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From Frozen Pond to New York City Table–The Legacy of Ice Harvesting at Rockland Lake

By the middle of January 125 years ago, some 800 workers and 1,800 horses assembled at Rockland Lake to begin the annual ice harvest,...

Mike HaysJanuary 18, 2024

by Mike Hays During the Gilded Age, Rockland Lake ice, known for its purity, was so beloved in New York City that it was...

Mike HaysMarch 10, 2022

by Mike Hays First a creaking. Then a sudden crescendo of metal-on-metal screeches, wood timber groans, and grinding brakes filled the air as tons...

Mike HaysFebruary 25, 2021

by Mike Hays Once upon a time, one of the largest and most important local industries in Nyack was ice harvesting, so called because...

Mike HaysJanuary 28, 2021

by Mike Hays Since May of 2019, the lower parking lot at Nyack Beach has been closed to cars due to a collapsed wall...

News & Views StaffJuly 11, 2019