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Rockland Landing lies just 1.5 miles from Nyack—but without road access, it feels far more remote. Once a quiet colonial ferry point, it grew...
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Scenery, History, and Ice Cream Along the Hudson Reminiscent of the Nyack Ferry nearly a century ago, the Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry, run by New York...
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In the summer of 1885, members of the Sunday Schools of Nyack’s Dutch Reformed and Grace Episcopal churches set out for Iona Island on...
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With a feast of melons, crackers, corn, potatoes, and 20 kegs of clams, Sylvan Grove became an instant success. A brass band from Verplanck’s Point...
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Barons of Broadway Series #2 Welcome to the second installment of our series, ‘Barons of Broadway,’ where we delve into the opulent world of...
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Barons of Broadway Series Welcome to the first installment of our series, ‘Barons of Broadway,’ where we delve into the opulent world of the...
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Back on August 24, 1911, the skies above Upper Nyack bore witness to a spectacular event when Harry Atwood’s biplane executed a daring emergency...
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Nyack-on-Hudson, as seen etched above the entrance of Village Hall, could very well be revised as Nyack-on-Fjord, a title that beckons both awe and...
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In 1923, in what can only be described as a mind-bogglingly crazy proposition, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission had the audacity to suggest mining...
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Long lost Hook Mountain Beach, once nestled in Rockland Lake Landing, has been overlooked for too long, often overshadowed by its more renowned counterpart,...