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by Bill Batson Men and women who survived American slavery built St. Charles African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Sparkill in 1865. This sanctuary is...
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by Bill Batson This month, a six-hour miniseries about the life of Nelson Mandela starring Laurence Fishburne is airing on BET. When the first...
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by Bill Batson Two years before Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president, St. Philip’s A.M.E. Zion Church was founded in 1859 by abolitionist John...
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by Bill Batson The Nyack Library is an example of one of the most epic philanthropic gestures of the early 20th Century. Andrew Carnegie...
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by Ashley Tedino The Nyack Window Project, a streetscape exhibition that pairs visual artists with local landlords to create original installations in downtown storefronts, ...
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by Bill Batson Every ornament, toy and clock at Hickory Dickory Dock tells a story. Once you pass under the canopied entrance of 43...
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by Bill Batson Nyack’s Farmers’ Market returns to the Nyack Center starting on Thursday, December 1. Organized by the Nyack Chamber of Commerce, the...
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by Bill Batson Mohamed Mahmoud opened his store in 1993 at the tail end of the antiques boom in Nyack. During the 1980s, almost...
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by Bill Batson For Beverly and Seth Gopin, Metal and Stone is a place where people come to commemorate all “life cycle” events. They...
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by Bill Batson Like millions of Americans, West Nyack’s Robin Bell dreads her commute. It’s not the time it takes to cover the 26,000...