Orangetown to Revitalize Downtown Pearl River

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown plans to revitalize the downtown business district in Pearl River starting later this year, and will kick off the campaign with a public information meeting on the project next Tuesday, Sept. 4. The meeting, which is open to everyone, will begin at 6:15 […]

Orangetown to Prosecute Neglectful Homeowners

High Grass is a Violation, Not a Right BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown has decided to proceed with violation notices against the owners of four residential properties in the township in which homeowners are accused of not mowing their lawns or allowing their yards to become weed gardens or otherwise unattractive […]

Orangetown Cops Get New Contract

5-year pact averages 2.4 percent annual increase BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A reluctant Orangetown Town Board has approved a new five year contract with the town’s Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, granting an average 2.4 percent pay hike annually through 2015 and keeping all existing benefits in place including pensions, overtime, personal and […]

County of Rockland Cooling Centers: June 20-22, 2012

Clarkstown: Town of Clarkstown designated cooling centers for Town residents. The Town of Clarkstown Community Centers are open and available for
residents to use as cooling centers during the normal operating hours. Central Nyack Community Center 58 Waldron Avenue Central Nyack  (845) 358-2500 Hours of Operations M-F 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. to […]

Veterans Get Special Honors in Orangetown

Veterans Get Special Honors in Orangetown

Street Plaque Project Seeks Additional Information BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown’s unique method of honoring its war dead of the past two centuries is growing in popularity and recognition, and now involves several different agencies of town and county government, along with veterans organizations and local historians who […]

Supervisor Andy Stewart Says Shifting Costs to Towns Does Not Benefit the Taxpayer

Open letter from Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart to county lawmakers Dear Mr. Vanderhoef and Rockland County Legislators, I write to register my objection to the cost-shifting of county-controlled programs to the Towns, and specifically to Orangetown. There is no policy logic to these cost shifts; they are proposed merely because state law permits it. In […]