Rockland doc is Nyack Hospital interim CEO
NYACK ��� A Rockland County physician who formerly served as president of the Nyack Hospital medical staff has been named interim chief executive officer at the medical center while a search continues for a new leader. Dr. Mark Geller, a radiologist.
TSA Officer of the Year: Jovanna Mendez of Eastchester
The Journal News caught up with the 32-year-old Peekskill native to chat about her exciting week and what shes doing now. A humble winner: Its overwhelming, she says. Ive worked with so many great officers so I feel like it shouldnt have been me.
Woof! K-9s, handlers to graduate from police academy
ALBANY ��� Their mission will be simple ��� to take a bite out of crime. Fourteen police dogs and their handlers are scheduled to graduate Thursday from the State Police K-9 Academy, state police said. Trooper Meredith M. Govoni and her canine, Lexy, from.
New York Today: Updates on the Winter Storm - NYTimes.com
���Confidence low.��� New York Metro Weather, which had been predicting larger amounts all day, added, ���Any meteorologist not communicating uncertainty right now is being dishonest.���.. Here are the latest updates from the M.T.A.. ��� There is no 5.. Heading back downstairs and swiping his Metrocard again, he stood waiting, but 25 minutes later, there was no D train in sight... You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didnt. Once again��.
Alleged Would-Be Capitol Bomber Indicted on Attempted.
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad formed in 1983 and today covers 775 miles of track with 124 stations in seven New York counties and two in Connecticut. The popular commuter service had experienced a decline in��.
Behavior Of Driver On Tracks A Focus In Deadly Metro.
A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived to examine the blackened and mangled wreckage and the Metro-North trains black-box-type data recorder the morning after the rush-hour collision with the sport utility vehicle.. The Tuesday evening crash was the deadliest accident in the 22-year history of one of the nations busiest commuter railroads ��� one that has come under a harsh spotlight over a series of accidents in recent years. The SUV driver��.
New device will help monitor Parkinsons patients
Fox Foundation CEO Todd Sherer said doctors score the diseases severity based on how the patient feels during a visit ��� but symptoms can change minute by minute, from near normal to completely disabling. If the doctor is running 15 minutes late, the .
Metro-North Trains Stopped By Human Error - Business.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which runs Metro-North, issued a statement today explaining that technicians took one of two main power supply units out of service for replacement, without realizing a wire��.
Metro-North crash: Minute-by-minute
5:44 p.m.: An 8-car Metro-North Harlem Line express leaves Grand Central Terminal. First Westchester stop is to be Chappaqua. A specific count of the passengers is unknown. Metro-North spokesman Aaron Donovan said the train normally carries an .
New York Today: Cloudy With a Chance of Uncertainty - City.
Subway and PATH. ��� L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak (A minor derailment at Grand Central last night was not expected to affect Metro-North service this morning.) ��� Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s��.
Sorting Out TVs New Metrics
Whats the biggest hit of the new television season? That simple question has remained the same each fall for six decades, but the answer has gotten wildly more complicated. These days it depends on whom you ask, when and how they watch TV and .
Metro spared worst of storm; 16 inches fall to north; 2 dead.
Weather: |Now: |High: |Low: |5-Day Forecast.. About an inch of new snow was expected in the south metro and a few more inches were expected to the north, said Rick Hiltbrand, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. Maple leaves are covered by snow along Raymond.. The morning, in numbers: 50 crashes, 150 canceled flights, 14-minute bus delays, more: http://pipr.es/1xrtbgl #mnwx pic.twitter.com/xT23yoU0er �� Pioneer Press@��.
Every Traffic Death Should Be Investigated Like the Metro.
The Metro-North crash scene was preserved for almost an entire day; a fatal car crash is usually cleaned up as soon as possible ��� assuming the site is protected at all ��� and traffic resumes.. to the Metro-North story, which has stayed above the fold on the papers web site, it devoted just three paragraphs to the deaths of the three pedestrians and a cyclist who were killed by city motorists in a span of 30 minutes on the day before... Todays Headlines �� 40 minutes ago.
Route 303N reopens after fuel spill, accident
WEST NYACK ��� A three-vehicle crash spilled 20 to 30 gallons of diesel fuel across Route 303 on Thursday, forcing the closure of the northbound lanes for more than two hours. Five people suffered minor injuries in the accident just before 11 a.m.
UPDATE: Victims in fatal Southeast crash identified
The crash occurred about 12:50 p.m. when Bassick, driving south in a 2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring station wagon, crossed into northbound traffic near 365 Route 22 and collided with a 2008 Subaru driven by Joseph Ruffalo, of Mahopac, police said.
Live Updates: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The National Weather Service failed to staff and now plans to phase out an elite team of emergency forecasters trained to help cities save lives and avoid the kind of unnecessary shutdowns that cost New York City an estimated $200 million last week, .
