Supervisor Stewart yet to concede, but appears defeated. Council will likely be 5-0 GOP BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown Republicans racked up their biggest victory in decades Tuesday, sweeping every single position in Rockland County’s southernmost township and apparently defeating incumbent Democratic Supervisor Andrew Stewart in the process. Due to a narrow […]
Council refuses to pass resolution that would allow town to exceed 2 percent limit, if necessary BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board agreed to disagree on next year’s property taxes Tuesday evening and will continue to debate the matter until the deadline approaches in mid-Novermber. Supervisor Andrew Stewart, a […]
Jobs, staffing, composting top Tuesday Agenda BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board was pleased with itself three weeks ago when it announced that it would keep its property tax increase to only 1.9 percent next year, meaning the town would just barely skirt New York State’s mandate to keep […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s Town Board happily announced Tuesday that the long-awaited sidewalk project for Route 340 in Orangeburg and Sparkill will finally get built, after nearly a decade in the planning stage. The board’s only regret in making the announcement at a regularly scheduled workshop meeting was that the chief proponent […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES By all accounts, Brian Kenny is one of the most competent but unassuming and unknown public officials working for the Town of Orangetown. And, by his account, one of the most unappreciated. He has never received a pay increase since he was hired in 1995 Brian Kenny is […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Campaigning for this fall’s election in Orangetown got off to a roaring startTuesday when Republican supervisor candidate Walter Wettje accused incumbent Democratic Supervisor Andrew Stewart of misusing town e-mail lists to solicit support for his private campaign events including a golf tournament and a barbeque. Stewart, a first […]