Nyack People & Places Nyack’s Now Forgotten Haven Country Club for Women A century ago, near downtown Nyack, the Haven Country Club was a retreat for professional women run by women. Part spa and part rest... Mike HaysSeptember 8, 2022
Nyack People & Places It’s a Honey of a Village It’s been dry and hot this summer, but it’s been a “sweet” heat. Thanks to beekeepers Dana Harkrider and Suzie Quarrell, villagers have been able... Mike HaysSeptember 1, 2022
Nyack People & Places Helen Hayes Daughter, Nyack’s “Act of God Baby”, Was A Polio Poster Child Polio has reared its ugly head again in 2022 as it did frequently every summer so many years ago when it crippled and killed... Mike HaysAugust 25, 2022
Nyack People & Places The Surprising Story of the Ku Klux Klan in Rockland County The Proud Boys of 1925 It was the event of a decade. KKK leaflets were dropped by plane over Nyack. 10,000 came to see 1,000... Mike HaysAugust 18, 2022
Nyack People & Places The Amazing 50-year History of Hal Parker’s Nyack Frame Shop Hal Parker may be the most important interior decorator in Nyack. He has framed tens of thousands of works in his frame shops for... Mike HaysAugust 11, 2022
Nyack People & Places Five Places Where Nyack Brook Is Visible It’s amazing to consider that Nyack once had a beautiful pristine brook with a rocky bed and deep gullies that flowed year-round. Nyack Brook,... Mike HaysAugust 4, 2022
Nyack People & Places Was Upper Nyack Named “Goosetown” because of a Civil War Colonel? It is a mental picture you won’t forget. An elegantly dressed 60-year-old man driving a herd of geese from the grounds of his large,... Mike HaysJuly 28, 2022
Nyack People & Places An Electrifying Summer Night Electricity was in the air on Friday night July 8, 1887. The full moon paled by comparison. Villagers celebrated. Bands paraded through the streets.... Mike HaysJuly 14, 2022
Arts Nyack People & Places: Amazing Triple Feature: Hopper House, Rivertown Film, & Marta Renzi Summer evenings in Nyack will be even more special on July 13 when a triple feature is playing, We Are Already Dancing: An Evening with... Mike HaysJuly 7, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: You Will Never Guess These 10 Locations of Nyack’s Early Movie Theaters A cloud of steam gushed from the locomotive as it approached the station of milling passengers. The locomotive came closer and closer until it... Mike HaysJune 23, 2022