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by Mike Hays During the Great Blizzard of 1988 when only one milkman was able to make a few of his deliveries, 879 cans...
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by Mike Hays Once upon a time, one of the largest and most important local industries in Nyack was ice harvesting, so called because...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays Much like Beth Harmon’s photographic memory of chessboards in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Upper Nyack’s Department of Public Works employees have...
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by Mike Hays After a snowfall quiets the landscape, there’s a noise. The shrieks and shouts of children riding sleds. Nyack took special pride...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays After 48 years in business in the same location, Jim Skelley has closed Nyack Bike Outfitters, a mainstay of the cycling...
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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...
News
by Mike Hays When we burn our 2020 calendars and combine its ashes with the ashes of all of our plans, hopes, and expectations...
Arts
by Mike Hays The show must go on–even during a pandemic. That includes Coupé Theater Studio’s Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble (RYDE), which found a...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays When villagers encounter two Summit School goats being walked in Upper Nyack by Anna Sicari, a Valley Cottage resident and instructor...
History
by Mike Hays Electricity was in the air on Friday night July 8, 1887. The full moon paled by comparison. Villagers celebrated. Bands paraded...