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by Mike Hays When we think of geese, if we think of them at all, it is usually as annoyances populating parks, lawns, and...
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By Mike Hays Before SUVs and all-wheel drive cars, navigating Nyack’s hilly unplowed roads in the winter was made possible using locally made horse-drawn...
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by Mike Hays Christmas 1919 was a unique and fun experience in Nyack when one of Nyack’s most memorable Hudson River buildings was turned...
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by Mike Hays Salonniere noun. French. (1) A woman who hosts a salon. (2) Nyack’s newest coffee shop. Marcella Mazzeo’s choice of an exotic...
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by Mike Hays Nyack is a mile-high city. No, this isn’t a joke. In Emigrant Pass (also called Donner Pass) in the Sierra Mountain...
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by Mike Hays Finding the right wine to serve with Thanksgiving turkey is a perennial challenge. But in 1919, it was easy. New York...
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by Mike Hays On a warm Saturday night in August 1893, 75 people gathered at the popular Victorian boarding house run by the Lydeckers...
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The Barons of Broadway: River Hook Farm by Mike Hays Of all the barons who flocked to build homes on Upper Nyack farms beginning...
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by Mike Hays Weird goalposts. Odd helmets. A round ball. A player astride a teammate’s shoulders. No end zone or yard markers. Does this...
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by Mike Hays Twins? Sisters? Cousins? Two three-story commercial buildings located in Upper Nyack and Nyack nearly one mile apart and built some 135...