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Also on today's calendar: 5th Annual Breakfast Symposium and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
From our Partner Northwell: Nuvance Health is now Northwell, marking a new chapter for care in Rhinebeck, Sharon and Carmel. The local hospitals and doctors your community knows are now connected to more specialists, more resources and more investment. All backed by the strength of Northwell, the most awarded health system in the tri-state, while keeping care rooted in the communities it serves.
1. Brewster Theater plan for Carmel Hamlet wins conditional approval (halstonmedia.com) — A new 100-seat Brewster Theater Company venue in downtown Carmel just cleared a major hurdle, winning conditional site plan approval for 69 Gleneida Avenue. Town officials still need parking and accessibility issues resolved, but they're signaling strong support for a permanent community theater that could bring more evening activity and arts programming to the hamlet.
2. Carmel Schools Discuss Parent Access to Bus GPS (putnampresstimes.com) — Carmel parents may soon get new insight into their kids' bus rides, as the Carmel School Board weighs whether to let families access real-time GPS data on every district bus. Officials are debating security, cost, and how alerts could reduce frantic calls when routes run late.
3. Lakefront Idyll: Where Luxury Landscape Design Meets Ecological Stewardship (newyorktrendnyc.com) — Right here in Carmel, a seven-acre lakefront property is drawing national attention for blending high-end design with native plants and ecological care. The award-winning landscape, created by designer Jean-Marc Flack, shows how local homeowners can trade traditional lawns for meadows, reclaimed materials, and a more sustainable, seasonally changing outdoor retreat.
4. Verizon looks to end landline phone service (midhudsonnews.com) — Verizon's push to end traditional landline service in New York has some Carmel residents worried about reliability and emergencies. Locals quoted in the story say they still depend on copper phone lines, arguing that spotty cell coverage and internet outages make landlines an important backup for Putnam County households.
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