Floating Solar On Lake DeForest – Brilliant Innovation Or Needless Complication
Reflections On Energy, Environment, And Solutions That Shape Our Local Future
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Sewer Line Severed By Upper Nyack Contractor Cost Homeowner $12,000 To Repair, Contractor And Village Deny Coverage
Village Blames Contractor, Contractor Blames Village; Homeowner Left Holding The Bag By Tina Traster You would think that if a municipality hires a contractor to install a catch basin, and a sewer pipe is severed, either the village or the contractor would be responsible for the damage. That’s what Harry Vetter of Upper Nyack thought. […]
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Orangetown Weighs Second Data Center On Banks Of Lake Tappan Reservoir
Databank Proposes Doubling Its Footprint & Capacity Despite County & Resident Opposition
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Is Tilcon Planning To Expand Mining At Its West Nyack Operation?
Does Tilcon Want To Expand Mining At Its West Nyack Operation?; Tilcon Recently Donated Historic Storms Tavern But Many Are Asking What The Mine Wants In Return
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The Legal Beat: Millers Pond Neighbors Back In Court Challenging Site Plan Approval
Millers Pond Neighbors Say Ramapo Planning Board Illegally Segmented And Side-Stepped Environmental Review
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Upstate Update: Skoufis Challenges $80 Million Amazon PILOT; Expansion of Route 17 In Orange & Sullivan Put On Hold; Open Space Institute Acquires Verkeerderkill Falls Property
Senator Skoufis Seeks Veto Of $80 Million Amazon Warehouse PILOT; New York Quickway Expansion Put On Hold; OSI acquires Verkeerderkill Falls
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Two Paths of Migration – Clarkstown Planning Board Must Not Give Conservation Land Short Shrift
Clarkstown Planning Board Presented With A Proposal On Mountainview Avenue In Valley Cottage That Would Denigrate Habitat For Migrating And Nesting Birds
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Rockland County Prompts RC Sewer District #1 To Break From County & Form A Public Authority
Insider Says A Separate Agency Could Streamline Operations and Approvals But Some Warn About the Overreach of Public Authorities By Tina Traster Rockland County is planning to offload Sewer District #1 and establish it as a public authority. The genesis of the idea began in early spring when County Executive Ed Day suggested the concept […]
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Rockland Green Cancels Second Public Meeting In A Row; Fourth One This Year
Residents Question Whether Rockland Green Operates With Full Transparency; Some Say Its Functions Should Be Absorbed Into County Government
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Clarkstown Refuses To Reschedule Planning Board Hearing That Falls Out During High Holy Days
Application for Islamic Center of Rockland’s 30,000 square-foot Expansion Plan Set For Sept. 24 Despite Objections By Jewish Community Members
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