Nyack welcomes another new eatery—with a twist BY KATHY KAHN Love craft beers, specialty deli items or just need to pick up a container of milk? Dawn Herschko and Harvey Weissman have combined all of that and more at their new home away from home on South Broadway. The Playhouse Market, which was vacant for […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN President Barack Obama was in Tarrytown Wednesday to talk money and infrastructure, and where better than at the Hudson River’s three-mile-span. “Behind me is the old Tappan Zee Bridge, the longest bridge in New York,” Obama said in his 16-minute speech at Sunset Cove Restaurant near the familiar backdrop. “At times you can see […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA HAVERSTRAW – A memorial dedicated to Haverstraw residents who served in World War II has been in place for some time in Haverstraw Bay Memorial Park, but now there will be a tangible reminder of the identities of the men who made the ultimate sacrifice. A bronze memorial plaque which lists the […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Stony Point NY Rising Reconstruction Committee held its final public engagement meeting last week, thus completing the mission it had set out upon almost a year ago: to identify and assess disaster damage sustained over the course of three high intensity storms and come up with solutions for the Town to “build […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its May 6 meeting the North Rockland Central School District held the final public hearing on its completed proposed budget for the 2014-2015 year. The proposed budget of $208,323,157 represents a 0.97 percent increase over last year. The proposed tax levy totaling $137,834,268 represents an increase of 0.25 percent, or about […]
Bomb squad responds to false alarm in Congers A suspicious package in Congers prompted a response from the county’s bomb squad, but was ultimately deemed to be harmless. The package was discovered on Route 303 at around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. After being notified, local police inspected the item and called the bomb squad as […]