Orangeburg News

NEW CITY - As some Americans begin to deck the halls, others are finding the holidays a season of solitude and grief.

Robert and Teresa Constantino have announced the engagement of their daughter Maureen to David Stern, son of Steven and Shelley Stern, Orangeburg, N.Y. Miss Constantino graduated from Point Pleasant Borough High School and Rowan University, Glassboro, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a Master of Arts degree in public ...

A higher concrete barrier, a lower recommended speed limit and a lighted sign warning truck drivers they risk rollovers are among the key changes coming next year to the Exit 15 ramp off the northbound Thruway in Ramapo.

Tappan Zee Bridge work Thursday and Friday: No work scheduled due to the holiday.

Volunteers from at least a dozen churches filled Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School on Thanksgiving Day to feed, well, everybody.

ORANGEBURG - The concept of capturing carbon dioxide emission from factories and power plants - before it can be released into the atmosphere - and storing it has been discussed in science.

Imagine if you're renting an apartment and your landlord changed a light bulb in your room without consulting you.

ORANGEBURG: The Orangetown Town Board adopted its 2010 budget this week on a 4-1 vote, with Town Board member Michael Maturo voting no.

PIERMONT - Dozens of people entered the Reformed Church on Ferdon Avenue Saturday night and were taken back to a USO dance of the 1940s, held to brighten the spirits of American servicemen during the bleak days of World War II.

An Orangeburg lawyer with a 53-year practice has been charged with stealing more than $175,000 from two former clients whom he represented during the sale of their home in Piermont.

BLAUVELT  - Close to 50 firefighters battled a brush fire early today on Clausland Mountain.

PALISADES - Raja R. Amar started out with a single cellular phone and accessories retail store in Westchester.

ORANGEBURG - During the late 1950s and early 1960s, hundreds of young families left the Bronx and other parts of New York City to make their way to what they hoped would be a better life in Rockland.

Orangetown recently paid $72,500 to the state to settle 43 violations at its wastewater-treatment plant.

ORANGEBURG: Eight experts will address issues related to women and alcohol and other substance abuse during a roundtable program at 11 a.m. Monday in the auditorium at the Nathan Kline Institute in Orangeburg.

ORANGEBURG: Linda Rosen was named the new director of counseling programs at the Rockland Graduate Campus of Long Island University in Orangeburg.

ORANGEBURG: Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg had 16 seniors named in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

ORANGEBURG - Residents would see a 4.5 percent tax increase under the 2010 proposed budget.

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CLARKSTOWN: The district had 11 students who were named National Merit Semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Competition.