USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted
USR Officials: Stop-Work Order Report Is Wrong, Muddy Water Isn't Tainted UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti said Wednesday that a report of a stop-work order being issued by a county or state agency against pumping muddy water into a nearby stream from a site slated for dozens of luxury homes in Upper Saddle River and Mahwah was incorrect. She also provided documentation from the borough director of code enforcement and the engineer for the project that the pumping was done properly and that all necessary measures were being taken to protect the environment. Daily Voice on Tuesday night reported a text sent by a state official…
Cuomo Announces Plan To Ban Plastic Bags Cuomo Announces Plan To Ban Plastic Bags
Cuomo Announces Plan To Ban Plastic Bags A day after the world celebrated Earth Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a bill that would ban plastic bags throughout the state. Cuomo announced on Monday that he has introduced legislation that would ban single-use, plastic carryout bags based on the recommendation of the New York State Plastic Bags Task Force, which “outlined the environmental impact” of reducing the use of the bags at retail locations. Led by State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos along with co-chairs Sen. Thomas O'Mara and Assemblyman Steve Englebright, the Task Force was ta…
$2.2M Grant Will Fix 'Seven Pipes' Bridge In Oradell Reservoir $2.2M Grant Will Fix 'Seven Pipes' Bridge In Oradell Reservoir
$2.2M Grant Will Fix 'Seven Pipes' Bridge In Oradell Reservoir A $2.2 million contract has been awarded to repair the Seven Pipes Bridge in the Oradell Reservoir. Bergen County officials on Thursday awarded a contract to replace the Closter-Harrington Park bridge over the northeastern part of the reservoir. The County expects to begin work on this project in the late Spring of 2018.  “Our bridges and roads help make up the backbone of our surface transportation network,” County Executive James Tedesco said.  “When our bridges and roads fall into disrepair due to their advancing age, it is important that we repair them because maintaining our infrastr…
Drug Take-Back Day Will Be Held At Five Rockland Locations Drug Take-Back Day Will Be Held At Five Rockland Locations
Drug Take-Back Day Will Be Held At Five Rockland Locations Rockland is once again offering residents the opportunity to empty their medicine cabinets of unused prescription drugs before they fall into the wrong hands, County Executive Ed Day announced.  Another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the pharmacies listed below. “This is an easy way to get rid of medications you no longer need so that they don’t fall into the wrong hands,” Day said. “Disposing of medications, you no longer need by handing them over to the proper authorities also protects the environment by keeping prescript…
Residents, Clergy Hold Vigil Near Cuomo's Home, Seeking To Protect Planet Residents, Clergy Hold Vigil Near Cuomo's Home, Seeking To Protect Planet
Residents, Clergy Hold Vigil Near Cuomo's Home, Seeking To Protect Planet More than 80 faith leaders and residents gathered in prayer for "a safe and healthy future for all New York state residents and for our planet home" outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's home in New Castle on Sunday, Feb. 25.  Led by the founders of the grassroots group, Healing and Protecting Our Land Together: A Call to Prayer, the attendees asked Cuomo to “walk the talk on his commitment for the environment and to demonstrate the courage to be a true climate leader," the group said in a news statement. They asked him to release the risk assessment of the Enbridge/Spectra AIM high-pr…
CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Reps. John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday, Feb. 21, expressing opposition to the proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling that could devastate Connecticut’s economy and environment.  Zinke announced in January that the Trump Administration would expand offshore oil and gas leasing to encompass about 90 percent of the United States’ coastal waters.  The congressional letter was submitted as …