An Update From Patch

This evening and part of Saturday, Patch will be undergoing site maintenance that will increase the speed at which pages load and allow us to make future improvements to the site more rapidly. This is a first step toward reintroducing popular Patch features such as local calendars and discussion areas.

You can still read Patch while the maintenance is underway, but Patch editors won’t be able to post new stories until Saturday evening.

We will be posting vital breaking news in the meantime on the Nyack-Piermont Patch Facebook page. (To stay in the loop there, be sure to like the page so the latest updates show up in your news feed.)

Thanks for supporting Patch, and thanks for your patience. We’ll let you know when the site is updated. In the meantime, we’ve pulled together some of the top stories from the past few weeks from Nyack-Piermont Patch.

• Rush-Hour Drag Race Ends in 1 Crash, 2 Arrests
• National, Local Officials Call for Ban on Crude Oil Train Shipments
• Day Calls ‘Summit’ to Defuse Religious Tension in Rockland County
• Nyack Mother’s Day Superstar: Liz Meyers
• Help Wanted: 11 Part-Time Jobs Near Nyack
• MTA to Improve Safety on Metro North with $967.1 Million Federal Loan
• 2 Arrests in 2 Days for Counterfeit Bills in Nanuet, West Nyack
• Nyack Famous Street Fair, Sun, May 17, 10 to 5, 300 + Booths
• Unemployment Rate in Rockland Dropping Still
• $35 Million Federal Award to Rockland’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for Oceanic Research
• Rockland’s STOP DWI Awards Lunch Honors 21 Police Officers