This week in Putnam â€” July 25, 2008

July

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.

Podcast file:

Flash video

Click on the headlines below to read the stories covered in this week’s Putnam News in Review at LoHud.com.

Southeast Supervisor Rights charged with DWI, again

UPDATE: Rights pleads guilty, takes ‘full responsibility’ for DWI charge
Bonus video: Rights’s statement

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

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