REACT REHAB — Vocational students from the Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES rehabbed the van used by Putnam County REACT, which provides safety radio assistance at community events. Officials picked up the rig on June 13 at the BOCES Tech Center in Yorktown Heights after auto-body students stripped old wiring, removed shelves and installed an AC unit; welding students added roof supports; carpentry students installed benches; and construction electricity students ran new wiring and installed outlets and lighting.
HERO BANNER — Cindy Trimble, coordinator of the Philipstown Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program, was joined by Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne on June 12 outside Valenti Concrete on Route 9, where a banner honoring Mario Valenti, who served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, was installed. The county helped secure approval to hang the banners along the state highway.
BIG HITTERS — Rep. Pat Ryan (left), whose district includes Beacon, competed on June 11 in the Congressional Baseball Game, which raised $2.8 million for charity. Ryan, who wore a Hudson Valley Renegades cap and West Point jersey during the friendly contest at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., is shown with Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania.
REITZ COURTROOM — A ribbon-cutting was held June 13 to dedicate the James F. Reitz Memorial Courtroom at the Putnam County courthouse. Reitz, a former county court and state Supreme Court justice, died in 2019. He was remembered for creating the Drug Treatment Court.
ITALIAN TOUR — Members of the Putnam Chorale traveled to Italy in May to perform works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Ives in historic churches in Rome, Assisi and Venice. Twenty-four members of the Putnam Chorale joined members of the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium Choir and the Taghkanic Chorale to form the American Vivaldi Choir, directed by Jason Tramm. Here, the choir performs at the Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso in Rome.
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