To the Editor, (July 5, 2013) – Light a candle: June was the one-year anniversary of the first request for an Issues Conference to resolve outstanding questions about United Water’s proposed Haverstraw Water Supply Project, a desalination plant to convert Hudson River water to drinking water. Since that first request was formally made to New […]
BY ELISA TAYLOR With below freezing temperatures it was hard to watch many strip down to their bathing suits and prepare to plunge into the frigid Hudson River. With chants of USA, USA these fearless participants of all ages would not be denied in their quest to help those in need. What an amazing display […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Democratic New York Senator Charles Schumer pushed for FEMA to open a second Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Rockland County, in Piermont, during a tour of the storm-ravaged village of Piermont. “The more disaster recovery centers we can have, the more money will flow to home owners, to store owners, to communities, to […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN On Tuesday, the Rockland Water Coalition gathered a large crowd together with regional environmental and local groups against United Water’s Haverstraw Water Supply Project. They met at a press conference prior to a 2 p.m. public hearing on the project held by the DEC. The project is commonly referred to as the […]
Hundreds upon hundreds of people from Stony Point and all over Rockland and the lower Hudson Valley showed up to the 13th annual Polar Plunge held noon today at the Stony Point Seawall. Here are a few pictures from the event. More photos to come.