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by Mike Hays Before the first Tappan Zee Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, a winter express route across the Hudson River called the...
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by Mike Hays During the Gilded Age, Rockland Lake ice, known for its purity, was so beloved in New York City that it was...
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Before climate change spoiled the formation of deep ice on local ponds and rivers, children would gather on weeknights and weekends to skate and...
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by Mike Hays Before the first Tappan Zee Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, there was a winter express route across the Hudson River...
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by Mike Hays Much like Beth Harmon’s photographic memory of chessboards in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Upper Nyack’s Department of Public Works employees have...
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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...
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by Mike Hays Before the first Tappan Zee Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, there was a winter express route across the Hudson River...
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by Mike Hays Once upon a time, one of the largest and most important local industries in Nyack was ice harvesting, so called because...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays Much like Beth Harmon’s photographic memory of chessboards in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Upper Nyack’s Department of Public Works employees have...
History
by Mike Hays Before climate change spoiled the formation of deep ice on local ponds and rivers, children would gather on weeknights and weekends...