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Tappan Zee Bridge Toll Takers Prepare For Final Weeks On The Job
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- You would think the days of a bridge toll taker are solitary and lonely. And dull. Not so, says Dwayne Redman and Henry Gregorio, veteran toll-takers who work at the Tappan Zee Bridge booth.
"It's just the opposite," says Redman, tearing up as he readies himself for the last three weeks he, and about 60 of his colleagues, will spend at the bridge toll plaza. Starting April 23, passengers will sail through the de-manned, de-activated toll plaza, paying instead through a cashless system. The entire toll booth will be razed. All the Tappan Zee toll-takers have been…
Singer/Songwriter Pays Homage To Ancestors With Nyack Jingle
UPPER NYACK, N.Y. -- Every town should have a song, declares Lezlee Peterzell-Bellanich, a folk singer with a thick black mane and a detectable southern accent.
Apparently many agree, as Peterzell-Bellanich's catchy song, "My Town Nyack" has been making the rounds on social media, and on VisitNyack.org, a group that is boosting the river town's image with a visible media campaign.
For Peterzell, a mother of two, and co-owner of NY Boat Charter with her husband Robert, living in Nyack is like coming home, even though she was born in Manhattan and raised in Atlanta. Peterzell's gre…
