By Bill Demarest ORANGEBURG – After more than two days of intense efforts by hundreds of volunteers, fire officials said Saturday afternoon that the sprawling brush fire that tore through the woods of Clausland Mountain is just about over. Firefighters from Orangeburg and neighboring volunteer fire departments are checking the woods for a few remaining […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Just prior to its regular session last Wednesday, the Rockland County Legislature held a brief but moving ceremony to honor Rockland resident and army veteran Alan Moskin for his service during World War II. During the ceremony Moskin, whose unit helped liberate the Gunskirchen death camp in Austria, met Legislator Aron Weider’s […]
Other issues: School Bond vote scheduled for November 19; CHPE EIS hearing set for November 18; NY Rising meeting set for November 20 and Supervisor Finn assails alleged incompetence of Joe Abate’s replacement in county government BY CHERYL SLAVIN After several weeks of deliberations and public hearings, the Stony Point Town Board passed the Town’s […]
By Bill Demarest Massive firefighting effort gets sprawling blaze under control ORANGEBURG – The brush fire that has torn through the slopes of Clausland Mountain since Thursday afternoon is expected to continue to burn over the weekend, but fire officials say that a massive firefighting effort involving more than 150 volunteers has the blaze under […]
Flames creep toward Orangeburg houses, embers hit homes on Tweed Boulevard BY BILL DEMAREST CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN – The brush fire that swept up the west side of Clausland Mountain all afternoon and night on Thursday this morning began to threaten homes on both sides of the mountain. Orangeburg volunteer firefighters were called out early this […]
The grand marshal of the 2014 Rockland County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River is Jim McDonnell of Stony Point. In addition to serving as councilman and former zoning board chairman in his town, McDonnell is well known for being “involved with everything Irish,” according to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, sponsors of the […]