BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT On Friday September 7, the Nyack High School Marching Band participated in the ceremonial opening of the southern span of the new bridge connecting Nyack and Tarrytown. The group was bused out to the main span where organizers had erected an entire stage and seating area. From there, the band entertained […]
Public Service Announcement from New York Department of Transportation Motorists are advised that beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 23 until approximately 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, Route 45 between Maple Avenue and Columbus Avenue in the town of Ramapo in Rockland County, is expected to be closed, while crews perform bridge construction activities, weather permitting. Motorists should follow the […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Seven months after the final set of tires crossed Tappan Zee Bridge, crews began removing the first of five sections from the cantilever truss structure’s 2,415-foot main span. The process of dismantling and placing its 532-foot-long center span onto a barge began Monday evening. While boaters were advised the main span channel would be […]
To the Editor, I’m sure the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge would have never come close to passing on its own merits. There was and is no reason to change the name of the bridge! Are we going to change Tappan Zee High School to match it? Andrew Cuomo ran HUD; let him name […]
New City, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day signed a resolution authorizing the county to bond $2,300,000 to be expended towards the replacement of the Samsondale Avenue Bridge over the CSX Railroad in the Village of West Haverstraw. “Infrastructure is critical to every facet of our economic and daily life, whether it is getting […]
Reprinted “Miele’s Musing” from Armand Miele’s book “Born Minus” What are we waiting for? From Rockland County to JFK Airport, with traffic, used to take no more than 35 minutes. Today with roads clogged by commuter traffic it takes close to two hours. Imagine the waste and cost for fuel and tolls, the work time […]