HOME STRETCH FOR NEW TZ CONSTRUCTION

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Media received its own holiday gift mid-December: an exclusive, first-ever look at the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge, whose westbound span opens sometime this year. Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrated the completion of the eight main span towers for this 3.1-mile, $3.98 billion project. “This bridge says that when you reject […]

LOCAL STUDENTS CONDUCT INSPIRATION CLOTHING DRIVE

LOCAL STUDENTS CONDUCT INSPIRATION CLOTHING DRIVE

Winter will be a little warmer this season thanks to Alexa Hough and Sofia Coppola, third graders who decided to help others by collecting coats at Link Elementary School in New City. The 8-year-olds, accompanied by their mothers, Amy Hough and Ali Coppola, as well as Sofia’s brother, Colin, 11, personally delivered their massive collection […]

FALLON NAMED DECEMBER ROTARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH

FALLON NAMED DECEMBER ROTARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Tappan Zee High School’s Ryan Fallon was named the South Orangetown Rotary Student of the Month for December 2016. Ryan is an honor roll student who is involved with the Pep Band and is an active and integral member of TZHS’s drama ensemble, participating in the last seven shows there. He is currently completing his […]

Unsung Hero Lisa Jacobson: Nanuet Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Volunteer

Unsung Hero Lisa Jacobson: Nanuet Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Volunteer

BY BARRY WARNER The Nanuet Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary members have many responsibilities that aid the volunteer firefighters. They respond to fire calls to provide the firefighters with the liquids and nourishment needed to help maintain their strength and stamina, while they perform the difficult and dangerous duties of firefighting. They also assist the firefighters, […]

VILLAGE MAYORS FROM RAMAPO HOST CHRISTMAS TURKEY DINNERS TO GO

VILLAGE MAYORS FROM RAMAPO HOST CHRISTMAS TURKEY DINNERS TO GO

On Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18, Mayor Carl Wright of Sloatsburg and Mayor Ed Markunas of Suffern proudly hosted “Christmas Turkey Dinners To Go” lead by Korean War Veteran, Richie Jarcho, and The Veterans Angels. The Veterans Angels, a local non-for-profit group, provides service dogs to veterans at no cost for purposes of […]

SATMAR BACKLASH TO BUILDING MORATORIUM IN AIRMONT

SATMAR BACKLASH TO BUILDING MORATORIUM IN AIRMONT

The Satmar Hasidic sect brought hundreds of people to the village of Airmont board of Trustees meeting to protest the proposed building  moratorium, thereby shutting down the meeting (due to lack of space). UTA has an application to build two school buildings on the old Regesh property on Cherry Lane Road. Because it’s 20 acres, […]