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Hey folks, here’s the latest Week in Review installment.
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Region’s residents react to Obama’s apparent securing of nomination
51 in Rockland arrested on drug, gun charges
Rockland honors military service in Iraq, Afghanistan
Cops: Wrong-way drive went for miles
In Monsey: Little bear, big scene
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Check out the podcast below for this week’s top stories:
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Tappan Zee suicide prevented
TZB bridge suicide victim ID’d as Yonkers woman, 49
Immigrant’s life in ‘wonderland’ turns tragic
Mom remembers slain 7-year-old daughter
Truck driver faulted in Valley Cottage crash
Kids learn about service, nature in county cleanup
Consumers pay green to go green
Earth Day is celebrated at Rockland Community College
Orangeburg activist receives county environmental award
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Thanks for stopping by for the Rockland Week in Review, where we look back at the biggest Rockland stories of the past seven days.
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Pearl River man remembered for love of family, friendship
25 arrested in Nyack cocaine raid
Couple, both 18, charged with Pomona home burglary
Residents have two more weeks to fight tree clearing
Rockland awarded $150,000 fr Tappan Zee Bridge historical project
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Top stories
Two men die after jumping from Tappan Zee Bridge
Fire burns couple out of their new home in Airmont
Mirant says it will raze Stony Point station
Rockland county exec talks economics, nursing home during address
Demolition of Nyack Icehouse under way
Palisades Center mall stories
Palisades Center reshapes Rockland
Megamall replaces county’s downtowns
Mall a magnet for white-collar crime, but violence is lowPalisades Center mall timeline
Mysteries, myths lurk beneath mall’s surface
Palisades Center’s options: Adopt or fade
Retail jobs drive mall’s economy
Palisades Center didn’t cause windfall on locals’ tax bills
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Here’s the latest Week in Review podcast. Beneath the video are links to the related stories, as well as links to downloadable PDFs of each article (the links expire once our articles move into the paid archives) and video, where available. Thanks for stopping by.
Fleetwood Elementary cheating: link here, pdf here.
Immigration forum: link here, pdf here.
Tappan Zee Bridge: link here, pdf here.
Neighbor helps Nyack woman escape fire: link here, pdf here, video here.
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Spring Valley mayor’s cars hit by paintballs in late-night incident
Bronx man dies after jumping from Tappan Zee Bridge
Ramapo police ID men killed in Chestnut Ridge crash
Jury finds Ramapo man guilty of Sloatsburg court shooting
Agency to stop wounded Marine’s therapy
One storm down, another one coming
It’s time to brush up winter driving skills
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It’s December, and that means we’re gearing up for the annual Year in Review, a look at the 10 biggest news stories in Rockland in 2007.
The main criteria we look at is that the news has to be Rockland-specific, so the war in Iraq would not qualify, but news regarding the criminal military case stemming from the fragging death of U.S. Army Capt. Phillip Esposito would.
We’d love your thoughts and suggestions. Some stories we’re looking at so far, in no particular order:
• Election defeats of District Attorney Michael Bongiorno and Haverstraw Mayor Francis “Bud” Wassmer.
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals celebrates 100 years in Pearl River.
• The rabbi banned from baking matzos on a converted bus in his backyard.
• Rats, roaches in Clarkstown North.
• Scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades share in the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.
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The people of South Nyack are particularly interested in the fate of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The darn thing’s so close to their homes that they can practically set up toll booths in their back yards.
So it’s no surprise that candidates seeking office in the March 20 elections put the bridge’s future at the top of their watch lists.
Read about South Nyack and other village elections at:
www.lohud.com/elections/airmont
www.lohud.com/elections/chestnutridge
www.lohud.com/elections/grandview
www.lohud.com/elections/montebello
www.lohud.com/elections/pomona
www.lohud.com/elections/southnyack
www.lohud.com/elections/uppernyack
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I’ve been wanting to use both acronyms in one sentence since the six proposals for the Tappan Zee Bridge were unveiled this month. There. Got that out of my system.
Photo by Seth Harrison/The Journal News
In tomorrow’s paper, readers will get their first in-depth look at what Bus Rapid Transit is and what it would be on the TZ Bridge.
The Cliffs Notes version:
• The buses travel in their own lanes (and therefore don’t get snarled in regular tie-ups).
• As the buses approach an intersection, the driver can cause the traffic signal to turn from red to green.
• Stops are limited, when compared with traditional buses.
In other words, they’re more like a train than a bus, but rails and other related structures don’t have to be built to accommodate them.
Tomorrow’s story is part of our ongoing series of stories to let readers know what is happening with the Tappan Zee Bridge and what the options are to either fix it or replace it. Two of the six options include BRT. Two options don’t include anything really new  one is maintenance and the other is rebuilding about 2/3 of the bridge, but no mass transit options would be added in either case. The other two options include commuter and/or light rail.
We’ll be addressing these other options on down the road (rimshot, please). Meanwhile, check out our page on the LoHud.com website, The Road Ahead.
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