Pipeline Hearing Tops Last Week's News In Putnam County

• Skeptics and boosters alike of the proposed Algonquin pipeline expansion were heard at a public hearing on Wednesday in Southeast.
• A famed Putnam landmark renowned for being haunted by ghosts and spirits found itself almost victimized by a telephone scam last week.

• A snowstorm that ended late Saturday morning resulted in up to 6-7 inches of accumulation in much of Putnam.

• Two New York City men were charged with selling heroin in Putnam.
• The famed Smalley Inn in Carmel was nearly victimized by a NYSEG phone scam. 
• A Connecticut man was charged with DWI after a car crash in Patterson. 
• Elected officials voiced their concerns over charges levied against State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
• Mahopac High School's boys basketball team beat crosstown rival Carmel 58-50 in a Friday rematch played weeks after a Mahopac player allegedly used racially insensitive language towards a Carmel opponent at the schools' previous game.

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