Nyack joins communities across the country and around the world during One Day Without Shoes to bring attention to the impact that a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life.

In cooperation with TOMS Shoes, ML Gifts and Accessories is sponsoring Nyack’s first annual One Day Without Shoes campaign, asking everyone in the village to go barefoot for part of the day on April 8. ML Gifts will lead a walk from its location at 75 So. Broadway to Nyack’s Village Hall at 9 No. Broadway at 4p.

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At 8:45p Sunday evening, WABC-TV and Cablevision announced an “agreement in principal” which averted a crisis for both parties allowing the Oscars to be carried by Cablevision at 9p Sunday night.

Nyack, March 7, 12:00m — WABC-TV, New York has removed their signal from Cablevision’s lineup blacking out all of the Disney-owned station’s programming including tonight’s broadcast of the Academy Awards.

The banner headline on the station’s Website, SaveABC7.com, says “Cablevision betrays their customers again! First HGTV and Food Network, now ABC7.”

Cablevision’s Website counters: “The definition of corporate greed: ABC demanding $40 million for WABC-7.”

Just like the health care debate, the screaming obscures the facts. Until cooler heads prevail, the three million Cablevision subs in the NY metro can go to a neighbor’s house and watch the Oscars on Verizon’s FiOS, Time Warner, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network or online at ABC.com or Hulu.com.

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The developer behind 575 homes for Adult 55+ in Orangetown has withdrawn from the project. K. Hovnanian told Orangetown that their plans to build senior housing on 80 acres formerly part of the Rockland Psychiatric Center no longer made financial sense given the downtown in the economy.

Orangetown Supervisor Paul Whalen told the Journal News that Hovnanian still owes Orangetown $30,000.  “We were fortunate to get a good deal of environmental research from the Hovnanian-funded SEQRA process, which can be used for any future project,” says Orangetown Councilman Michael Maturo. “Their decision represents a short-term challenge but a long-term opportunity for us to attract a sustainable interest in the valuable property at RPC.”

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by Larry Elkin

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” reads the inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City.

But, while weather and darkness may not halt the movement of the mail, economic realities might.

The U.S. Postal Service is supposed to run itself as a self-supporting business, but the political powers that be in Washington refuse to let it face the facts of business life – especially the fact that six-day mail delivery no longer makes economic sense.

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by Bill Demarest

NYACK – Storms like this one we just went through continue to remind me about some of the things, I feel, we are very lucky for in the Village of Nyack.

Number one on the list: The Nyack DPW.

Throughout this crazy “snowicane” the Nyack DPW crews and the highway department chief could constantly be seen pushing the snow aside, even through the worst of it. Continue reading →

Nyack, Feb 20 — Having a carbon monoxide detector is no longer a good idea. As of this week, it’s the law.

Amanda’s Law requires every private residence in New York state to have a carbon monoxide detector. It’s named for an upstate teenager whose death last year was caused by a lethal CO leak from a basement boiler while she slept.

All homes built after January 1, 2008 are required to have a carbon monoxide alarm hard-wired into the building. Homes built prior to this date are permitted to have battery-powered CO alarms.

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by Bill Demarest

Rockland will receive $155,367 in federal funds to expand high-need food and shelter programs in the county. The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) grant will be administered by United Way of Rockland County.

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Rivertown Film presents Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair on Saturday 2/20 at The Nyack Center. A panel discussion featuring an eclectic group of professionals – who have a lot to say about that crowning glory – follows.

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Village Environmental Committee Seeks Members

by Richard Kavesh

In 2008 Nyack became a “Cool City,” joining thousands of other US municipalities in the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Campaign who vowed to reduce carbon emissions below 1990 levels in line with the Kyoto Protocol. Now there are opportunities for Nyack to look at local environmental issues that have the potential to create a healthier, greener village as well as potentially save taxpayer dollars.

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by Marianne Olive

This Spring, there will be a week of celebration in Nyack for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with earth friendly events and fun for the whole family.

We’re looking for exhibitors and volunteers for crafts and environmental exhibits, gardens, and alternative energy. Beekeepers, hikers, bikers, woodworkers, non motorized boaters, health, nutrition and natural remedy practitioners are welcome as well as anyone with earth friendly ideas.

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