On Saturday, January 10 the Orangetown community gathered to bid farewell to the county’s oldest known tree. Located in Sparkill, the 350-year-old White Ash Tree-once considered the largest champion white ash-had been struggling over the past decade. Dead for the past two years, it was finally removed Saturday. Many will remember the former Tony’s Lobster […]
Orangetown to discuss Pointe at Lake Tappan Tuesday BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A long-delayed upscale senior citizen condominium project planned for the shores of Lake Tappan in Pearl River is apparently back on the agenda again, after years of delays. The massive housing development, the largest ever constructed in Orangetown, has been […]
John Margolies is Rockland County’s newest Eagle Scout, a member of the top 4 percent of all Boy Scouts. John Margolies of Troop #78 was feted at an Eagle Court of Honor held at Temple Beth Shalom where his Eagle project was situated. John’s project included restoring the pergola outside of the temple that had […]
Mega Jackpot is largest ever claimed in New York Lottery history The New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega this week presented a Mega-sized ceremonial prize check to Harold Diamond, 80, of Wurtsboro, Sullivan County. The retired Elementary School Principal was the sole winner of a $326 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on November 4, 2014. Vega […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At a joint meeting of the Stony Point Planning and Town Boards last Thursday evening, a standing room only crowd listened intently to a presentation from New Planet Energy about its proposal to build a waste to biofuel plant on the former Kay Fries site. The public also had a limited opportunity […]
Haverstraw set to demolish two Letchworth buildings BY CHERYL SLAVIN At least two of the crumbling buildings located on the Haverstraw section of the Letchworth Village property will finally be demolished, thanks in part to the recent award of state money through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA). The award is part of the annual distribution of […]