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A century ago, near downtown Nyack, the Haven Country Club was a retreat for professional women run by women. Part spa and part rest...
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Pierre Bernard, America’s first yogi, lived on an ashram he called the Clarkstown Country Club in Nyack from 1920 until his death in 1955. The...
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Wait a minute. Isn’t River Hook the name of the Hester Haring Cason Preserve, a public preserve owned by the Village of Upper Nyack...
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by Mike Hays It was the charity baseball game of the century. A motorcade of buses and cars from New York City brought stars...
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by Mike Hays Dr. Pierre Bernard whose visionary yoga club in Nyack foretold today’s interest in yoga, also jumped on the aviation craze in...
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by Mike Hays In the late 19th century, Nyack was visited by elephants, acrobats, and tightrope walkers. The village was a regular stop for...
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by Mike Hays The buzzing whine of prop planes and the whir of revving engines before filled the ears of residents living near the...
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by Mike Hays It’s a long way from Nyack to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Fl, once the winter home of the Ringling Brothers...
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by Mike Hays Nyack College, 1919 to 1972 Christian hymns did battle with yoga “om”s in Nyack Heights in between WWI and WWII. There...
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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...