Orange County Legislature Delivers Brief Holiday Session
Orange legislators rushed through 27 items in 45 minutes in a record quick session. They renamed two election commissioners to four year terms, approved a federal grant for canal park purchase, pledged private funds, renewed the county legal aid contract, set a public hearing for reapportionment, and closed with a holiday greeting to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Gloria Barron
Henry G. Parry
Highland Falls
R-14
Frank P. Pikul
William V. Kain
Robert DeLong
Newburgh
R-17
Board of Elections
DeLong
Herbert J. Fabricant
Monroe
R-1
Rules Committee
Kain
Pikul
Louis V.mills
Cuddebackville
Orange County Citizens Foundation, Inc
James H. Ottaway
Orange County Legal Aid Society
Fabricant
Vincent Brown, Jr
Warwick
R-3
Meadow Hill Nativity pageant returns to Meadow Hill lawn
Meadow Hill resident Mrs. Stephen O Beirne prepares for the sixth annual Nativity pageant to be staged on her front lawn with two Dec. 22 performances. More than 600 neighbors may attend as her husband and Crystal, his daughter in law, play Joseph and Mary respectively. Neighbor volunteers supply lights, props, and the papier mache animals. O Beirne handles producer director stage manager and sewing duties since October and aims to remind crowds the holiday centers on the birth of Christ. She has long involvement in community theater and recalls a 1962 Oklahoma role. The halo costume uses styrofoam and metal hangers. she plans to roam the audience during performances to gauge reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen O’beirne
Paddock Place
Meadow Hill
O’beirne
Joseph
Crystal
Mary
Newburgh
Stephen O’beirne Sr
Ron Rosenberg
Middletown UDC housing may boost Third Ward voting power
A RECAP official says two UDC housing projects in Middletown’s Third Ward could amplify lower income voters’ influence. If the Monhagen Avenue site is approved, up to 650 residents in government housing may reside in the ward, totaling about a quarter of voters alongside Summitfield and College Hill. Community leaders note minority voters often abstain but could change turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Urban Development Corporation
UDC
William Green
RECAP
Regional Economic Community Action Program
Summitfield
Joseph Ward
Monhagen Avenue
Corporation
College Hill
Monhagen
Sharon Rose
David Moore Heights
Sullivan County College price climbs to fourteen million
The Sullivan County Community College project in Loch Sheldrake has grown to 14,062,252, up nearly four million from initial funding. County supervisors added 353,640 for instruction while contending changes in construction plans and a depleted contingency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County College
Monticello
Sullivan County
Board of Supervisors
Richard Grego
College Board of Trustees
State University
Loch Sheldrake
Grego
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Ly Humphrey S. Tyler
Christ
New York
Edward Darrell Stone
Mamakating
Dennis Greenwald
Milton Levine
Fallsburg
Stone
Stone’s
Sullivan College
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