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Hello Carmel! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where Carmel’s new lifesaving AEDs will be installed in local parks
  • How a Carmel rehab worker hid a killing for months
  • Why a Philipstown driver’s ‘right to travel’ claim failed in court

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition and 6 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Carmel? Post it to Carmel photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 43 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Thursday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 44, low: 40.
  • Friday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 53 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Easily accessible AEDs to be installed in Carmel's parks (midhudsonnews.com) — Carmel is adding six always-accessible AEDs across its town parks in response to new state safety rules, aiming to make lifesaving equipment easier to reach during emergencies. Units will be installed at several Mahopac parks and at Camarda Park in Carmel, with weatherproof enclosures and signage planned.
   

2. Carmel Drug Dealer, Rehab Worker Killed Customer, Buried Her In Out-Of-State Grave, Jury Finds (dailyvoice.com) — A Carmel resident has been convicted in federal court of murdering a woman inside his Carmel apartment and running a long-term drug operation based in the area. Jurors found the 63-year-old guilty of Travel Act murder and major narcotics charges, and he now faces a potential life sentence. Authorities say he later buried the victim in North Carolina before continuing to sell drugs.
   

3. Maximum Sentence After Driver Gives Infuriating Reason For Driving On Suspended License With No Insurance (patch.com) — From Carmel, Putnam County officials report that a Philipstown man has received the maximum 180-day jail sentence after repeatedly driving on a suspended license without insurance or registration. Jurors in Philipstown found him guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation and several related charges, and a judge ultimately jailed him after he skipped earlier sentencing dates and ignored a pre-sentence investigation.
   

4. Iona Prep, Suffern, Pelham top first ice hockey rankings (thetimesherald.com) — Carmel High School’s hockey team has skated into the season’s first regional rankings at No. 10, with a 4-1 record and a comeback win over Fox Lane. The list highlights how local powers like Suffern, Pelham, and Mamaroneck are shaping up early.
   

5. Alan Arkawy (1946-2025) (highlandscurrent.org) — Carmel residents are asked to honor Alan David Arkawy’s memory with donations to the Putnam Humane Society on Old Route 6. Arkawy, a longtime real estate developer and aerobatic pilot, died Nov. 1 at age 79 and is remembered for his aviation passion, photography, and storytelling. He is survived by his sister, Susan Abramson.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Carmel

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