Politics & Government

Pearl River School Board, Orangetown Zoning Board Meet This Week

Check out the calendar and find an opportunity to nurture our institutions, protect our freedoms and help lead our leaders close to home.

PEARL RIVER, NY — John Adams famously wrote, "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … and a desire to know."

There are plenty of upcoming chances to help tend to our democracy close to the roots. Two public meetings are scheduled for this week that affect Pearl River.

The Pearl River Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the District Administration Building.

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The Orangetown Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Greenbush Auditorium. On the agenda: variances for the St. Thomas Aquinas site plan and single-family properties.

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