By Michael Riconda Suffern – Local elected officials gathered at Rockland Community College’s Eugene Levy Field House on April 9 to greet a multitude of job-seekers and explain steps taken at local and state levels to enhance employment opportunities in the county, including opportunities with the new Tappan Zee Bridge project. The 15th annual job […]
Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC, will continue conducting preconstruction geotechnical surveys to determine soil conditions in and near the Hudson River April through 7. On March 25 several barge-based operations began work conducting additional engineering analyses of the river bottom, following up on the “smart early work” that was completed in 2012. Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC, is conducting these tests to help ensure the designers utilize properly-sized piers and supporting foundations for the new bridge. The testing operations are being conducted by small […]
By Kathy Kahn Special to the Rockland Times Is it possible there will be even more rubber-necking on the Tappan Zee as the first phase of the new twin-span replacing the aging bridge is being built alongside it? In 2011, a three-year window was created by New York Works to allow for design/build groups to […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – Job-seekers were given an opportunity to hear upcoming developments and employment plans with groups associated with the new Tappan Zee Bridge at Rockland Community College on March 6 to inform on. The event panel consisted of community outreach and diversity manager for Tappan Zee Constructors Carla Julian, Rockland County Building […]
You and your family will have a chance to travel back in history at one of Rockland’s most storied locations, the DeWint House, at the 28th annual Tappantown Historical Society’s Colonial Day on September 29. Join costumed guides for a tour of the house, an outstanding example of Dutch Colonial architecture, and General George Washington’s […]
Reprinted “Miele’s Musing” from Armand Miele’s book “Born Minus” What are we waiting for? From Rockland County to JFK Airport, with traffic, used to take no more than 35 minutes. Today with roads clogged by commuter traffic it takes close to two hours. Imagine the waste and cost for fuel and tolls, the work time […]