charges

by Staff February 13, 2021February 19, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Deputies say they seized Ecstasy, LSD, scales

PVAC building
Posted inPhilipstown News

Ambulance Corps Dispute Flares Anew

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

PVAC says town wants to kill agency; board decries ‘lies’

Garrison School
Posted inPhilipstown News

School Board Petitions Available

by Staff February 10, 2021February 15, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison has four open seats

Posted inPhilipstown News

Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale Opens

by Staff February 9, 2021February 5, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Putnam County sponsors annual event

Police siren
Posted inPhilipstown News

Man Charged with Driving Prostitutes to Putnam

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe February 6, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

FBI says suspect had 383 contacts in Brewster

mcconville announces
Posted inPhilipstown News

McConville Announces for Putnam Sheriff

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe February 6, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Will seek Republican nomination to challenge Langley

Posted inPhilipstown News

Saying Goodbye (Photos)

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair February 6, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Remembering grandmother with a rose

Posted inPhilipstown News

Two Announce for Nelsonville Seats

by Staff February 6, 2021February 20, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Village election scheduled for March 16

Posted inPhilipstown News

Cold Spring Weighs Water Options

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 6, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Wells could offer big cost savings for village

garrison and philipstown ambulances
Posted inPhilipstown News

Ambulance Corps, Philipstown Argue Over Control

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Conflict over independence

Posted inPhilipstown News

Montgomery Reveals Ouster from Committee

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong February 5, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Putnam legislator also outlines her goals for 2021

Police siren
Posted inPhilipstown News

Putnam Releases Police Report

by Staff February 5, 2021February 6, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Legislature will consider on March 4

Dan Needham Masons
Posted inPhilipstown News

Demystifying the Masons

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Philipstown lodge strives to make good men into better men

Posted inPhilipstown News

Despite COVID-19, Putnam Doesn’t Lose Sales Tax

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong January 30, 2021March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Collects about 1 percent more than in 2019

Posted inPhilipstown News

Galef Forum Touches on Tourism, Taxes

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong January 30, 2021January 29, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Assemblywoman also suggests school district merger

cold spring police car
Posted inPhilipstown News

Cold Spring Will Ask Residents About Police for Review

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Village Board debates who should get survey

Cold Spring
Posted inPhilipstown News

The Long and Winding Code

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 29, 2021February 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Updating Cold Spring’s laws has taken eight years, but deadlines loom

Posted inPhilipstown News

Haldane Superintendent Tests Positive

by Staff January 23, 2021March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Also, some Garrison students quarantine

Posted inPhilipstown News

Philipstown Completes Resource Inventory

by Staff January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Includes chapter on local impact of climate change

shanty
Posted inPhilipstown News

Nelsonville Tears Down Shanty in Woods, Plans for March Election

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Trustees Pedlosky and Mechaley will not run for new terms

Tyrell P. Jones
Posted inPhilipstown News

Suspect Appears in Putnam Court

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Will return on Feb. 2

Rock street
Posted inPhilipstown News

Board Denies Rock Street Excavation

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Rock face considered ‘character-defining feature’

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