History Remembering Betty Perry: A Life of Love, Service, and Dedication Today we celebrate the life of Betty Perry who left us on September 24, 2024. To honor her memory, I am repeating a column... Mike HaysSeptember 25, 2024
News Gardens of Civic Virtue Cultivating vegetation and historic preservation are two of the organizing principals of Florence Katzenstein’s life. As the founder of historical societies on both sides... Bill BatsonMarch 21, 2023
Arts Weekly Rec: Nyack 1982 We recommend you enjoy 82 pieces of ’82 , an exhibit of photographs of Nyack taken by Brad Hess. In 1982, Hess explored Main... Bill BatsonJanuary 20, 2023
Arts Weekly Rec: Walking Tour of Nyack’s Oak Hill Cemetery We recommend you walk scenic Oak Hill Cemetery this Sunday, October 23 and celebrate the lives of many “permanent residents” of the Nyacks who... Alex KratzOctober 21, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Spring Benefit Honors Win & Betty Perry The Historical Society of the Nyacks will hold their Spring Benefit honoring Win and Betty Perry with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, June... Mike HaysMay 19, 2022
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,... Bill BatsonMarch 15, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Revisiting the St. George Hotel Part One: Bustling Burd St. & the Founding of the St. George Hotel by Mike Hays If you wanted to know what was going... Mike HaysNovember 4, 2021
Arts Nyack People & Places: Allen Steinman’s Recreations of “Nyack Notables” by Mike Hays Allen Steinman, long-time Nyack resident, makes us forget that we live in an age where nearly everyone has a digital camera... Mike HaysOctober 21, 2021
Arts Nyack Sketch Log: The History of the Historical Society of the Nyacks by Bill Batson Win Perry can measure his Hudson Valley heritage in centuries: “My ancestors have been farmers and boat builders and were descended... Bill BatsonJuly 20, 2021
History Nyack People & Places: South Nyack History Detectives Unveil Esposito Trail Signs by Mike Hays The new Esposito Trail signs started with the deepening cracks in the tennis court of South Nyack’s Franklin Street Park. Andrew... Mike HaysOctober 15, 2020