Timelines 6/15/17

 Shooter Opens Fire on Republicans Baseball Practice While practicing with the Republicans on Wednesday morning for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot. The alleged shooter, 66-year-old James Hodgkinson of Illinois, opened fire on the team’s practice after allegedly asking if the team was Democrats or Republicans. Scalise […]

Nyack’s Art Walk Event to Honor Veterans Through Art

Nyack’s Art Walk Event to Honor Veterans Through Art

This weekend June 16-18, 2017, Nyack will host the 12th annual Art Walk event, where local artists each create one art piece in their respective medium that speaks to a specific theme.    Throughout the course of a weekend in June, artists will be present in various Nyack shops to meet, discuss, and sell their art. “The times they are a-changing” is the theme […]

4TH ANNUAL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT SHOPS OF NANUET

4TH ANNUAL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT SHOPS OF NANUET

The Shops at Nanuet will host a Summer Concert Series featuring a line up of national and regional talent for three concerts throughout the summer, kicking off Thursday, July 6. The Summer Concert Series is a free event. Guests are invited to bring their own lawn chairs to enjoy the entertainment. Refreshments will be available […]

Crews working to finish westbound span in time for early fall opening

Crews working to finish westbound span in time for early fall opening

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Anticipated to open last December, then early 2017 and then spring/summer 2017, the new Tappan Zee Bridge’s westbound span will open sometime later this year, unless plans change again. Its 3.1-miles connected Rockland and Westchester counties in late March, when the final and smallest section of structural steel was […]

Fans of Ramapo stadium say “Play Ball!”

Fans of Ramapo stadium say “Play Ball!”

BY KATHY KAHN Though its financing led to the conviction of Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence on federal fraud charges, fans of Ramapo’s baseball stadium want it to remain in the town’s hands and continue to be used for baseball games, music and activities geared to the community. One by one, fans of the park came […]

Gasification plant to be addressed in Stony Point

Gasification plant to be addressed in Stony Point

BY KATHY KAHN  New Planet Energy representatives will attend the Stony Point Town Board meeting on Tuesday, June 27, at 7 p.m. to gather public feedback on the trash-to-gas plant they are building in town. New Planet is building a renewable fuel and bio-tech refinery, expected to take in 1.3 million tons of municipal solid waste and […]