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by Bill Batson The physical appearance and legal status of the John Green House has markedly improved since this 2012 Sketch Log illustration. Massive...
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The Life of Forgotten River Town Poet, Florence Ripley Mastin by Mike Hays Mostly forgotten today, Florence Josephine Mastin (or Ripley, as she chose...
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by Art Gunther Decades ago, Rockland County, N.Y. faced an interracial situation that I covered as a Journal-News photographer. I offer my account and...
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by Bill Batson Yesterday, people of all races and religions gathered for the observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at Pilgrim...
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by Bill Batson Were it not for an assassin in Memphis in 1968, our nation’s Nobel Prize winning champion of nonviolence would have turned...
History
by Mike Hays Marydell Faith and Life Center summer camps in Upper Nyack enabled inner city kids during and after the depression to experience...
History
by Mike Hays Hal Parker has framed tens of thousands of oil paintings, watercolors, posters, photographs, line drawings, athletic jerseys, and other ephemera. Not...
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by Bill Batson Major gaps in my ancestry explain my fascination with family, local and black history. I was born in the interval between...
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On May 13, The Historical Society of the Nyacks presents “Grand Houses of the Nyacks,” their biennial house tour. “The House Tour is a...
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Alaska and Nyack. Two places far away from each other which share a native son, local author Roger Seiler. Come to the Nyack Library...