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Electricity was in the air on Friday night July 8, 1887. The full moon paled by comparison. Villagers celebrated. Bands paraded through the streets....
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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...
History
A cloud of steam gushed from the locomotive as it approached the station of milling passengers. The locomotive came closer and closer until it...
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It can’t be, but it is. There was once a glass house built by a sun-worshipping naturist in Nyack. Evelyn Word Provost Leigh built...
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He was good at everything he tried including building Upper Nyack’s most expensive riverfront estate that has survived and thrived until today. The name...
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The unmistakable aroma of strawberries permeated the farm lanes of Rockland County as millions of picked berries were transported by wagons to steamboats known...
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Memorial Day weekend is a great time to pack a picnic, bring the kids, enjoy river views, and visit the numerous memorials throughout Nyack’s...
History
The Historical Society of the Nyacks will hold their Spring Benefit honoring Win and Betty Perry with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, June...
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Wait a minute. Isn’t River Hook the name of the Hester Haring Cason Preserve, a public preserve owned by the Village of Upper Nyack...
History
In the April 18, 2022, Flashback Friday, the e-publication of the Historical Society of Rockland County, a photograph dated 1887 along with a newspaper reprint...