Orangetown Seeks Input on Hospital Development; Public Comments Sought on RPC at Tuesday Meeting

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown will seek public comment Tuesday on its plans to re-develop the 350-acre former campus of the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg. The town purchased the mostly vacated campus of the state psychiatric hospital more than a decade ago, and has been trying to […]

TIMELINES 2/21/13

Pearl River Teen Killed in Car Collision A car collision late in the evening of February 12 claimed the life of Thomas Argenti, 18, a former football and lacrosse player for Pearl River High School and student at Rockland Community College. Argenti, , was killed when his car collided with an SUV near East Kinney and […]

State Legislators Hold Joint Legislative Hearing on Cuomo’s Budget Proposal

State Legislators Hold Joint Legislative Hearing on Cuomo’s Budget Proposal

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Valley Cottage – State legislators representing various districts in Rockland County invited local municipal, business, and nonprofit leaders to the Valley Cottage Library on February 14 for a joint session to discussing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal. State Legislators in attendance included Senator David Carlucci, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Assemblyman James Skoufis, Assemblywoman […]

Raise the Roof Event Set for Thiells United Methodist Church

Raise the Roof Event Set for Thiells United Methodist Church

Members of the Thiells United Methodist Church have scheduled the Greatest Little Vendor Fair In Rockand County for March 9(rain/snow date March 16) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit the Closet Thrift Shoppe, which has been closed several months since Hurricane Sandy came along. Ann Dacre, Maureen Strongin and Carol Anderson are heading […]

Palisades to Get $75,000 Oak Tree Road Sidewalk

Orangetown Commits to Long-Awaited Project BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s Town Board and Palisades residents came to an agreement Tuesday evening to spend about $75,000 of taxpayer funds to construct a new quarter-mile-long sidewalk along Oak Tree Road in that community’s quaint rural hamlet center. The proposal was one of five […]