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Ghost stories from a former cemetery superintendent When Luke Conroy moved into Oak Hill Cemetery’s superintendent’s house with his wife in 1989, he expected...
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Fact and Folklore Behind New York’s Last Witch Trial In 1816, according to local legend, a crowd of neighbors gathered in Clarksville, now West...
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Nyack History A to Z Nyack’s First Meeting Place Still Welcomes the Community In 1813, a small group of Nyack residents set out to...
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Nyack History A to Z For nearly a century, boarding the Nyack ferry meant stepping directly into the life of the Hudson River. Commuters...
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Nyack History At to Z Nyack’s First Prominent Summer Resident For decades, one of Upper Nyack’s most famous houses was said to have been...
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Nyack History A to Z How a 5-foot-2 Nyack Senator Took on Tammany Hall – and Won In the Gilded Age, when Tammany Hall...
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How a Dutch Family Helped Shape the Nyacks Few families shaped the early history of the Nyacks more than the Kuypers. Together with neighboring...
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My September 11, 2001 On the morning of September 11, 2001, I walked from Grand Central to my office at Two Penn Plaza beneath...
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Nyack History A to Z Hidden near a group of trees on a lonely ridge above Upper Nyack lies the rectangular stone foundation of...
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Nyack History A to Z A Century of Keeping Nyack Cool For more than a century, the Nyack Ice House stood at 90 Clinton...