Parties Agree Phragmite Extermination is Not the Answer for Piermont Marsh

Parties Agree Phragmite Extermination is Not the Answer for Piermont Marsh

BY JANIE ROSMAN While the Environmental Protection Agency slashed Clean Water Revolving State Fund loans for the bridge replacement project — a decision Governor Cuomo recently appealed — last month, it allowed $29.1 million for five projects. One of these is reducing invasive species in the Piermont Marsh, whose 1,017 acres is more than one-quarter (about 275 acres) covered […]

O&R: HOLIDAYS BRING OUT SCAMMERS; CUSTOMERS BEWARE BILL PAYMENT FRAUD

The busy holiday season also unfortunately is the season of increased activity by scammers. As a result, O&R this week renewed its warning about scammers trying to steal customers’ money by posing as utility company employees. The most widespread scam is the Green Dot/ Money Pak phony-bill payment scheme. This scam is set up by […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING DISAPPROVES PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN RAMAPO

PRESS RELEASE County Executive Ed Day this week announced that the County Planning Department has disapproved proposed amendments to the Town of Ramapo’s zoning map and comprehensive plan associated with the proposed Pascack Ridge subdivision. “As I said in my Inaugural Address in January, regulating development and preserving the quality and character of our neighborhoods […]

Tappan Zee athlete signs Letter of Intent to STAC

Tappan Zee athlete signs Letter of Intent to STAC

High school athlete Jillian Lynch signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball for Saint Thomas of Aquinas College last week. Jillian presently plays for Tappan Zee High School under the tutelage of Coach Tom Cromer. Coach Cromer has sent two players on to the college level in consecutive years on scholarships. Jillian is […]

Liam finds more trouble

Liam finds more trouble

Young Liam Russell finds himself in trouble yet again. In June he was charged with stealing $300 cash from an exotic dancer at Stiletto’s in Nanuet. This time the charges are more severe. Nineteen-year-old Russell is accused of drunk driving Wednesday morning and dragging a police officer 40 yards down the road. According to Orangetown […]

What’s Happening 11/20/14

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” show dates are March 12,13,14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and matinee on March 21 at 2 p.m. at Nyack High School. Presented by the Nyack High School Drama Club. In Tomkins Cove at St. John The Divine Episcopal Church on Saturday, November 29 at […]