PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Putnam County.
- Fox News chief Roger Ailes, one of the most powerful figures in the history of television and politics and who has homes in Garrison in Putnam County and Cresskill in Bergen County, stepped down Thursday after being dogged by sexual harassment allegations.
- It took more than 15 Putnam Lake firefighters to bring an early morning house fire under control Thursday morning on Hermitage Road.
- East Fishkill resident James J. O’Neill, co-founder of a 9/11 memorial in Carmel, died suddenly Sunday, July 17.
- A Carmel man has been accused by police of stealing antiques from a Southeast woman and then trying to sell them at a local thrift shop.
- Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith is warning residents to be on guard against identity thieves, who are exploiting the call-forwarding feature on victims’ phones and accessing their e-mail accounts to conceal their thefts.
- A 54-year-old man is facing aggravated driving while intoxicated and other charges after leading New York State Police on a high-speed car chase Monday on the Taconic State Parkway in Dutchess County, state police said.
- Putnam BBQ lovers flock to Carmel's Northern Smoke, which has earned the reputation of being one of the best BBQ joints in the area.
- The Putnam Hospital Center Auxiliary donated $20,000 to the hospital on Wednesday, July 20.
- A 40-year-old Bedford woman is facing a misdemeanor aggravated driving while intoxicated charge after New York State Police said she was intoxicated during a Thursday traffic stop.
- Putnam Valley Elementary School has recognized a current student with an award named for a student who tragically died in a car accident.
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