Orangetown Gets Quick Approvals on RPC Projects BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown is suddenly making rapid progress on its decade-old plans to re-develop the sprawling 348-acre former Rockland Psychiatric Center campus it owns in Orangeburg, announcing lightening fast approvals Tuesday evening for two of its more pressing projects […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s Volunteer Emergency Services Coalition detailed their plans Tuesday for upgrading eight homes the group controls and leases to local fire, ambulance and police volunteers and their families. The plea came at a workshop meeting of the Orangetown Town Board, at which the council had sought an […]
PEARL RIVER, NY June 20, 2013 — Rockland civic and business leaders today welcomed Bloomberg L.P., the giant global financial media and information company, to the home of its new datacenter in Orangeburg with a beam-raising ceremony. Pictured here at the beam-raising, from left, are: Richard Struck, O&R Director of Economic Development; Michael DiTullo, President […]
Approximately 250 students attended the “It Can Wait” assembly held at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg on Friday, May 17. NY State Senator David Carlucci, Sgt. James Sullivan from Orangetown Police Department, AT&T and other community members were also in attendance. A moving documentary, “Last Text,” was shown which recounts stories from family members […]
State pays construction, town does maintenance BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown is partnering with the New York State Department of Transportation to extend the town’s pioneering Joseph B. Clarke Rail-Trail from Orangeburg to a new northern terminus in Blauvelt, adding another 1.6 miles to the popular recreational facility. […]
The Rockland County Health Department has issued a boil water order for a section of Orangeburg and another boil water order for sections of Piermont and Grandview. Customers are ordered to boil their water before using it for drinking or cooking purposes. Loss of pressure in a water main increases the chance that untreated water […]