Costco worker slashed before Black Friday opening
One Costco employee stabbed another before the store opened for customers Black Friday morning, police said. The victim was cut across the abdomen and multiple times across the face with a box cutter in the attack, which occurred a little before 6 a.m.
Alabamas Top Judge: Gay Marriage Rulings Are Federal.
Today the destruction of that institution is upon us by federal courts using specious pretexts based on the Equal Protection, Due Process and Full Faith and Credit Clauses of the United States Constitution, he wrote in the letter posted to AL.com... Five accidents occurred on the Metro-North line between May 17, 2013 and March 10, 2014, resulting in the deaths of four passengers and two Metro-North workers, in addition to 126 injuries, some very serious, according��.
Cops at Ossining High as precaution
OSSINING ��� Police spent Wednesday afternoon at Ossining High School after two unrelated threats ��� both found to be not credible ��� led the school and others in the district to be locked against intruders. A letter on the district website explained.
CDC director: To keep Ebola away, fight it in Africa
The first priority of federal health officials is to protect Americans from Ebola, but an outbreak anywhere is potentially a threat everywhere, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. In recent days, a handful of.
Suitemate: UVA Victims Story Not a Hoax, a Lie or a Scheme
We are in the public eye right now, and we can either let that cripple us, and shove us back into the mold of a perfect institution, or we can recognize that we have flaws, but that we work to reconcile them. Sexual assault is not just a UVA issue.
Blow Up Those Citadels: North Korea Threatens, Blames.
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad formed in 1983 and today covers 775 miles of track with 124 stations in seven New York counties and two in Connecticut. The popular commuter service had experienced a decline in��.
At least one person has died from smoke in a Metro train.
This post has been updated as the story developed. Greater Greater Washington relies on support from readers like you to keep the site running. Support us now keep the community going. Support us: Monthly Yearly One time. It was either a Green or Yellow heading north. Smelled awful.. Now here is the unbelievable part, the headline that WaPo should have run: RESCUE TEAMS TAKE 40 MINUTES TO ARRIVE AT SMOKE FILLED METRO CAR. ONE DEAD��.
Blizzard 2015: Live Updates on Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Heres a minute-by-minute guide to travel and transportation along the Northeast ��� filled with everything you need to know about road closings, rail delays and flight cancellations. Check back for updates.. Metro-North Railroad service will also.
Metro-North reporting delays on NH Line - The BlogJam
Now, theres a new reason for the delays. Inbound and. Metro-North: ���New Haven Line service is currently experiencing scattered delays of up to 15 minutes due to Speed Restrictions caused by weather related conditions. Please. It was unclear what caused the derailment. Thursday morning, Metro-North is reporting trains are running on or close to schedule. To see if your train is on time, click HERE. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said of the incident.
Metro-North Service Restored After Explosion in Harlem.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Wednesday afternoon that it had restored all Metro-North Railroad service into and out of Grand Central Terminal. Service was disrupted after two buildings collapsed in East��.
Papers Fuel a 7-Alarm Fire at a Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Firefighters were first called to a small fire at the warehouse around 4:30 a.m., and ��� with the help of the buildings sprinkler system ��� doused it in 45 minutes, Chief Leonard said. They were called back a little more than an��.
Two Small Planes Lose Fuel, Land in Ocean Off Hawaii.
The plane flying from Kauai to Oahu disappeared from radar about 10 minutes later. All four people were rescued by helicopter and taken to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point near Honolulu, where they were transferred��.
Cracking the Sitcom Code
As happens to so many of us, I was asked to write a sitcom for Croatian television. Im an American ex-pat living in Slovenia, and. From The Simpsons to Seinfeld, from Everybody Loves Raymond to Everybody Hates Chris, from Taxi to Arrested.
New York Today: The Latest Travel and Weather Information.
Subway and bus service in the city will shut down at 11 p.m. Subways will have limited service starting at 7 p.m. as the M.T.A. moves trains indoors to protect them. ��� Non-emergency vehicles will be banned in New York City��.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dan Rather booked for Manhattanville discussion series
Manhattanville College in Purchase is starting a new subscription-based speaker series beginning in March 2015 that already has four high-interest speakers booked: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Arianna Huffington, Dan Rather and Pulitzer prize winner Doris .
Metro-North tarnishes the Gold Coast | Greenwich Post
Even if you never ride Metro-North, the railroads current problems are hitting your pocketbook and this ���winter of discontent��� shows signs of becoming a.. Trains are running slower since last springs derailment ��� much slower.. The Federal Railroad Administration has placed so many speed limits on the New Haven line that what used to be a one-hour, 47-minute run from New Haven to Grand Central now takes two hours and four minutes, which is a whole 17��.