Angry residents not so much BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its January 21 meeting, the Orangetown Zoning Board of Appeals continued its public hearing on the application by Anellotech, Inc, to expand its current laboratory facility—located on the Pfizer campus—to include a new 84 foot high building topped by a 15 foot “vent pipe” or “smokestack.” The […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The much-discussed “historic” blizzard predicted for the Northeast proved much milder than expected, at least for Rockland County. As the storm passed the Lower Hudson Valley region, only moderate snowfall was reported for Rockland, Westchester, Putnam and Orange Counties. According to the National Weather Service, the most affected areas […]
While initial forecasts saw as much as three feet of snow pounding the lower Hudson Valley, the much anticipated “historic Nor’Easter” hitting the area this evening and tomorrow has pushed to the east and the heaviest zone of snowfall is now expected to hit central and eastern New England. That doesn’t mean the Hudson Valley […]
Town of Orangetown Blizzard Update Monday, January 26, 2015 Dear Neighbor, As you have surely heard by now, a major blizzard will hit Orangetown over the next 36 hours. All forecasts agree that Rockland will receive a minimum of a foot of snow, and snowfall accumulations of more than two feet are possible before the snow stops around […]
Parietti and Romanowski seek to preserve ward vote invalidation BY MICHAEL RICONDA RAMAPO – Activists in the Town of Ramapo have launched another legal push toward their goal of authorizing a second vote on the question of whether or not wards should be established in Ramapo’s local elections. Ramapo Residents Robert Romanowski and Michael Parietti […]