News Nyack Sketch Log: NAACP President Frances Pratt by Bill Batson Elegant hats have become the symbol of local civil rights icon Frances Pratt. But when she arrived at the Port Authority... News & Views StaffFebruary 3, 2015
Arts Nyack Sketch Log: Helen Hayes MacArthur by Bill Batson Legend has it that when Helen Hayes MacArthur first saw this fine example of Italianate architecture on North Broadway, her husband,... News & Views StaffJanuary 27, 2015
News Nyack Sketch Log: Sweetpea’s Market by Bill Batson There has been a health food store at the corner of Main Street and Broadway for over 30 years. The current... News & Views StaffJanuary 20, 2015
News Nyack Sketch Log: A Goat Herding Tale by Bill Batson Joyce Henion left Rockland County in 1998 to move her elderly parents and daughter into a home in Walker Valley, NY.... News & Views StaffJanuary 13, 2015
News Nyack Sketch Log: Warts and All by Bill Batson In 1884, Nyack, NY was a bustling river community and the commercial heart of Rockland County. This sketch is from a... News & Views StaffJanuary 6, 2015
Arts Nyack Sketch Log: Sam Waymon is Set to Soar by Bill Batson The musical career of Sam Waymon is set to soar. In February 2015, Spike Lee will release Da Sweet Blood of... News & Views StaffDecember 30, 2014
News Nyack Sketch Log’s Guide to Giving Nyack Sketch Log’s 2014 Guide to Giving. Consider supporting one or more of these Rockland County based-community initiatives: Amazing Grace Circus Edward Hopper House... News & Views StaffDecember 23, 2014
News Nyack Sketch Log: Squash Blossom by Bill Batson Since 1973, Nyack has been the home of Squash Blossom, a Native American crafts store operated by Trudi Feiner at 49... News & Views StaffDecember 16, 2014
News Nyack Sketch Log: Hickory Dickory Dock by Bill Batson Every ornament, toy and clock at Hickory Dickory Dock tells a story. Once you pass under the canopied entrance of 43... News & Views StaffDecember 9, 2014
News Nyack Sketch Log: The Book by Bill Batson When I started publishing a weekly sketch and short essay in August 2011, I thought I would run out of subjects... News & Views StaffDecember 2, 2014