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There is a Heat Advisory in effect…if you can, check on seniors and those with chronic health problems or mental health conditions, who are at an increased risk.

The town of Orangetown could be choosing their preferred developer tomorrow night for the massive HNA Premier Conference Center off Route 9W. Three developers have presented plans outlining potential uses for the site. Vanessa Lapins of Blauvelt spoke at a town board meeting earlier this month and indicated she preferred a project that would have limited impact on the town’s resources but still provide useful services…

Each of the three proposals offers similar combinations of a hotel and-or conference center, production studios, wellness centers and housing. Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny says once the project is selected, the developer and the town will team up to try to convince HNA it’s the right thing to do…

The former IBM Conference Center has 106 acres located in Palisades between Routes 9W and 340. An announcement is expected to be made at tomorrow night’s special town board meeting, at 7pm at town hall.

Orangetown Police are looking for witnesses to a crash in Nyack that sent a 13-year-old girl to the hospital yesterday. Captain James Brown says the incident happened just after 11 yesterday morning. A 1995 Toyota Tercel, driven by 77 year-old Shan Willson of Manhattan was traveling south on South Highland Avenue between Main Street and Depew Avenue when he struck the girl who was crossing the street. She was taken to Nyack Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. If you saw the incident and have any information call Orangetown Police at 845-359-3700. No word on any charges in the incident.

Investigators from the county, state and the federal government raided Spring Valley Village Hall yesterday afternoon, reportedly in connection with the fatal fire at a local adult home that killed one resident and a volunteer firefighter last March. Published reports said documents connected to the fire at Evergreen Court may be fraudulent. Speculation has centered on an automatic alarm at the adult home, that was perhaps faulty or intentionally disconnected at the time of the blaze, and questions have been raised over water pressure at nearby fire hydrants. We reached out to the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office, but we did not hear back. Columbian Fire Engine Company Number One firefighter Jared Lloyd died fighting the fire.

A former Spring Valley Trustee began serving his one-year jail sentence yesterday more than four years after being convicted of stealing taxpayer money. The Journal News says Vilair Fonvil could get out after eight months. Fonvil had appealed his corruption conviction and had originally been sentenced in September 2018 following his non-jury trial. He was convicted of stealing over $11,000 from a village summer camp program.