Light Rain Fog/Mist 43°
Tag:

Taconic Parkway

Police & Fire
Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Region Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Region
Offensive Images, Words Spray Painted On Public Property In Region Police in Northern Westchester are searching for the person responsible for spray-painting racist graffiti. The graffiti was discovered in Yorktown where the Taconic Parkway passes over the Croton Reservoir northbound on Saturday, May 21. The graffiti, which was signed with the initials JJC, was done in blue spray paint and said "Jackson C. Hates N....S" as well as an anti-semitic statement, said Chief Robert Noble, of the Yorktown Police. "While these hateful and hurtful statements were reported on Saturday, May 21, our investigation thus far has led us to believe that the crime was commi…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Expect Delays: One Lane To Be Closed On Taconic Parkway For Daytime Roadwork Expect Delays: One Lane To Be Closed On Taconic Parkway For Daytime Roadwork
Expect Delays: One Lane To Be Closed On Taconic Parkway For Daytime Roadwork Be ready for possible traffic delays on the Taconic Parkway in the coming weeks. Paving work on the parkway beginning Monday, May 23, will close one lane in both directions in Columbia County between Claverack and Chatham, according to the Department of Transportation. Lanes will be closed between State Route 217 and Interstate 90 each day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting. Work is expected to wrap up Thursday, June 30. Transportation officials said drivers should plan for delays and slow down during those times. They also reminded drivers that fines are doubled for speeding in …

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols
State Police Dish Out 49 Tickets In Operation Hard Hat Patrols New York State Police troopers went deep undercover, posing as construction workers, handing out nearly 50 tickets to motorists during “Operation Hardhat” in Westchester and Putnam counties. This week,  troopers teamed with the New York State Department of Transportation for the special detail, dishing out a total of 49 tickets to speedsters and distracted drivers on I-684, the Taconic and Sprain Brook Parkways. During the two-day detail, troopers patrolled highway work zones for violations that include speeding, failing to adhere to the "Move Over" law use of a cell phone while d…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Traffic
Taconic Parkway Lane Reopens After Crash Taconic Parkway Lane Reopens After Crash
Taconic Parkway Lane Reopens After Crash This story has been updated. A lane has reopened after a crash involving a motorcycle on a stretch of the Taconic Parkway. The crash, reported just before 4 p.m. Thursday, March 5, happened southbound in Lagrangeville near Route 55.

SHARE

by Daily Voice