Peace Vigil Ends after Nine Years
After nine years of holding a peace vigil at the corner of Middletown Road and Route 59 in Nanuet every Saturday from 1-3pm, the Rockland Coalition for Peace & Justice held its last vigil on Dec 31st, coinciding with the return of US troops from Iraq. A spokesperson for the vigil said, “As the involvement of the United States in Iraq moves into a new phase and the Afghanistan... Read More
An End to Loud TV ads?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that new rules will silence television ads which are a whole lot louder than the programs they sponsor. That’s the good news; the bad news: though even the FCC admits that loud commercials have been a top consumer complaint for decades, we’ll have to wait until December 13, 2012 to hear any changes. Read More
Nyack Streetscape Update
From Carol Fleischmann: The sidewalks were finished in the record time of seven weeks. Next spring we’ll install all the new lights, plant new trees, flowers/bushes, etc., add benches (we hope to create a bench program), pave the street and install pavers at crosswalks and well as add additional crosswalks. We did not lose any parking spots. The six that were eliminated... Read More
Online Petition to Save our Schools
From Jen Marraccino: The Nyack School district has lost over $1.4 million dollars in state funding over the past 2 years. We are currently receiving less state aid in Nyack than we did 5 years ago. The Nyack School District has already lost many special education positions and teaching assistants this past year. A number of positions were saved thanks to one-time jobs funding... Read More
Inebriated Moose Freed from Tree
A moose was discovered entangled in an apple tree in Stockholm, Sweden, likely drunk from eating fermented apples. Per Johansson, 45, freed the moose by sawing off tree branches. At last report, the moose was in Mr. Johansson’s garden, sleeping off the effects of the alcohol. Read More
Occupy Nyack
At 7 pm people gathered in Veterans Memorial Park holding signs: “People over Profit” and “We are the 99 percent.” From time to time in history, an impassioned outcry touches an emotional nerve. “We are the 99 percent” seems to be such an outcry. The organizers of the Occupy Nyack demonstration said, on Friday October 7, “We will feel encouraged if twenty people... Read More
Accountability for Water Companies
A resolution initiated by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, approved by the County Legislature, would make water companies in NY State strictly liable for damages to downstream properties caused by inadequate measures to deal with flooding when weather forecasts predict a significant rainfall. United Water’s release of more than one billion gallons of water over its Lake Deforest reservoir... Read More
Tappan Zee Bridge Update
Construction on the Tappan Zee Bridge is again being discussed. President Obama announced replacing the bridge is one of 14 projects nationwide chosen for expedited federal review and approval. As usual, the devil is in the details. The plan presented for the new construction seems to have cut the proposed commuter rail line, a cross bridge rapid bus, even the bicycle lane— all... Read More
