May 17, 2012

Let My Puppy…Go!

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Nyack dog owners, frustrated by the ban on off-leash pets in Memorial Park, may soon have a safer, fenced in area to romp, sniff and doo those things they do. The Nyack Parks Conservacy is working with South Nyack officials about opening a dog run at the Elizabeth Street Park by the Thruway in South … [Read more...]

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Nyack School District Needs To Impose a Base Pay Wage Freeze

It seems likely that New York State will pass some sort of property tax cap this year. A recent poll showed that 78% of the New Yorkers favor a tax cap. The New York School Boards Association and the New York State Unified Teachers Union (NYSUT) believe they have the political muscle to quash the … [Read more...]

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Taking the Bumps Out of the TZB Grind

With 97 percent of the deck panels now replaced, long suffering Tappan Zee Bridge commuters are beginning to see some relief. "The work has to be done — the deck is very, very bad — but our priority always is to minimize any inconvenience to the public and I think we have done that," the … [Read more...]

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Insights on Nyack’s Housing Market

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How's the housing market doing in Nyack?  Ask Nancy Blaker Weber.  She is an associate broker at Nyack's Prudential Rand office.  She has been in the community for 32 years, was Mayor 2000-2002, and a Trustee for three terms before that. Fortunately, the market in Nyack is somewhat insulated … [Read more...]

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TZXBus.com Includes More, and Less

TZXBus.com has been updated to include the arrival and departure times of trains and buses at the Tarrytown Metro North station. Previously, this page only showed you when a bus left your neighborhood bus stop and when the connecting train arrived at Grand Central. TZXBus.com is an interactive … [Read more...]

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As Others See Us: Starbucks, A Chair and an AP Story

Update: The NYT's chimes in today with an article from their Our Towns column about the Nyack Starbucks and Fleming Taylor. Nyack's Starbuck's is in the national news because of a chair -- and a homeless man who passed away last week. A story about the untimely death of Fleming Taylor, who … [Read more...]

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Riverkeeper Argues for Clean Water before the Supreme Court

Local environmental group Riverkeeper will argue a case before the Supreme Court regarding the Clean Water Act and the EPA’s use of cost-benefit analysis for power plant upgrades on Tuesday, December 2. Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. will determine whether the federal government is … [Read more...]

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