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by Mike Hays It’s a troubled April. The forsythia and dogwood are blooming. The full moon right now is a super-moon. Easter and Passover...
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by Mike Hays With a smile and a wave, villagers out for a fresh air walk on N. Broadway in Upper Nyack during our...
History
by Mike Hays It’s unclear why the Nyack Postal Service chose April 1, 1899 as the day to switch from having villagers picking up...
History
by Mike Hays The polio pandemic was a scourge that reappeared every summer through the first half of the 20th century, killing and crippling...
History
by Winston Perry As Pete Seeger and many folksingers at hootenannies sang, “there’s meetin’ here tonight, there’s a meetin’ here tonight, I can see...
Health & Wellness
by Mike Hays Panic engulfed New York City like in an apocalyptic movie. Almost half of the city fled the threat of an unknown...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays The taste of pancakes and maple syrup is a primal American experience, but not many have tasted the natural maple sap...
History
by Mike Hays It’s a long way from Nyack to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Fl, the once winter home of the Ringling Brothers...
History
88 = XOXO = Valentine’s Day Hugs and Kisses by Mike Hays Morse code meets the internet in Orangetown’s first online romance, which occurred...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays Fireworks lit up the Nyack night sky in 1868 after a political rally at the Wigwam, located on Broadway where the...