Blauvelt News

Woodside : That's it! The next time Derek Jeter swings at the first pitch with bases loaded and the tying run on third, I'm calling his mother.

While praise for Ken Mitchell has reached as far as the U.S. Senate, last night at Orangetown Town Hall the local community had its chance to recognize him and the Orangetown police for their heroic work.

On June 9,the Orangetown Police Emergency Dispatch Center responded to a report of an armed intruder holding a hostage at South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt.

Even in bucolic Blauvelt, a private college community of some 2,000 students, crime can occur.

NEW CITY - A former New York City police officer accused of holding a schools superintendent at gunpoint last week because he was angry about a swine flu letter pleaded not guilty this morning to a list of felony charges against him.

Tue, Jun 16, 2009 The former New York City policeman who stormed into a suburban middle school with a gun had to sort through body parts after 9/11 and suffers from post-traumatic stress, his attorney said Tuesday.

BLAUVELT - Flanked by state, local and school officials, South Orangetown school district Superintendent Ken Mitchell received awards and praise at a ceremony today honoring his actions on Tuesday.

Jun 12, 2009 3:47 pm US/Eastern WHITE PLAINS The New York state attorney general says a suburban college underreported campus crime for several years, putting its students at risk.

BLAUVELT: Sgt. Maj. Jaime Mendez of the U.S. Army and his wife, Joy, visited fourth-graders in Denise Caunitz's class at Cottage Lane Elementary School.

No one was injured at South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt, a bedroom community and hamlet of Orangetown about 20 miles north of New York City, authorities said.

Emergency responders are converging on a suburban New York City school where shots were reportedly fired.

This year's guest speaker will be the Rev. Donald Hoover of the Tappan Dutch Reformed Church.

It's been years in the making, but plans to revamp the intersection of Route 303 and Erie Street are moving forward.

On Memorial Day, Murphy Court in Blauvelt was dedicated in memory of our son, Lt.

A man approached two young students Tuesday afternoon on Cobble Place in Blauvelt and tried to coax them to come with them into the woods, Orangetown police said.

Here's a recap of the May 11 Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan, Marie Manning and Denis Troy were present.

An Orangeburg firefighter suffered minor injuries yesterday during a fire at a plastics company that damaged some bins but left the building intact.

Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, a Marine test pilot, will be honored in a ceremony on Memorial Day.

BLAUVELT - In a light rain Thursday, steelworkers added panels to the side of a building shell along Route 303 and masons laid a new concrete foundation.

ORANGEBURG - When Victor Woolworth crossed the stage in front of Dominican College's Hennessy Center yesterday, he took the final steps of his undergraduate studies with a great sense of pride and yet a lingering sense of sadness.