You really have to hand it to the Rockland County Highway Department and the New York State Department of Transportation. If you take a little ride along County Road 108 in North Rockland, you will see a widening and improvement project that has been planned in anticipation of, instead of reaction to, the Route 9W [...]
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Cross at the Green, and Use the Sidewalks. It’s the Law
January 2nd, 2009 by Bart Traveling around the Village lately I have seen that many people, old and young, have no clue about the dangers around them. Mothers walking babies in strollers down the middle of Maple Ave, schoolkids dodging out on Broadway on the way to school, jaywalkers at New Main and Maple, and residents crowding Main Street on Saturday night make [...]
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Desalination in Haverstraw: Coup d’main or d’essai?
October 13th, 2008 by Bart The Town of Haverstraw has come to an agreement with United Water Suez concerning the desal plant down by the river. Supervisor Phillips has announced that the former landfill property on Beach Road along with riverfront property owned by The US Gypsum Company will be the permanent site of a desal plant. I applaud Mr. Phillips and the [...]
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Haverstraw You Tube: Thanks to Ken and the Kids
October 3rd, 2008 by Bart After the RIP Video was taken down, I was looking to find something “Good” about Haverstraw and found this wonderful video. The heading reads: Documentary Photographs taken By Students Ages 5-17 from the Arts Alliance of Haverstraw After School Photography Program In Rockland County N.Y. Instructor Ken Karlewicz Take a watch
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Desalination in North Rockland: Redux
June 25th, 2008 by Bart The times they are changing, and that includes where we get our water from. If you were to believe United Water Company, read the proposals and think about it, your probably convinced as I am that a new desal plant located on the Hudson River can supply Rockland with a safe and secure supply of drinking water [...]
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Are the Short Clove bids out of wack?
April 20th, 2008 by Bart As we all know, traffic in North Rockland is getting worse but there are a number of new jobs in the offing that will help reduce the strain. The problem is getting the job done in a reasonable and organized manner. Some of the most recent infrastructure jobs in both Haverstraw’s lacked some finishing touches, like detour signs and flagmen, which [...]
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Union Restaurant and Bar Latino
April 2nd, 2008 by Bart The menu offers Latin-inspired dishes and Latin-infused takes on Continental standards, frequently with a great deal of success. It’s not a total culinary makeover, but well-known dishes are freshened with new accessories. Owners Paulo Feteira and David Martinez come with sterling credentials, but the food, service and the wine list are still evolving. Even so, [...]
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Bricktown Inn
April 2nd, 2008 by Bart Welcome to the Bricktown Inn, located in the historic Village of Haverstraw, Rockland County New York. Once known as the “Brickmaking Capital of the World”, many of the buildings in New York City, just 40 minutes away, were built from brick made in Haverstraw in the 1800′s. This charming Victorian Bed and Breakfast, circa 1885, [...]
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The Soup Stone Cafe
April 2nd, 2008 by Bart The Soup Stone Cafe has been delighting tongues for more than five years in its neat and cozy storefront at 14 Main Street in the Village of Haverstraw, next to Lucas Candy and the Haverstraw Brick Museum. Hot soup steams everyday at the Soup Stone; each day two special soups are offered to accompany sandwiches [...]
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Desalination or obscurification in North Rockland?
January 27th, 2008 by Bart A story ran today that United Water is engineering for a new desalination plant in North Rockland. Admitedly, that sounds like the begining of a long and tedious battle. Desalination is a great idea, but when these things involve the Hudson River, a whole different group of enviromentalists take the stage. That dosen’t bode well for a quick [...]
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