We featured a story in today’s Surroundings column on Steve Sachs, a dentist who practices in Harriman, lives in White Plains and grew up in Ramapo. He’s been taking photos of peregrine falcons nesting at Hook Mountain at Nyack Beach State Park for three years.

Here are a few more of his stunning shots, and if [...]

One of the secrets to growing healthy plants and vegetables is having great soil.

One of the best ways to achieve great soil — and help reduce the amount of food scrapes you send to the landfill — is to start a compost pile. Less stuff for the landfill means fewer trips by the garbage truck, [...]

John Rogers, an expert on bluebird conservation, will present a program on the species at 8 p.m. Friday in the gym/auditorium building at Rockland Country Day School, 34 Kings Highway, Congers. The free program is sponsored by the Rockland Audubon Society.

While speaking with Rogers on the phone the other day, he had some interesting facts [...]

What do sheep, goats and cows have to do with the Indian Point nuclear power plants?

Members of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, also known as IPSEC, want to see if the milk from the animals shows signs of tritium or strontium 90.
If it does, it could indicate that the materials are in more places [...]

After a Stony Point woman asked him the status of the Hudson River when it came to sewage treatment plants, the director of the DEC’s local regional office appeared to speak bluntly.

“We’re not where we should be,” said William Janeway, who leads the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 3 office. Region 3 includes [...]

So a good 50 or so people gathered at the Suffern Library just a few hours ago to participate in a program on the status of Rockland’s water supply.

The speakers included William “Willie” Janeway, who directs the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 3 office; United Water New York spokesman Steve Goudsmith; and Alison Keimowitz, [...]

The state of Rockland’s water will be the focus of a free program at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Suffern Library, 210 Lafayette Ave.

The participants will include William Janeway, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation Region 3 director; Alison Keimowitz, of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; and Steve Goudsmith, a spokesman for United Water New [...]

Gov. Paterson has kicked off a brand new tourism campaign using a favorite old slogan: I Love New York.
The original effort was launched 31 years ago and focused on New York City attractions.
The new version, which also taps all of the current technology, including the web, also emphasizes the assets of the rest of the [...]

For $5.98, and tax, of course, I am now (mostly) paper-and-plastic-bag free.

The guilt about using grocery-store-issued plastic bags had really been building.

It’s not like I hadn’t seen the reusable cloth bags at ShopRite in Airmont, where I buy my weekly groceries.

Or at the Pathmark in Nanuet, where I sometimes shop because it’s close to the [...]

The authors of several new books highlighting some of the best places of the Lower Hudson Valley will attend a signing Wednesday at the carousel at Bear Mountain State Park.

With the exception of one, each book is part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series. You’ve probably seen previous selections at the bookstore: each features [...]