February 4, 2012

Nyack Marina: Open for Business in Spring 2012

Nyack Marina Oct 2011. Credit: Jim Wilcox

by Jim Willcox Over the past year, the Nyack Village Board has discussed one recurring order of business: the renovation and repair of the Nyack Marina, which has now been closed for two seasons. According to Nyack’s mayor and  village trustees, the good news is that if all goes according … [Read more...]

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S. Nyack To TZB Planners: Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

South Nyack Village Hall. Photo Credit: Nyack Daily Snapshot

by Jerry Ilowite The Village of South Nyack opposes the unnecessarily rushed scoping process for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project; giving the public less than two weeks notice of the hearing and a scoping packet bereft of sufficient detail for any informed comment to be provided by the … [Read more...]

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Nyack Sketch Log: The Tappan Zee Bridge

Tappan Zee Bridge sketch by Bill Batson Copyright 2011

by Bill Batson In this sketch, The Tappan Zee Bridge seems to hang above the house as it does metaphorically over our village. With hearings beginning on October 27 at 4p in the Adler Room of the Palisades Mall for the Tappan Zee River Crossing Project, our fate is literally up in the air. The … [Read more...]

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No Trains, Buses, Or Bikes? No Bridge!

Photo Credit: Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Scoping Information Packet, Oct 2011

by Jen White After nine years of meetings, hearings and research, Governor Cuomo’s request to have the reconstruction of the Tappan Zee Bridge fast tracked was approved last week.  The members of the public and the local officials who participated in years of meetings were shocked that the … [Read more...]

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Saturday In the Park: Stand, A 9/11 Jazz Tribute

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Nyack, Sept 9 -- Fair skies, a big crowd and more than 70 marines are in the forecast for Saturday afternoon in Memorial Park at 2p. That's when Stand, a concert jazz program commemorating the American experience surrounding 9/11 will be premiered by the Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra.  The United … [Read more...]

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It Takes A Village: Swimming With The Fishes

It TAkes A Village: Swimming With The Fishes, itav_NoSwim20110813. Copyright 2011, Kipp Jarden

It's been a tough summer for Hudson River enthusiasts, with July and August sewage spills and a Riverkeeper/Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory report last week that says the river was untouchable 25 percent of the time between 2006 and 2010. But if you think it's tough living near the river, just be … [Read more...]

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Rock Co Legislature On Hudson River Health

Harriet Cornell, Chairwoman Rock Co Legislature

On Friday, August 12, Westchester County issued a warning for boaters, swimmers and fisherman to stay away from the Hudson because of sewage spewing into the river in Ossining, NY. The following opinion piece from Chairwoman Cornell was received prior to this news. by Harriet Cornell, Chairwoman, … [Read more...]

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Hudson River: Look But Don’t Touch, The Sequel

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Pomona, August 12 -- For the second time in the past four weeks the Rockland County Health Department is warning residents to avoid contact with the Hudson due to sewage in the river. On July 22, the alert was as a result of a fire and sewage spill into the river from NYC's North River Wastewater … [Read more...]

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Where The Wild Things Are

Tina Traster

By Tina Traster Walking around Rockland Lake recently, I thought I’d taken a detour to the Galapagos. Several mature and magnificent herons and egrets were escorting a huge flock of young birds across the southern end of the lake, a few short flaps at a time. It appeared to be a flying … [Read more...]

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Hudson “Look, Don’t Touch” Timeout Ends

Hudson Dawn, Fog, Boats: 9/09. Photo Credit: Dave Zornow

7/29/2011 Update: Read Riverkeeper's blog for an update on last week's no-swim ban on the Hudson River. Nyack, July 28 -- The Rockland County Department of Health has lifted the Hudson River advisory regarding  swimming, fishing, kayaking and any direct contact with the Hudson River. The river … [Read more...]

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