PRESS RELEASE FROM CUOMO Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that a $1.5 billion TIFIA loan for the bridge project to replace the Tappan Zee will move to next stage of the U.S. Department of Transportation loan process. This financing will lower tolls on the bridge below all prior projections, though the state continues to […]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced that he will be holding monthly mobile office hours in Stony Point on March 19. The evening hour-long sessions will give Hudson Valley families the opportunity to make their voices heard and bring local issues to his attention. “My duty as an Assemblyman is to represent the needs of local families in Albany,” Assemblyman […]
Statement of Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool on the report of New York State’s federal loan application moving forward: “New York State’s taxpayers will be paying more money in taxes and tolls for a Tappan Zee Bridge that does little to reduce traffic congestion, improve transit or strengthen the Hudson Valley economy in the […]
FROM www.onlocationvacations.com WARWICK—The new movie “True Story,” which is being produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company, is currently filming around Cascade Rd and Brady Rd in Warwick, NY. They are also working around Warwick County Park. The movie is based on a memoir by Michael Finkel, the former New York Times Magazine writer who learned Christian Longo, one of […]
On March 21 the Haverstraw Elks will be holding their annual Law Enforcement Awards night, where the club “honors police officers for their heroic work throughout the year.” This year the Elks are recognizing 28 officers throughout Rockland as well as two civilians, one of whom is an 8-year-old girl. I am writing to see […]
PRESS RELEASE Nyack – Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos, Malavita) and local actor/filmmaker Paul Borghese (HBO’s 61*, Malavita), team up again after their successful sold out run of their Off-Broadway production of Louis LaRusso’s Tony Award Nominated “Lamppost Reunion,” but this time with an original play by Pastore and directed by Richard Quinn. “Wild Children” will premiere in scenic Nyack […]