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Piermont is a village incorporated in 1847 in Rockland County, New York, United States. Piermont is in the town of Orangetown, located north of the hamlet of Palisades, east of Sparkill, and south of Grand View-on-Hudson, on the west bank of the Hudson River. The population was 2,510 at the 2010 census.[4] Woody Allen set The Purple Rose of Cairo, a fictional film within The Purple Rose of Cairo (1984) in Piermont.
The village's name, in earlier years known as Tappan Landing, was given by Dr. Eleazar Lord, author, educator, deacon of the First Protestant Dutch Church and first president of the Erie Railroad. It was derived by combining a local natural feature – Tallman Mountain – and the most prominent man-made feature of the village – the long Erie Railroad pier.
Hunger’s 5K Heroes will be held on Saturday, June 5th at 10 am at the Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail in Sparkill, as well as virtually. Click here to register. All proceeds to benefit food pantries in the Town of Orangetown.
The Raymond W. DeMeola VFW Memorial Post 1615 will be holding a Memorial Day observance on Sunday, May 30th, at 10 am at the Walkway of American Heroes in Orangeburg.
The Town of Orangetown Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a series of painting parties for children on Tuesdays from May 25th through June 15th. Click here to register.
Orangetown Parks and Recs are just one week from the opening of their Friday Family Movie Series. They are happy to welcome GoGo Squeez as their corporate partner this year. They will be providing some handouts at many of the movie nights! The movies at Veteran’s Memorial Park are shown on a new 16’ X 10’ outdoor movie screen with a surround sound system. The May 7th movie is Dreamwork’s The Croods: A New Age.
Movies will begin at 8:00pm in May and will run approximately 90 minutes. Tickets are $3.00 per person with a max of $15.00 per family. (same household only) Space will be limited and social distancing rules will be in place. In case of rain, the movies will be shown at a later date. Non-residents are invited to attend at a cost of $4.00 per person 2 days prior to each movie if space allows. For more information, please email recreation@orangetown.com or to register please visit here.
Supervisor Kenny hosted a drive through “Shed the Meds” event, in partnership with District Attorney Tom Walsh, Assemblyman Mike Lawler and the Orangetown Police Department. Many thanks to all who came out and disposed of old and unused medications. The event was a success, with thousands of pills taken out of cabinets and potentially off the streets and destroyed in an environmentally safe manner.
