Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
There is a lot of new things going on with the Nyacks Chamber. Last night in the Nyack Village Theatre, where their new office is located in the Woolworth's building, the Chamber unveiled their new website at their new domain name www.nyackchamber.com. Richard Quinn, owner of Rockland World … [Read more...]
The LeftOfTheHudson blog reports that Richard Quinn will be seeking the Democratic nomination as Nyack's next mayor. Quinn, owner of Rockland World Radio, says Nyack politics needs new faces and new policies. Village Trustees Denise Hogan and Marie Lorenzini have already announced that they are … [Read more...]
I got a friendly call from a woman named Sue today, who lives in Michigan, but is part of a call center for New York Blood Center. Giving blood is one of those things a lot of people think is a good idea, but it never gets to over the threshold of being easy/convenient enough to do. And there is … [Read more...]
Nyack Center held its fifth annual event honoring "Women of Leadership and Vision". The event is a fund raiser for the Center. It was a veritable who's who of local politics, proving the strong community backing for the Center. The EmCee was school Superintendent Valencia Douglas, who gave a … [Read more...]
Nyack Public Schools will present their 2009-10 proposed budget on Tues 3/17. A carefully worded announcement released by the administration made reference to today's difficult economic climate and the schools' sensitivity to taxpayers' burden. However, no word yet on how much the school tax will … [Read more...]
I was just walking down Broadway, in front of Back to Earth when I heard "I am running for Mayor". No big launching parties here, Trustee Denise Hogan is telling her friends that she has decided to give up her Village Board seat and run for Mayor. As Denise says, "everybody is coming out of the … [Read more...]
Mayor Shields has released his 2009-10 budget proposal with cuts all around designed to appease the no-new taxes crowd. Even at that, property taxes will increase almost seven percent. Cuts include No fireworks for the 4th and New Years' Pay cuts for the town attorney, clerk and building … [Read more...]
Village residents have ample opportunity, in the form of six public meetings, to be part of Nyack's budget process. This year is going to be exceptionally difficult, given significant revenue decreases. The Village is facing up to a $500,000 budget deficit, which is a huge amount considering … [Read more...]
This coming Tuesday March 10th at 7PM the Nyack Library will be holding its first in a series of book discussions focused on Hudson River topics. The first book is Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right by John Cronin and Robert Kennedy, Jr. You can … [Read more...]
Nyackers enjoyed an open conversation with Mike Nichols and Elliott Forrest at Riverspace. It was an evening reminiscing his long list of legendary films including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "The Graduate", "Catch 22", "Carnal Knowledge", and many more. And of course the plays he directed … [Read more...]
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