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Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Will we be able to see May 12's full 'Flower Moon' over Lower Hudson Valley? See forecast
Will we be able to see May 12's full moon over the Lower Hudson Valley? Moonrise for the Westchester area will happen by roughly 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 12 and will set at 5:14 a.m. Tuesday, the Old Farmer's Almanac says. Will the weather hold out? The forecast from the National Weather Service predicts mostly cloudy skies Monday night after a warm and sunny day. There's a 20% chance of showers after 2 a.m. early Tuesday. Lunar calendar 2025: Dates for full moons, supermoons, and a total lunar eclipse The full Flower Moon will make its appearance on Monday, May 12, 2025. The moon's phases in May are: 🌑 New Moon: May 27 🌓 First Quarter: May 4 🌕 Full Moon: May 12 🌗 Last Quarter: May 20 Why it's called the Flower Moon: "April showers bring May flowers," as the saying goes. The full moon in May is a reflection of flowers blooming across large swaths of North America, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. Would a moon by any other name smell as sweet as this week's full Flower Moon? Other names for Monday's full moon are the Budding Moon, Frog Moon, and the Moon of Shedding Ponies. Contributing: lohud staff. This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Flower Moon: When is May full moon? Key dates, Hudson Valley forecast
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Videos show thousands turned out for New York 'Hands Off!' protests April 5
Protests held across the United States Saturday, April 5 drew thousands, if not millions, of Americans to the streets to rally against the actions of the Trump administration. Some dozen "Hands Off!" protests were held across New York state, with several in the Lower Hudson Valley and three in New York City. Video from lohud's Seth Harrison shows thousands marching through the streets of Manhattan, including plenty of Lower Hudson Valley locals that made the trek despite a drizzly weather and unseasonable cold. Learn more 'Hands Off!' rallies in Lower Hudson Valley, NYC draw crowds: 'We've elected a dictator' Across the Cuomo Bridge and into Westchester, about 500 protesters posted up outside Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck, hoisting up homemade signs and chanting in unison. Video from lohud's John Meore shows big crowds protesting cuts to Medicaid, education and more from the sidewalk near the intersection of Boston Post and Fenimore roads. "We're seeing the unity of people who recognize that America is being disassembled and reassembled in a way that is not American," Howard Fleischer, 67, of Ossining, said at the Mamaroneck rally, which drew well over 500 people despite the weather. "Real fear has taken hold because the bully in Washington is going after the courts and legal firms. It's difficult for opponents to get around them." Contributing: Lohud's Seth Harrison, John Meore and Gary Stern. This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Videos show thousands turned out for NY 'Hands Off!' protests April 5
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Videos show thousands turned out for New York 'Hands Off!' protests April 5
Protests held across the United States Saturday, April 5 drew thousands, if not millions, of Americans to the streets to rally against the actions of the Trump administration. Some dozen "Hands Off!" protests were held across New York state, with several in the Lower Hudson Valley and three in New York City. Video from lohud's Seth Harrison shows thousands marching through the streets of Manhattan, including plenty of Lower Hudson Valley locals that made the trek despite a drizzly weather and unseasonable cold. Learn more 'Hands Off!' rallies in Lower Hudson Valley, NYC draw crowds: 'We've elected a dictator' Across the Cuomo Bridge and into Westchester, about 500 protesters posted up outside Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck, hoisting up homemade signs and chanting in unison. Video from lohud's John Meore shows big crowds protesting cuts to Medicaid, education and more from the sidewalk near the intersection of Boston Post and Fenimore roads. "We're seeing the unity of people who recognize that America is being disassembled and reassembled in a way that is not American," Howard Fleischer, 67, of Ossining, said at the Mamaroneck rally, which drew well over 500 people despite the weather. "Real fear has taken hold because the bully in Washington is going after the courts and legal firms. It's difficult for opponents to get around them." Contributing: Lohud's Seth Harrison, John Meore and Gary Stern. This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Videos show thousands turned out for NY 'Hands Off!' protests April 5
USA Today
29-01-2025
- General
- USA Today
Revisit the long history of Davids Island, once a Civil War hospital: From lohud archives
Revisit the long history of Davids Island, once a Civil War hospital: From lohud archives Show Caption Hide Caption Davids Island: Its history, what it looks like now A look at Davids Island through the years. Tania Savayan, tsavayan@ Fort Slocum was an Army base on Davids Island off New Rochelle for more than a century. On. Jan. 7, 1966, the fort was decommissioned and the final ferry made its way to the island, a skeletal firefighting crew remaining. Davids Island, 90 acres off the shore of New Rochelle in Long Island Sound, has had more chapters than a Melville novel. The French Huguenots came there and settled it when they developed New Rochelle. It was named for Thaddeus Davids, who wanted to make ink on the island, not the first Davids Island dream that was never realized, and certainly not the last. It was a Civil War hospital, nursing the wounded from Gettysburg and beyond. After the war, it became an arsenal and military defense for New York City, a tidy Army installation with barracks and batteries and parade grounds, a far cry from today's overgrown bramble. On Jan. 8, 1966, as reported in The Reporter-Dispatch (a precursor of The Journal News and the base was decommissioned, and the final ferry slipped back to the island. "The ferry makes its last trip to Fort Slocum, New Rochelle," the page one report read. "It returned to the island to be tied up there. The fort's last commanding officer, Lt. Col. Herbert Smallwood, and a military and civilian detail of workers left the island for the mainland yesterday. The Army installation ended more than a century of activity in mid-afternoon and will remain empty except for a 10-man fire-security force. New Rochelle hopes to acquire the property from the federal government." Davids Island's military role faded to history, but eight months after it was shuttered, in August 1966, it became something altogether different: a zoo for quarantined animals. The island just off the shore of New Rochelle inspired scores of unfulfilled dreams and schemes. ConEd envisioned a nuclear power plant there. Didn't happen. Donald Trump wanted towers to bear his name on the island and sunk a non-refundable half-million dollars into the project. Didn't happen. In 2019, New Rochelle historian Barbara Davis told The Journal News that plans often ran awry because they lacked public access. "People who know how fascinated I am with Davids Island often ask: 'Are we ever going to see anything happen to it in our lifetime?'" Davis said. "And I say: 'Well, it depends on how long you are planning to live.'" The Journal News/ has been telling stories of the Lower Hudson Valley for generations. This regular column and photo feature takes a look back into our extensive archive.
