Bill Batson, Author at Nyack News & Views

Words & Images: 50 Years of Activism

by Diana Siegel When I ran for the Pearl River School Board in 1968 there was a telephone campaign against me, “Don’t vote for that...

Bill BatsonFebruary 11, 2018

by Bill Batson My first Nyack Sketch Log, published on August 23, 2011, was an early exercise in truth telling. Liberty Street is Aptly...

Bill BatsonFebruary 6, 2018

by Tanya Sherman Probably, because my was so passionate about books and reading, she was inspired by my brother Michael and I to share...

Bill BatsonFebruary 4, 2018

by Bill Batson Major gaps in my ancestry explain my fascination with family, local and black history. I was born in the interval between...

Bill BatsonJanuary 30, 2018

by George Sherman Years ago, when our children were very young, we spent the summer months of the Jersey shore. The beach that we...

Bill BatsonJanuary 28, 2018

by Bill Batson The Reverend Owen C. Thompson has led the flock at Grace Episcopal Church since September 2013. You may have seen the...

Bill BatsonJanuary 23, 2018

by Arline Schatz It was my aspirational premise that if I were to live in a community that engulfed its residents with beauty and...

Bill BatsonJanuary 21, 2018

by Bill Batson Elegant hats have become the symbol of local civil rights icon Frances Pratt. But when she arrived at the Port Authority...

Bill BatsonJanuary 16, 2018

by Alma Roman I began my journey in a small village in the rural south. My parents were self-educated after attending the one school...

Bill BatsonJanuary 14, 2018

by Bill Batson When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 50 years ago this April, the assassin was not just trying to...

Bill BatsonJanuary 9, 2018