Week Ending April 24th, 2020 E-Newsletter
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Town of Orangetown Update
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We are nearing the end of week five of extreme measures of social distancing - school buildings, gyms, nail and hair salons, department stores, shopping malls, barber shops, libraries, furniture stores, etc....have had their doors closed and our delis, restaurants and pizzerias have had to resort to deliveries, curbside pickups or temporarily closing. Thankfully, our supermarkets, pharmacies and grocery stores remain open.
Thank you to everyone for putting your best foot forward - we are in this together!
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Cloth Masks for Senior/Immunocompromised Citizens
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Good News for our Senior and Immunocompromised residents. The State of New York is sending cloth masks to Orangetown for those who need them most.
We are issuing one mask per person (they are cloth, so they are washable) Pick up is available at the Town Clerks Office. Please call (845) 359-5100 x 5004 and schedule an appointment. You must give them your name and address to receive a mask.
For those who live in the following places, please reach out to your point of contact:
Village of Nyack, Village of Piermont, Esplanade, Thorpe Village, Dowling Gardens, Venture, Pearl River Senior Club A, The Promenade and Bright View.
If you have any questions, you can call the Supervisors Office at (845) 359-5100 x 2293 or feel free to email the Supervisor.
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Town of Orangetown Virtual 5K
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Not sure how many of have heard, but The Town of Orangetown and Supervisor Teresa Kenny have come up with a fun and interesting fundraiser in these tough and trying times.
We've arranged a Virtual 5K Race, to be completed between May 1st and May 17th.
What's unique about this event is that participants can run (or walk) the 5K on any route and time of their choice within the specified time frame.
Run/walk with friends if you wish - just observe stipulated Social Distancing Rules.
For those who don't want to participate in the event, there is an opportunity to be a part of this event otherwise. For a $ 100 donation, you'll get your name (personal or business) printed on the back of the t-shirt which will be supplied to all participants.
And most importantly all net proceeds will go towards keeping our food pantries fully stocked for the many families who need some help at this time. We really appreciated any help you can give us with this fundraiser. Thank you.
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Houses of Worship
Click
here for a list of On-Line Streaming of Religious Services being offered in Orangetown.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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For your safety - as a pedestrian you should be facing traffic. When cycling, legally, you must be with traffic.
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Pet of the Week
This is Rory, adopted by Supervisor Kenny’s family from a local rescue group at one year old. At first, she was a ball of energy but she quickly settled in and now, three years later, she is one of the family! She is a loving, sweet girl and the Kenny family cannot imagine life without her! Adopt don’t shop!
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Open for Take Out
Many thanks to Joe Rand for putting together this list for all of us.
Looking to see who is open for take out? Click
here.
And please -
If you do opt for delivery, try and order it directly from the restaurant/deli directly. Apps such as GrubHub, DoorDash, Seamless and Eat24, costs you and the restaurant money.
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What's going on with DMV
In accordance with NYS Executive Order No. 202.8, DMV field offices, road test sites, and Traffic Violations Bureaus are closed, and certain DMV services are temporarily unavailable. Many expiration dates, including Licenses and registrations expiring March 1st or later have been extended until further notice.
For further information, please click
here
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Earth Day
A huge shout out to Deborah Stuhlweissenburg, Don Lennon and Billy Jolly for cleaning up our streets and exit/entrance ramps of the Palisades Parkway. The above pictures are just a few of the bags they have collected over these last couple of weeks. If everyone could grab a bag when they go for a walk, and pick up just a small amount of litter, collectively the streets of Orangetown will be that much cleaner.
History of Earth Day:
Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes.
Now, the fight for a clean environment continues with increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more and more apparent every day.
As the awareness of our climate crisis grows, so does civil society mobilization, which is reaching a fever pitch across the globe today. Disillusioned by the low level of ambition following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and frustrated with international environmental lethargy, citizens of the world are rising up to demand far greater action for our planet and its people.
The social and cultural environments we saw in 1970 are rising up again today — a fresh and frustrated generation of young people are refusing to settle for platitudes, instead taking to the streets by the millions to demand a new way forward. Digital and social media are bringing these conversations, protests, strikes and mobilizations to a global audience, uniting a concerned citizenry as never before and catalyzing generations to join together to take on the greatest challenge that humankind has faced.
2020 marks the
50th anniversary of Earth Day
. In honor of this milestone, Earth Day Network is launching an ambitious set of goals to shape the future of 21st century environmentalism
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Rebus Puzzles - how good are you? First Rebus is for children and the second one is for adults!
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REBUS STRATEGIES
Here are a few things to look for when solving this type of puzzle:
1. Word position.
If a word is over or under another word, or if one word is within another word, then that probably has something to do with the solution.
2. Color.
If a word is a different color than the others (or even just a different color from black) that might be a clue.
3. Size.
If the word is unusually large or small.
4. Quantity.
If a word or letter is repeated, then there is a probably a number involved in the solution.
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The Town Clerk's Office is open and available to help with your town needs, Monday through Friday 9am - 5pm.
If you absolutely need to come to Town Hall, we ask that you wear a face mask when entering the building.
The office is available to process Marriage Licenses, Handicap Permits, Dog Licenses, Fishing Permits, Vital Records, etc....
For more information on what is available at the Town Clerk's office, please click
here
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Thanking you in advance for your cooperation during these difficult times. "We'll get through this together!"
Respectfully,
Rosanna Sfraga
Town Clerk
Town of Orangetown
26 Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962
(845) 359-5100 x 5004
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The building department is open from 8AM to 4PM Monday through Friday, however the actual building is closed to the public until further notice and we are working with limited staffing.
OBZPAE is accepting building permit applications and Land Use Board Applications. We will continue to review applications. Building Permits will be issued when construction is permitted to start.
There is a drop-off box at the building department main door that is checked daily.
If possible, please put in an envelope with the owner’s name and property address.
For more information on what is available at the Building Department, please click
here.
Jane Slavin, RA.
Director
Office of Building, Zoning, Planning, Administration and Enforcement
Town of Orangetown
20 Greenbush Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962
(845)359-8410 x4302
(845)359-8526
fax
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From book discussions to local history to yoga to trivia to tech help to all things kids, we are expanding our online content each week.
Please follow the link to our calendar showing all upcoming May events. Each entry has a direct link to registration and most of the events are done via Zoom.
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REMINDER:
ORANGETOWN REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS FOR MAY 5th and MAY 19th.
THEY WILL BE HELD AT 5:30PM.
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I hope you found this newsletter not only informative, but entertaining as well. We want you all to know that we are hard at work during this pandemic and are only a phone call away, should you need us.
When we come through this pandemic, we would like to acknowledge, honor and remember EVERYONE who worked on the front lines to help Orangetown through these terrible days.
We are in the "talking" stages of putting together a parade to celebrate all. We already have an established parade route in town and hopefully it would help ease the pain of not having our annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade or the Memorial Day Parades. Stay tuned!
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