The Office for the Aging has released the Moving Forward, the newspaper of the Rockland County Office for the Aging for the months of May and June.
Government
Stony Point Board to meet May 10th
The next Stony Point Town Board meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Rho Building located at 5 Clubhouse Lane, Stony Point.
To view the agenda, please click on the link below:
Upper Nyack Board of Trustees Workshop Meeting
There will be no workshop meeting of the Village of Upper Nyack Board of Trustees for the month of May.
Nyack: Broadway Streetscape Update for week of May 9, 2022
May 6, 2022
- Rain on Friday, May 6, 2022 prevented the paving of the street gutter in front of the library. This will be done next week.
- The sidewalk and parking will be accessible over the weekend – please visit the restaurants and shops of SoBro this weekend!
- Vault work at 73 S. Broadway has been completed, no further work scheduled there until the sidewalk gets poured.
- Monday, 5/9, A-Tech will begin excavation of the curb from Hudson Avenue to Maura’s Restaurant.
- Monday, 5/9, A-Tech will begin work on the vault in front of Pizza Bistro. Access will be maintained to the businesses.
- Once curb is excavated, work can begin on excavating sidewalk (takes about a week and a half) and then moving on to new sidewalk cement, followed by paving the street gutter line.
- The full process of the new sidewalk construction can take a couple of weeks, and can be impacted by weather and cement suppliers.
- In the meantime, work will progress in the vaults on the west side of S. Broadway, one by one.
- Village staff is meeting with contractors and inspectors daily for updates and conducts a full project review every other week.
- This update is published on the village website. Follow the project here.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES ANNUAL MOSQUITO CONTROL TREATMENT OF CATCH BASINS AND STORM DRAINS
NEW CITY, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert inform residents that the Health Department will be treating catch basins and storm drains to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in standing water inside of these structures.
If you see Health Department staff on the roads driving slowly in County vehicles doing these treatments, please be patient. Also, try to avoid parking over storm drains while these employees are doing the treatment work so that they can access the catch basins more easily.
“Not all mosquitos carry diseases, but several species can sometimes spread potentially dangerous diseases like West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) to humans,” said Dr. Ruppert.
The best and most effective mosquito control begins in your yard. Eliminating standing water is the first step in reducing the mosquito threat. Residents can help by regularly checking their property for ANY items that can hold stagnant water, such as plant saucers, dog bowls, and birdbaths, and replace them with fresh water daily. Remove objects around your yard that collect water. Anything you choose to keep outside, such as kids’ toys, buckets, wading pools, canoes, and wheelbarrows, should be flipped over when not used to prevent them from collecting any water.
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. The eggs hatch into larvae that develop in the water for 7 to 10 days before emerging as adult mosquitoes that fly and bite. Since the West Nile virus outbreak in 1999, the Health Department has been collecting, identifying, and tracking mosquitoes in their adult and larval stages and providing education to the public to reduce the mosquito population.
The Mosquito Control Program focuses on reducing Rockland’s mosquito population at the larval stage during the spring and summer months by identifying and monitoring a variety of mosquito-breeding sites, including roadside catch basins. Program staff also conduct routine and complaint-based inspections at many commercial properties that are considered “high risk” for mosquito breeding, including tire-storage facilities, landscape yards, municipal storage yards, outdoor swimming pool facilities, horse farms, marinas, and garden centers, as well as respond to complaints against private residential properties.
“Mosquitoes are more than just a nuisance, they also spread dangerous diseases including Zika and West Nile virus. We ask that families do their part by eliminating any standing water on their property where mosquitos could breed,” said County Executive Day.
For more information, call the Health Department at 845-364-3173 or visit http://bit.ly/RCDOH_mosquito. To learn more about the West Nile Virus, Zika, and EEE, visit the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) webpages at http://bit.ly/ny_west_nile_virus, http://bit.ly/ny_Zika_virus, and http://bit.ly/ny_EEE.