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Wanamaker, gregarious and personable, said he's confident he can lead the department after three-plus years as captain and 33 years on Rockland County's largest police force. He's held most positions, from patrol officer and detective to honor guard and overseeing specialty units. He's paid 263,483 as captain. McCullagh retired with a salary of $292,228. Following in footsteps  "I think of our family legacy, as opposed to personal ego," Wanamaker said, sitting at the chief's desk at police headquarters. "It's an honor, but a lot of responsibility." Wanamaker said he looks to the exampl...

UPPER NYACK - Nyack High School senior Jadyn Turner remembers the last time she saw her cousin Alyssa Alhadeff. The Turners were visiting the Alhadeffs in Parkland, Florida, and the cousins were planning to see each other very soon. Weeks later, Alyssa was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Alyssa was shot 10 times. She was a 14-year-old freshman and a soccer standout. On Friday, Jadyn Turner stood outside her high school with state Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick,  Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Nyack School District Superintendent James ...

UpdatedThu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:22 pm ET Replies(5) South Nyack village officials have sued the yeshiva congregation that bought Nyack College for ignoring local and state building and zoning laws. (Google Maps) SOUTH NYACK, NY — The village of South Nyack has filed suit against Yeshiva Viznitz, the new owner of the massive Nyack College campus, for starting a school and making structural changes without complying with state, county or village codes and laws. The lawsuit was filed in Rockland Supreme Court this week. Last year, Yeshiva Viztnitz Dkhal Torath Chaim, Inc. bought the 107-acre prop...

Much like Beth Harmon’s photographic memory of chessboards in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Upper Nyack’s Department of Public Works employees have a mental map of every inch of every street, curb, drain, and mailbox as they set out to plow snow. Most of us think of snow removal as a brute force problem, but it’s more complicated than that. It’s both science and art. Imagine being at the wheel of a large plow at night with limited visibility looking for snow covered landmarks, all the while feeling the slight vibration of the snowplow guide as it nears the curb. Zen snow masters ...