DEC PRESS RELEASE The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed New Planet – NY Drop-In Biofuels LLC -Waste to Fuel Facility (The New Planet Project) may have a significant adverse impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared. Two […]
UPPER NYACK – Two men and a dog were safety rescued from a cliff today after they became stuck while walking down a steep embankment, according to Clarkstown police. The rescue effort was led by volunteers of the Nyack Fire Department, who are specially-trained to conduct cliffside rescues. Police said an emergency call was received […]
Town Board undecided on remedies BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Can homeowners plant Japanese bamboo on their property, especially to form a hedge along a neighbor’s property, and then claim naivety when that bamboo invades the neighbor’s yard against their wishes? And what remedies do the offended residents have to remove the […]
PRESS RELEASE Marlin Browne (l), local representative from Spectra Energy, presented a $500 donation check to Alan Horowitz (r), board member and director of Special Projects for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps recently. “We are very grateful for the continuing support from Spectra Energy for our ambulance corps. It is important to develop and maintain […]
FROM MIDHUDSONNEWS.COM Police have solved the case of two dogs seen dead in the trunk area of an SUV at the balloon fest in Poughkeepsie last weekend. The owner of the animals, Yu Inamoto of New York City, came to the festival with his family and left the animals in the cargo area of his […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ENTERGY Buchanan – Control room operators manually shut down Indian Point unit 3 today upon observing fluctuating water levels inside a steam generator. Operators determined that one of the unit’s condensate pumps, which is part of the system that feeds water into the plant’s steam generators, automatically shut down while the unit […]