Nyack

Warm Weather Brings Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes To Rockland, Westchester Counties

It’s tricky business trying to tame a tiger — the Asian tiger mosquito, that is. The daytime biting, disease-carrying vector first turned up in Rockland County last summer, and it’s feared that the mild winter spared many eggs.

2012/03/27

Main Street - Nyack, NY - Mar 9, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Parking Could Be Free When You Go Out To Dinner In Nyack

Visitors to downtown Nyack may soon see a change in the village’s parking rules.

2012/03/09

No Time To Waste: Early Stages Of New Tappan Zee Bridge Construction Begin

When you drive by on the old Tappan Zee Bridge and see the barges out on the water you’re looking at the new bridge taking shape and the remarkable thing is work has begun even though the contract hasn’t been let yet.

2012/02/23

NY State Releases Environmental Impact Statement On New Tappan Zee Bridge

It finds building a new bridge would not increase pollution to the Hudson River and found air quality might improve because of better traffic flow.

2012/01/25

Flood-Damaged Riverspace Theater Unlikely To Reopen

A Rockland County theater has likely closed its doors for good.

2011/08/03

Tappan Zee Bridge (credit: Evan Bindelglass / Special to WCBS 880)

Woman Dies After Jumping Off Tappan Zee Bridge With Man

The 44-year-old man involved survived, but the 29-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries after initially surviving the fall, which occurred around 9 a.m.

2011/07/12

Clarkstown South High School Rescues Flood-Displaced Helen Hayes Youth Camp

They lost their theater and thought they’d lost their dreams. But despite the odds, a Rockland County youth theater group somehow managed to get both back.

2011/07/08

Telephone Handset (file / credit: clipart.com)

Nyack Looks At Local Reverse 911 System

A couple of nights ago, when a bear wandered through the streets of Nyack, residents were not warned.

2011/07/08

Storm Floods Nyack Theater, Leaving Performance Arts Camp With No Home

A fast-moving storm flooded a local theater camp for kids. Now, Rockland County residents are looking for help so that the show can go on.

2011/06/27

Saddle River flooding (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Thunderstorms Pose Flood Threat For Tri-State Area

The flood waters from Thursday’s storms have finally started receding, but as residents assess the damage, another round of storms could bring even more flooding to the region.

2011/06/24

An area of the Saw Mill River Parkway in Mount Pleasant is flooded on June 23, 2011 (credit: Al Jones/1010 WINS)

Severe Storms Cause Major Flooding Problems In Parts Of Tri-State Area

Storms moving through the Tri-State Area Thursday caused major flooding problems, especially in Rockland County and parts of New Jersey.

2011/06/23

Faucet (file / credit: Evan Bindelglass / WCBS 880)

Nyack Area Ordered To Boil Water After High Levels Of Coliform Bacteria Found

About 15,000 customers in several suburban New York communities are being advised to boil their water due to the presence of high levels of coliform bacteria.

2011/06/22

The New York State Capitol - Albany, NY - Mar 16, 2008 - Photo: Daniel Barry/Getty Images

Assemblyman George Latimer Wants To Abolish Hundreds Of New York State Agencies

The Mount Kisco Urban Renewal Agency, the City of New Rochelle Parking Authority, and the Nyack Urban Renewal Agency, are just some of the agencies that he says do nothing.

2011/05/09

Rockland County Woman Indicted In Booze-Bashing Tantrum

District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said Friday it was Spring Valley resident Mahogany Morrow who was captured on surveillance video taken at Rite-Buy Wines & Liquors in Nyack.

2011/03/25

Nyack, NY - File / Photo: Village of Nyack

Hopping Nyack Bar Scene Leaves Behind A Mess

Shop owners have given police a litany of complaints – noise, rowdy behavior, vandalism, and garbage, plus people urinating in the street and getting sick.

2011/02/08

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