Bomb squad determines it was inert

A Philipstown resident doing excavation work on Monday (June 17) discovered an unexploded mortar shell under rocks and alerted the Putnam County sheriff. 

A deputy who responded to the Juniper Hill Road address alerted the Westchester County Police Hazardous Devices Unit, which determined that the military mortar had been manufactured in the 1950s, appeared to have been buried for a long time and was inert. The bomb squad searched the area but found no other shells.

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