A Family Utility, Up on the Roof Published in the NY Times: March 26, 2008 WITH the price of oil at historical highs and concerns about energy security and global warming intensifying, many people are looking for ways to make a personal contribution to cutting oil imports and shrinking carbon … [Read more...]
Agenda items for Village Board Meetings
I moved to Nyack nearly three years ago and love living here. One thing I find vexing, however, is how important matters come up before the Village Board with very little or no notice to the public. The most recent example of this was regarding changing village regs about dogs being off-leash in … [Read more...]
RiverSpace – The Next Step?
The other side of "If you build it, they will come" is: "I threw a party and nobody showed up". RiverSpace should be lauded for its attempts at self-subsidization. And the Village of Nyack should certainly take a long, hard look at any proposal that might contribute to a solution to its own … [Read more...]
Tappan Zee Express – Distress
Have you been left out in the cold by the route change on the TZ Express? The Clinton Ave & Main Street stop is no more. But unless you are a regular commuter that commutes during regular times hearing about it from the regulars, you might have been left out in the cold. Literally. I know at … [Read more...]
Village of Nyack budget process
The Village of Nyack is about to go through its budget process, so if you are interested where your money goes, try to show up, especially the first meeting where the budget will be reviewed line by line. There are six meetings, all at 6pm: March 11; March 25; April 1; April 14; April 22; April … [Read more...]
Riverspace Development Plans
On Monday, March 3, 2008, Riverspace held a public meeting to discuss a proposal to develop the downtown "superblock" currently occupied by the building on Main Street holding the theatre and businesses, the M&T building, and all the parking owned by the Village of Nyack. The project is at the … [Read more...]
Tappan Zee Plans should include Train Service
Re: today's column by Bob Baird in the Journal News. I have lived in Nyack for almost three years. For the first two and a half of those years, I toughed out the commute to SoHo from the Nanuet NJ Transit/Metro North train station. Yes, I tried the bus too. But for the most part (barring Amtrak … [Read more...]
New to Nyack Group
There is a group call "New to Nyack" for those that have recently moved to the area. It's a great way to make new friends and find out what is going on in the community. We've made some of our best friends through the group. There is a monthly pot luck get together usually at somebody's … [Read more...]
Why are TZ Express changes one of Nyack’s Best Kept Secrets?
Last week, I waited in vain for the 10:04 Tappan Zee Express bus to arrive at the corner of Main Street and Cedar by the clock in downtown Nyack. It never came. And I waited for 30 mins, in the cold, confused and frustrated. Until another TOR driver told me the stop had moved one block away two … [Read more...]
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