The Queen of the Shawangunks
A Great Place - To
Live, Work and Play
The Official Web Page of the City of Port Jervis,
New York
Welcome to our city's official web site. Port Jervis, New
York, also known as the River City and the Gateway to the Upper Delaware
River is a small city located at the junction of three states, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania and at the meeting place of the Neversink and Delaware rivers. It is
beautifully situated to the east of the Appalachian plateau and at the foot of the
Shawangunk Mountains.
It has served as a transportation center for hundreds of years, first as
a stop on the Old Mine Road, the first 100-mile road in America, then as a port on the
Delaware and Hudson Canal and finally as a division center for New York and Lake Erie
Railroad. It still serves as a regional center as the area's major roadways pass through
or near it.
In many ways we are still a traditional small town that you may have
grown up in in the 1950s or 1960s. We still celebrate Arbor Day, Flag Day and read the
Declaration of Independence on July 4th. We remember our veterans on Veteran's Day and
Memorial Day and have a wonderful Fireman's parade in early July each year. We also have a
Halloween parade, a Christmas parade and a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Port Jervis is a historic town, but also looks to the future. We hope
you will visit us or locate your business here or perhaps even move here. Whatever your
goal we hope you enjoy your time in Port Jervis.
Our web page is designed with several purposes in mind. We
want to introduce you to our elected officials, both locally and regionally, to our city's
departments, boards and commissions. There is a considerable amount of material relative
to our community development programs and financial incentives for businesses that might
be thinking of relocating here. We have also included historical materials about our city,
a calendar of upcoming events, links to other web pages that are not only of local
interest but informative as well.
Finally, if I can be of any help, please call me at (845)
858-4017 or e-mail me at pjnymayor@citlink.net
It is the goal of the Lopriore-Siegel administration to make our city great again and we
need your help to do that.
Gary W. Lopriore, Mayor
Our Community's Page
This web site is our community's ongoing
chronicle. If you would like to see other topics covered, additional photographs or items
for our calendar included, please drop us a note and we will be glad to include them on
the page. Items can sent to the Office of the Mayor at 20 Hammond Street, Port Jervis, New
York 12771 - Attn: City Webmaster. The web page is updated monthly by the city's
webmaster.
Copyright © 2005 The City of Port Jervis, New York
All rights reserved. Revised:
April 13, 2005.