BY JANIE ROSMAN The new TZ Bridge project is causing some interesting ramifications downstream in Piermont. An agreement between the state — Thruway Authority and the DEC — and Riverkeeper, Inc., and Scenic Hudson, Inc. in March 2013 included extensive environmental protective measures and mitigation funding to protect the river and minimize other impacts during […]
Part Three: 2007—2014 BY CHERYL SLAVIN The death knell sounded for the Lovett Power Plant in 2006. Judge Thomas Dickerson, in deciding the fair market value for the plant, found that Lovett was both functionally and economically obsolete. “It would cost more to reconstruct (Lovett) than it would to build an equivalent and more efficient modern […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA As Congressional elections in November draw closer, House Candidate Chris Day is reporting steady progress in his campaign against incumbent Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District, as he continues to drum up local support from Rockland and Westchester residents. Day explained to the Rockland County Times he had […]
O&R has donated $5,000 to help underwrite the costs associated with renovations to the Youth Activity Lounge on the first floor of the Rockland County YMCA’s building on Broadway in Nyack. O&R’s support, together with the support of many individuals and businesses, has enabled the YMCA to create and equip a new Youth and Teen […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA PEEKSKILL – Rabbi Hirschel Jaffe has reason to be thankful this passover season, as the “Running Rabbi” known for his participation in charity marathons and advocacy for cancer patients has once again overcome his biggest foe. Jaffe, who grew up and received his bar mitzvah in Spring Valley, was recently named a […]
A 5-year-old terrier mix, Scottie was found as a stray in Stony Point. He is a large, predominantly white dog with patches of brindle. He has intense jet black eyes and short ears typical of his breed. He is tolerant of normal handling and would be happiest in a home with children older than 13. […]