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A landform once stood in downtown Sparkill. Not a distant ridge or Hudson River bluff, but a steep, flat-topped rise beside the railroad tracks....
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The Blizzard of 1888 and the Storm That Stopped New York A little after midnight on Monday, March 12, 1888, steady rain turned to...
Nyack People & Places
When 88 meant XOXO One hundred years before internet dating was invented, telegraph operators at the Nyack and Piermont train stations fell in love over...
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The unmistakable aroma of strawberries permeated the farm lanes of Rockland County as millions of picked berries were transported by wagons to steamboats known...
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In the April 18, 2022, Flashback Friday, the e-publication of the Historical Society of Rockland County, a photograph dated 1887 along with a newspaper reprint...
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88 = XOXO = Valentine’s Day Hugs and Kisses by Mike Hays Morse code meets the internet in Orangetown’s first online romance, which occurred...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays “It shows how much one man can do,” said Judge Paul Phinney, in 1986, when the South Nyack fitness trail on...
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by Susan Hellauer The quiet of a clear summer evening was suddenly shattered by an air horn blast last Thursday. Within moments, Rockland’s emergency...
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Learn about the hidden history of a Hudson River Village that once hosted two active rail lines in its role as an active 19th...
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by Susan Hellauer The second of a two part series about dangerous cargo that regularly rumbles through Rockland. Just before last week’s Independence Day...