Orangeburg News

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Climbing Mount Rainier is a challenge: Around 50 percent of the people who try to scale the Washington state peak don't reach the top.

ORANGEBURG - Daniel Lynn is not your typical valedictorian. The Columbia University-bound student was one of around 250 who graduated from Tappan Zee High School yesterday evening, and he confessed he might not have been the most well-behaved student in his class.

ORANGEBURG - Nearly 250 students graduated from Tappan Zee High School tonight. The class salutatorian, Michael Kraus, spoke about academics in his speech.

See a collection of photographs from the Tappan Zee High School graduation at http://lohud.com/gradphotosrockland. The school is located in Orangeburg.

ORANGEBURG - 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.

ORANGEBURG - South Orangetown Schools Superintendent Kenneth Mitchell, who wrestled an armed man to the ground inside his office earlier this month, will be honored tonight by the Orangetown Town Board.

Peter Kearney's mother has a saying: "God fits the back for the burden." Kearney, a 45-year-old New York City fire captain and Orangeburg resident, has often reflected on those words during the past few years.

Over the years, Spook Rock has developed a reputation as an elite public golf course.

This is a recap of the May 26 Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan, Marie Manning, Michael Maturo and Denis Troy were present.

This month marks the end of a long but rewarding journey for six Boy Scouts from Pearl River Troop 37.

BLAUVELT - A man identified by police as a former New York City police officer entered South Orangetown Middle School this morning with a gun but was disarmed by the schools superintendent, who tackled him and wrestled the weapon away, police said.

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

ORANGEBURG - In recent memory, residents around Orangetown's river villages and several hamlets have had no nearby supermarket and have needed to travel to New Jersey or Clarkstown for their produce.

Pillars of smoke rose over four locations in Rockland yesterday to symbolize the meaning of Memorial Day.

Members of Chapter 333 of the Vietnam Veterans of America continue a 22-year-old tradition today with ceremonies honoring those who have died in service to the nation.

DMN Newswire--2009-5-28--Carl Rowatti, owner of Trutone Mastering Labs Inc., veteran mastering engineer, and master in the art of lacquer-cutting for vinyl records, has opened a new studio in his suburban 4400 sq.

ORANGEBURG: Tappan Zee High School has 78 students who were named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level advanced placement program exams.

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.

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