BY JANIE ROSMAN The new TZ Bridge project is causing some interesting ramifications downstream in Piermont. An agreement between the state — Thruway Authority and the DEC — and Riverkeeper, Inc., and Scenic Hudson, Inc. in March 2013 included extensive environmental protective measures and mitigation funding to protect the river and minimize other impacts during […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the conservative Chiaroscuro Foundation revealed New York has been inconsistent in its inspections of abortion providers, with some locations experiencing no oversight whatsoever in the past decade. The data revealed out of 25 providers, eight had not been inspected between 2000 and 2012. Five […]
Part Three: 2007—2014 BY CHERYL SLAVIN The death knell sounded for the Lovett Power Plant in 2006. Judge Thomas Dickerson, in deciding the fair market value for the plant, found that Lovett was both functionally and economically obsolete. “It would cost more to reconstruct (Lovett) than it would to build an equivalent and more efficient modern […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA As Congressional elections in November draw closer, House Candidate Chris Day is reporting steady progress in his campaign against incumbent Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District, as he continues to drum up local support from Rockland and Westchester residents. Day explained to the Rockland County Times he had […]
Katherine Newhoff of East Islip on Long Island captured the high school girls 5,000-meter title at the third annual Nyack Racewalks, held April 6 at the NyackHigh School track. The meet was organized and sponsored by Rockland track officials Debbie and Shawn Frederick of Nyack, with the support of USA Track & Field, Park Racewalkers […]
The Town of Ramapo announced Tuesday that the New York State Public Service Commission has scheduled two public hearings on United Water New York Inc.’s pending request to increase the company’s base rates by 28.9 percent, to provide it with additional revenues of about $213 million dollars beginning June 1, 2014 ending May 31, 2015. […]