Public Meeting Scheduled for February 5, 2018, 7-9 p.m., Piermont Village Hall Public Comments on Draft Plan Accepted through March 1, 2018 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released the Draft Piermont Marsh Reserve Management Plan for public comment, Commissioner Basil Seggos announced Wednesday. “The Draft Piermont Marsh Reserve Management Plan recognizes the vital role […]
BY KATHY KAHN AND DYLAN SKRILOFF The Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) power line has been given the thumbs up by five Rockland County municipalities. If all goes according to plan, the underground line could begin delivering 1,000 megawatts of Canadian hydroelectric power to a converter station in Astoria, Queens by 2022. On Wednesday the towns of Stony Point, Clarkstown, Haverstraw and the villages of […]
BY BARRY WARNER More than 100 days after Hurricane Maria swept Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 nearly half of its residents, about 1.5 million people remain in the dark and it will take to the end of February 2018 to restore most power. Hard to reach rural areas will not get power until the […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! I hope that you had a great week and that you managed the bit of snow okay. Will there be more snow in the coming days or is a warm-up in store? Let’s get to the forecast! Friday: Mix of clouds and sun. High near 32° […]
Construction Temporarily Limited Due to Winter Weather Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) is scheduled to re-stripe the westbound lanes near the new bridge tonight, requiring lane closures on the northbound/westbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287). Lane closure times and locations are listed in the chart below. LANE CLOSURES NEAR THE BRIDGE DATE: CLOSURES BEGIN: CLOSURES END: LOCATION: […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NOTE – A deep background check has revealed that the landlord Mr. Hershko of Nyack is not the same man as a landlord of a similar name in Brooklyn as had been suggested by some media reports and an earlier version of this article Richard Quinn, president of Nyack Village Theater, was […]