LOHUD | Putnam News

Troopers charged seven motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol or driving under the influence of drugs in recent traffic stops and investigations in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

Police agencies in Putnam County released information on these recent arrests:

Taylor Corretjer went 3 for 4 with an RBI as Haverstraw won 5-2 over favored South Bend, Ind., and advanced to today's World Series semifinal.

Taylor Corretjer went 3 for 4 with an RBI as Haverstraw won 5-2 over favored South Bend, Ind., and advanced to today's World Series semifinal.

Republican Nan Hayworth, the Mount Kisco physician challenging Democratic Rep. John Hall in the 19th Congressional District, opened her campaign office in Carmel this week.

CARMEL — A former Southeast lawyer who admitted to stealing $339,000 from a client at a real estate closing was sentenced Thursday in Putnam County Court to five to 15 years in state prison after trying unsuccessfully to withdraw the guilty plea she entered earlier this year.

Dr. Nan Hayworth shouldn't have the Independence Party line in November, says Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, who is taking the matter to court.

LAKE PEEKSKILL — An accidential house fire on Walnut Road displaced a family of four today, fire officials said.

CARMEL — A former Southeast lawyer who admitted to stealing $339,000 from a client at a real estate closing was sentenced today in Putnam County Court to five to 15 years in state prison after trying unsuccessfully to withdraw the guilty plea she entered earlier this year.

The state has ordered SLS, a private Putnam County-based mental-health provider that treats teens and young adults, to surrender its operating certificates after the mental health commissioner upheld charges that the for-profit facility violated patients' rights and ignored state regulations.

Playland is a money loser and it's future looks cloudy. Ideas are being solicited to make it solvent.

State Sen. Vincent Leibell and Putnam County Legislator Mary Ellen Odell will face off in a Sept. 14 Republican primary after Leibell on Tuesday ended a court battle to have Odell thrown off the ballot.

WHITE PLAINS — Hudson Valley commuters saved $89 million over the past year with a tax benefit for transit use that the federal government expanded last year.

Despite Gov. Paterson's veto pen, legislative earmarks for Westchester municipalities continue to tally up, records show.

WHITE PLAINS — Westchester County parks officials banned open fires Monday amid warnings throughout the Hudson Valley that dry conditions were dangerous and likely to continue for a while.

MAHOPAC — An autopsy Monday showed that an Ohio teen who was taken unresponsive from a pool Saturday at a home on Woodbine Drive drowned, a spokeswoman for the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office said.

Public sector overtime costs are out of control, as evidenced by the latest audit of the MTA. It's time to fire somebody.

MAHOPAC — A recent state Supreme Court decision could bring an end to the years-long saga that has been Town of Carmel v. Charles and Lillian Melchner.

ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson's veto pen has yet to end spending for legislative earmarks, state records show.

MAHOPAC — An autopsy is scheduled today for an Ohio teen believed to have drowned in a pool at a private home on Woodbine Drive over the weekend, police said.