What are you doing on January 20? If you aren’t going to brave the crowds in DC, then you have some choices here in Nyack. During the day at 11am, Riverspace will be showing Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and President Obama’s acceptance speech followed by live coverage. The event is free, although their literature is a bit confusing saying there are tickets, but if you go to the box office there are no such tickets.
Later in the evening, the Nyack Center will be hosting an Inaugural Ball (adults $20, Children $5). Call 358-2600 for tickets. There will be a big screen to see the events, along with desserts, beverages, music and dancing. You can wear some of your cool Obama gear, inaugural fancy, or casual.
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Planning to get out of the house for a visit to Nyack State Beach Park and a casual stroll along the Hudson? Walkers are still welcome at Hook Mountain, but cars — not so much. That’s because there’s a barrier just past the guardhouse keeping cars out of the lower parking lot.
I noticed someone digging a hole by my front porch last week. And the Verizon truck parked across the street (incidentally, there’s no parking on that side of the street. These monopolies know no bounds!). Wanting to do my part for homeland security, I decided to question the infiltrator. 
A lot of people are buying Christmas trees, which they will have for a few weeks in the house, and then they’ll put them on the curb and they will disappear. Most people don’t think about what happens to the tree in the “after life”. In fact, few think about all the other items that constitute the waste stream.