Flames visible from Meadow Ave. in Chester, N.Y. Photo provided by Valerie Mellinger Camp Laguardia fire ‘possibly is suspicious’ The Chester Fire Department responded to a blaze at Camp Laguardia in Chester about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 19. Camp Laguardia... Police & Fire 22 Jul 2023 | 11:28
Camp LaGuardia. File photo courtesy of Robert Yasinsac and his website, Hudson Valley Ruins. Curtis Sliwa’s plan for Camp LaGuardia ‘is nothing more than cooked-up nonsense’ Reading through the New York Post’s recent article about NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa’s call to reopen Camp LaGuardia,... Letters to the Editor 25 Oct 2021 | 05:26
Schunnemunk Rail Trail - Locust Road to Clove Road, Washingtonville. This is the rail bed east of Washingtonville as it heads to Salisbury Mills. Photo by Greg Miller/Open Space Institute. Orange County and Open Space Institute to expand Rail Trail Orange County and the Open Space Institute (OSI) are working to build a new 9.8-mile trail that will span from Camp La Guardia... Local News 18 May 2021 | 12:02
Orange County will be marketing Camp LaGuardia, the former New York City-operated shelter for homeless men located in the Chester and Blooming Grove, to New York City corporations to attract them to relocate to the county. The marketing campaign will include an ad in the Wall Street Journal with an “Escape from New York” theme. File photo. ‘Escape from New York’ Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus has announced that the he will begin marketing commercial properties to New York... Local News 16 Aug 2020 | 03:59
Orange County is seeking proposals on Camp LaGuardia, the former New York City-operated shelter for homeless men. The property is about 260 acres with 85 percent of the property in the Town of Chester with the remainder in the Town of Blooming Grove. File photo. Orange County seeking RFP proposals for Camp LaGuardia property Orange County is seeking proposals from interested parties on two important county-owned properties: The former Camp LaGuardia... Local News 24 Jun 2020 | 12:06