Blink and You’ll Miss It

This past week’s Orangetown Town Board meeting was one of the quickest meetings in recent memory

On the evening of February 24th the board of Orangetown met to discuss various appointments and approvals. Paul Valentine led the board in Teresa Kenny’s absence through a quick meeting totaling just 14 minutes, with some calling it a record. Among the agenda items were announcements regarding future public hearings, approving the 2026 highway department open house, and approving the lending of assistance to the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Pearl River. 

Parents of unemployed teens will be excited to learn that applications for positions as a town camp counselor are open until March 13th. Visit orangetown.gov for further information.

A public hearing is to be held on March 10 on a proposed amendment to Chapter 14, Article V of the town code concerning the use of fees for electronic conversion and storage of land use records. Another public hearing is to be held on March 24 to consider a watercourse diversion for 622 Rt 303 in Blauvelt. 

The town of Orangetown has passed a resolution regarding the purchase of land where the old Children’s Psychiatric Center used to be. The purpose of the resolution is to inform the State of New York, the land’s current owners, of the town’s desire to make use of it through the building of a community center. This area of Orangetown is also home to the South Orangetown Little League fields as well as a JP Morgan & Chase owned data center. 

The town of Orangetown has authorized the Orangetown Highway Department to host its annual open house at their facility at 1199 Route 303 in Orangeburg. The open house is always a fun day out for the family. Kids are invited to see and go inside various Highway Department trucks like construction vehicles and snow plows. 

The town of Orangetown has approved the Highway, Parks, and Police departments to assist Pearl River for their annual St. Patrick’s Day parade taking place on Sunday, March 22nd from 11am to 5pm. The assistance being lent includes putting up barricades, trash/recycling bins, a sound system, message board, and of course the painting of the green stripe. The cost of this assistance is to be shared with the Ancient Order of Hibernians. 

The meeting was adjourned in the memory of Patricia Anne Gangemi, the mother of Parks Department employee Andrew Gangemi, Pearl River resident John Keahon, and John “Jack” Mauro, former Pearl River resident, Korean War veteran, and retired Orangetown Highway Department employee.