Announcements The Villages: Rockland Gets a COVID-19 Testing Site This week in the villages: New York State will finally open a COVID-19 testing site in Rockland on Tuesday. Nyack Village Hall is temporarily... a. staffJanuary 3, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Partying on New Year’s Eve––1946 Style by Mike Hays Dancing, hats, noisemakers, all night openings, turkey sandwiches, pizza, swing bands, dinners, movies, dreams of ski jumping, parties at home, and... Mike HaysDecember 30, 2021
News Nyack Sketch Log: Independent Order of Odd Fellows by Bill Batson Every time I passed this sign, I struggled to decipher the mysterious acronym. Not knowing the meaning of the hieroglyphic written... Bill BatsonDecember 28, 2021
Announcements The Villages: Farewell 2021 This week in the villages: It’s a quiet end to another challenging year with closures and transportation changes on New year’s Eve and New Year’s... a. staffDecember 27, 2021
History Nyack People & Places: 2021 Akimbo by Mike Hays Akimbo [def.}: adv. 1. With hands on the hips and arms turned outward, 1.1 (with other limbs) flung out widely or haphazardly.... Mike HaysDecember 23, 2021
News Nyack Sketch Log: Center For Safety & Change by Bill Batson Do you know the origin of the phrase “rule of thumb?” It was the maximum thickness of an object that a... Bill BatsonDecember 21, 2021
Announcements The Villages: Holiday Transportation Changes This week in the villages: It will be a quiet week in the river villages with holiday closures and transportation schedule changes due to the... a. staffDecember 20, 2021
Health & Wellness Rockland County Executive Ed Day Statement on Omicron Precautions by Ed Day, Rockland County Executive Rockland County is in the midst of an expected and seasonally predictable increase in active COIVD-19 cases. I... NNaVAdminDecember 18, 2021
History Nyack People & Places: Rockland’s First Airport Founded by Pierre Bernard by Mike Hays Dr. Pierre Bernard whose visionary yoga club in Nyack foretold today’s interest in yoga, also jumped on the aviation craze in... Mike HaysDecember 16, 2021
News Nyack Sketch Log: The Rock ‘n’ Rollers by Bill Batson As generations of teenagers could tell you, there are few therapeutic interventions as powerful as a Fender guitar, a few friends,... Bill BatsonDecember 14, 2021