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- Carmel resident Cody Peluso, an aide to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), was arrested in Stony Point for possession of prescription pills and steroids earlier this week and has since been placed on leave. The charges were later dismissed.
- Multiple authorities and emergency responders rushed to the scene of a two-car accident with injuries that resulted in the closure of Weber Hill Road in Carmel Tuesday afternoon.
- Officials from the Putnam County Department of Health recently met with town supervisors in Carmel, Southeast, Putnam Valley and Patterson to discuss coordinated efforts for enhancing mosquito education and control to help combat the Zika Virus
- A Westchester woman died after jumping off the Bear Mountain Bridge Tuesday afternoon in what Westchester County Police are calling a suicide.
- A man who had been found guilty of setting fire to the Smalley Inn, a Carmel restaurant, in 2007 has been cleared of all charges, according to a report by lohud.com.
- Chase, an 18-month-old bloodhound and newest member of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, helped save a woman's life on Tuesday.
- Putnam Hospital Center ER physician Dr. Freya Dittrich will compete in June on NBC’s new show “Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge.”
- Carmel High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter returned from its recent New York State Leadership Conference (NYS SLC) in Rochester with the state’s highest honor – securing first place as “Chapter of the Year."
- Nearly all NYSEG customers in Putnam, Dutchess and parts of Northern Westchester saw their power restored by 6 a.m. Friday after a 9:30 p.m. fire at a substation at Lake Secor in Mahopac affected other substations, resulting in outages to approximately 50,000 customers.
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