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by Bill Batson Major gaps in my ancestry explain my fascination with family, local and black history. I was born in the interval between...
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by Bill Batson The Reverend Owen C. Thompson has led the flock at Grace Episcopal Church since September 2013. You may have seen the...
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by Bill Batson Elegant hats have become the symbol of local civil rights icon Frances Pratt. But when she arrived at the Port Authority...
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by Bill Batson When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 50 years ago this April, the assassin was not just trying to...
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by Bill Batson On Thursday, December 21, outgoing Mayor Jen Laird-White will swear-in Mayor-elect Don Hammond at 6:30p at Village Hall. In a time...
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by Bill Batson Whether we consciously choose to co-author it our not, the story of Nyack is being written every day. Online articles, youtube...
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by Bill Batson I met Rockland County’s newest author when she was 85 at a book talk I gave at Valley Cottage Library. “I’m...
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by Bill Batson A friend, poet, photographer and sailor shipwrecked along the coast of New Jersey last week. His sister has come to his...
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by Bill Batson Hartell’s in Upper Nyack has always been the kind of deli and market where the owner knows your name, and your...
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by Bill Batson Nyack’s October 28th parade will be the 4th best fright-fest in the U.S. according to travelchannel.com. How does a community climb...