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Careful what you wish for

Careful what you wish for

Once upon a time there was a town board that was trying to do something very helpful for its constituents. Complaints were surfacing about boat owners who were mooring their boats in a lake (Oscawana) in a manner that was deemed disruptive and unsafe. When it turned out this handful

A cautionary tale

A cautionary tale

One of our good local newspapers that focuses on the county, not the town, published a column this week that deserves wide readership. It was written by Douglas Cunningham, the publisher and editor of the Putnam County News & Recorder. Although the newspaper is generally behind a paywall, he has

Purple Putnam Valley

Purple Putnam Valley

With four of the five current town council members on the Republican ticket and a Republican representing the town on the county's legislature for the last eight-plus years, one can be forgiven for assuming that Putnam Valley is a "red" town. Fun fact: There are more

Have you registered your boat mooring yet? Wait, what??

Have you registered your boat mooring yet? Wait, what??

At its December 14th meeting, the Putnam Valley town board passed a resolution requiring anyone with a floating buoy in one of our special district lakes to register those buoys with the town clerk - or face a steep fine. Here's a link to the resolution. This new

Town Hall water is contaminated too!

Town Hall water is contaminated too!

Residents of Putnam Valley who are trying to gauge the extent of water contamination in their town have a new data point: the well at Town Hall! On four occasions since September 2021, the level of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for the water at Town Hall has exceeded the maximum standard

Water contamination update

Water contamination update

Fireworks erupted at the February 15th town board meeting over who knew what when about the 2016 illegal dumping of contaminated materials at the site of a planned new fire house on Oscawana Lake Road. Before the beginning of the public comment period, Councilman Louie Luongo, a longtime member of

No tax exemption for solar panels?

No tax exemption for solar panels?

New York State is one of 36 states with laws that encourage homeowners and businesses to invest in solar and other forms of clean energy. One law in particular provides an assurance to NYS homeowners and businesses that they will be exempt for 15 years from any property tax increase

This is an important election year!

In case you're unfamiliar with the make-up of our town board, it consists of four council members and the town supervisor. Here is a link to our current board members. Two board members (Ralph Smith and Louie Luongo) and the town supervisor (Jacqueline Annabi) have terms that come