O&R’s Certified Arborist Mark Beamish, in cooperation with Beckerle Lumber and the Spring Valley Rotary, presented an Arbor Day education program last week that underscored the importance of healthy community tree stock at Grandview Elementary School. Beamish was joined in his presentation by Beckerle Lumber’s Larry Beckerle and Spring Valley Rotary’s Neil Winter, who is […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – A new emergency preparedness agreement reached between state and local officials and Orange & Rockland designed to enhance response time and efficiency was announced on October 29, the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. As part of a task force of local and state leaders, State Senator David Carlucci […]
O&R is scheduled to shift into “high” gear this week as helicopters are deployed to help high-voltage line technicians install new cable at the tops of 130-feet-tall electric transmission towers in Ramapo where a new $11-million electric transmission circuit is under construction. The circuit will run through the towns of Ramapo, Tuxedo, Warwick and Chester […]
PEARL RIVER, NY Aug. 5, 2013 — O&R is implementing a three-year, $35-million construction program to help reduce the frequency, number and length of electric and gas service outages suffered by O&R customers during severe storms. Pictured here, O&R crews this week are working on a $400,000 system hardening project in Monsey. O&R is replacing […]
O&R PRESS RELEASE As part of its investigation into Monday’s explosion at Nyack College, O&R used an industrial vacuum truck to uncover a section of gas service pipe from an area that appeared to have been recently excavated. A visual examination of the service pipe revealed damage consistent with the pipe being struck and pulled […]
String of gas explosions shake up Rockland BY MICHAEL RICONDA Rockland keeps exploding and O&R says each incident is unrelated. A probable natural gas explosion in one of Nyack College’s buildings late on the morning of June 4 injured eight people and required a response from emergency personnel and extensive work by Orange & Rockland […]