A downtown ribbon-cutting was conspicuously day laborer-free. A political mailer looked a lot like a reference to a certain town official’s recent driving foibles. Carmel is experience sticker shock with its cell phones. And one local politico learned the worst time to flip off an adversary is when they are pointing a camera directly at you.

With that, here’s the week that was in Putnam…

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Vacation’s over and the Putnam podcast is back to the weekly grind. And oh what a week it was.

Brewster officials cracked down on congregating day laborers just as a major project connected to a certain political leader was set to open. Meanwhile, tempers flared on a Southeast golf course, but it had nothing to do with a bad backswing or an uneven short game.

In Carmel, a would-be thief picked the wrong pickup truck to steal as its owners proved to be very attached to the vehicle. There aren’t quite opposing armies facing off on opposite sides of the Kent-Patterson border, but the developer of a controversial retail project has an idea for a little territorial change-of-hands to help his cause.

And the week wouldn’t be complete without a note on Southeast Supervisor Michael Rights’s continuing driving-related woes.

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With Leibell project set to open, Brewster cracks down on day laborers

Father and son held in golf course beating

Truck owners track down, hold car thief for cops

Camarda suggests Patterson could annex Kent

Southeast Supervisor takes car back without permission after DWI

The Putnam News in Review podcast is taking a week’s vacation. Check back for a recap of all the news from ‘Where the Country Begins,” as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com.

It was deja vu of the DWI kind for one town supervisor, but is the Old Guard GOP to blame? (UPDATE: Maybe not, says the supe in question.) A grisly discovery is made in the woods behind a local school. Meanwhile, a family grieves the tragic loss of a shining young light. A ranch once used as a set for old Westerns is at the center of a court battle and a neighborhood dispute, while an 18th century farm is looking to its future. And one school district is in for some change at the top.

Here’s what’s happening in Putnam County for the week of July 19-15, 2008, as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com.

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Southeast Supervisor Rights charged with DWI, again

UPDATE: Rights pleads guilty, takes ‘full responsibility’ for DWI charge
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Body discovered behind Brewster school

Putnam Valley teen dies following fall at Bear Mt.

Town, landowner at war over Cimarron Ranch

Ryder Farm in Southeast looks to its future

Mahopac schools chief announces retirement

‘Fair and Balanced’ news out of Cold Spring? Here’s a headline: man run over by train survives. The race for the 99th Assembly District is getting rough. In the 90th, the news is that there’s a race at all.  A clinic for the uninsured and underinsured is on the table. Meanwhile, Tilly Fosters says welcome back.

Here’s what’s happening in Putnam County for the week of July 12-18, 2008, as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com.

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Ailes buys Putnam County weekly paper

Putnam to study starting medical clinic for the uninsured

Ball calls Brewster ‘epicenter of crime’

Welcome back to the farm event at Tilly Foster

Ex-Bronx GOP activist running against Galef for Assembly

Train rolls over man at Brewster station, but he escapes serious injury

Here’s what’s happening in Putnam County for the week of July 5-11, 2008, as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com.

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Fairness panel rules Ball campaign mailer misleading

Historian looks to save 18th-century tavern

Putnam’s Tilly Foster to get rare animals

Federal judge blasts Putnam treatment facility

Putnam D.A.: Principal was ‘misleading,’ but perjury evidence lacking

Happy Independence Day! Here’s what’s happening in Putnam County for the week of June 27-July 3, 2008, as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com.

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Hispanic liaison resigns, blames police

Manslaughter charge for Mahopac man in fatal crash

Smoldering peat moss blamed for fire that destroyed Southeast house

In huge turnout, Putnam Humane Society elects new leaders

Exec signs domestic partner registry laws

Sheriff investigates Southeast Highway spending

Welcome to the debut edition of Putnam County’s Week in Review.

I’ll be taking a weekly look at the news from ‘where the country begins,’ as reported by The Journal News and LoHud.com. Be sure to bookmark the site, comment freely and check back every Friday morning.

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