Orangetown condemns Columbia for hiring terrorist; resolutions seek Boudin firing, parole denial for Bohovesky killers BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Shocked at last week’s Rockland County Times revelation that Columbia University has hired convicted, jailed and released Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin as an adjunct professor, a furious Orangetown Town Board Tuesday […]
Shelter Leaders & Town Officials Initiate Talks BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Volunteers who run Rockland County’s Hi-Tor Animal Shelter in Pomona received a warm reception Tuesday evening from the Orangetown Town Board, as the non-profit agency appears to have virtually given up in its quest to build a newer, bigger and […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Legislature held a discussion on February 26 on upcoming updates to fully-electronic record-keeping systems within the Department of Health in line with federal Medicaid protocol. Town of Orangetown Councilman and Assistant Director of MIS Application Development at Camp Venture Denis Troy presented a general overview of the project, which […]
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 […]
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Old Court Room in Town Hall, the Town of Orangetown will receive public input from residents regarding the proposed redevelopment plan of Rockland Psychiatric Center. The regular Town Board meeting will follow at 7:30 p.m. Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart recently announced a proposal to revise and […]
$4.5 Million project at Erie Street in Blauvelt BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown has agreed to maintain sidewalks and landscaping along Route 303 in Blauvelt, in exchange for having New York State completely rebuild the highway’s intersection with Erie Street in Blauvelt. The NYS Department of Transportation has […]