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CoreyToons: Welcome To The Future Haverstraw Bay

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:00:23 +0000

By Lee Corey United Water hopes to build a desalination plant at Haverstraw Bay on the Hudson River.

Who Will Stop the Tappan Zee Bridge-doggle?

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:58 +0000

by Cap’n Transit Last week the Federal Highway Administration released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction project. This is big news because it finds, in the words of an Associated Press writer, "no ecology obstacles" to the plan. However, lots of people who submitted statements in favor of transit on the bridge were frustrated because the project leaders refused to do more than build a car bridge that "will not preclude transit.

As Others See Us: Tappan Zee Bridge Storefront For Sale

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:05:21 +0000

StreetsBlog is running a caption contest for one of the empty storefronts in Nyack. Like many small businesses with a "For Sale" sign in the window, this shuttered storefront started with high hopes and ended with broken dreams.

TZB: Damn the Environment, Full Speed Ahead

Dave — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:25:05 +0000

Without Fed Funding, Tappan Zee Tolls Could Be $16

By Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 27 — The NYS Department of Transportation released the Tappan Zee Bridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) this week and found no reason to change Governor Cuomo’s aggressive plan to start construction in 4Q 12.

Proposed Parking Plan Will Pay For Street Cleanup, Mayor Says

Dave — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:05:55 +0000

Nyack, Jan 26 --On Saturday and Sunday mornings after the bars close, Nyack's sidewalks are a mess, covered in cigarette butts, litter -- and worse. Nyack's Village Board is considering a revised parking plan that would generate revenue to clean up the streets while also giving the evening restaurant business a shot in the arm. The Village Board will hold a Workshop Meeting tonight at 6:30p to discuss changing the current 11a-9p parking hours to 11a-6p and 11p-6a.

Pets Are Collateral Damage In Rock Co Budget

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:15:38 +0000

Rockland County has set high standards for the care of lost pets who find their way to the county animal shelter. But budget cuts by the county make it impossible for the Hi-Tor Animal Shelter to meet the county's regulations to adequately provide for its pet population. County funding for Hi-Tor is down almost 50 percent over the past four years. Additionally, its building -- owned by the county -- has fallen into significant disrepair. In response, Rockland County Legislators Ed Day and Alden Wolfe will form a committee to review the county's animal control and care function.

Occupy Wall Street: Local Support Still Strong, But Older

Dave — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:24 +0000

by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 25 -- When members of the Occupy Rockland movement drive home from their meeting tonight in Spring Valley, it's more likely that they will be listening to Aerosmith than Adele. Although local support for Occupy Wall Street is about equal to the national average, support for the cause is greater among the graying than among young adults.

NYS Mediation Centers Advocacy Campaign

Divorce Mediator — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:46 +0000

by Julie Loesch Last year, community dispute resolution centers helped 100,000 people resolve conflicts that decreased the caseload for the overburdened court system and helped reduce conflict in our community. Last year’s state budget crisis forced deep cuts to funding for this worthwhile program. In response, the Westchester and Rockland Mediation Centers are leading a statewide, online advocacy campaign to restore funding for New York’s mediation programs.

The Battle Over BRT on the TZB: Dueling Websites

Dave — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:50:32 +0000

Nyack, Jan 19 -- This week, a pro-buses-on-the-bridge group launched a Website in response to last week's announcement by a pro-Cuomo/anti-bus group which was in response to a December pro-mass-transit-announcement by a coalition of regional politicians. Confused yet? Wait, there's more.

Nyack Sketch Log: Fellowship of Reconciliation

Bill Batson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:19 +0000

by Bill Batson This is the house where Martin Luther King would have slept. Were it not for an assassin in Memphis in 1968, our nation’s Nobel Prize winning champion of nonviolence would have made it to Nyack. The purpose of his visit would have been to commune with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an organization that shared in his philosophy and stood with him during his defining struggle.