Cyclists Beware: Bumpy Conditions on Cuomo Bridge Path

Note: The article originally appeared in riverjournalonline.com Call them bumps, humps or hummocks: You’ve felt them underfoot or under your wheels on the Mario Cuomo Bridge’s popular Shared Use Path.   The annoying blisters dotting the 3.6-mile path that connects Rockland and Westchester counties have been there practically since it opened six years ago and have continued to burst through the asphalt.  A substandard job by the bridge’s paving contractorContinue reading “Cyclists Beware: Bumpy Conditions on Cuomo Bridge Path”

Rockland Lake Returns to the Ice Age

My article originally appeared in https://hudsonvalley.town.news/ Of the estimated half-million people who visit Rockland Lake State Park each year, how many know the lake was once a leader in the ice harvesting industry? Drawn by the lake’s spring fed water and its proximity to the Hudson River, New York City and shipping lanes, the KnickerbockerContinue reading “Rockland Lake Returns to the Ice Age”