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by Bill Batson In 1884, Nyack, NY was a bustling river community and the commercial heart of Rockland County. This sketch is from a...
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What do Muhammad Ali, Helen Hayes and James Baldwin have in common? They were all guests when Sam Waymon and his creative partner, Bill...
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by Bill Batson Nyack lost a pillar of our community on January 24, 2022 when Karim Deen passed away unexpectedly. For nearly five decades,...
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by Bill Batson “Didier Dumas is one of the most welcoming places in Nyack period,” proclaimed Carol Gannet about her favorite local eatery. And...
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by Bill Batson On Monday, January 17, 2022, I was honored by St. Charles AME Zion Church as a part of their annual Martin...
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by Bill Batson A Karenderya is a road-side restaurant in the Philippines that serves meals from wooden benches. Nyack’s rendition, launched five years ago...
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by Bill Batson For a brief moment in time, one of the hottest spots in the jazz universe was a nightclub in Nyack. The...
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by Bill Batson Every time I passed this sign, I struggled to decipher the mysterious acronym. Not knowing the meaning of the hieroglyphic written...
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by Bill Batson Do you know the origin of the phrase “rule of thumb?” It was the maximum thickness of an object that a...
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by Bill Batson As generations of teenagers could tell you, there are few therapeutic interventions as powerful as a Fender guitar, a few friends,...