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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,...
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As Christmas approached 150 years ago, foggy days and nights compelled the closure of steamboat travel to Haverstraw. The roads just outside Nyack consisted...
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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,...
Nyack People & Places
I have had so much fun writing Nyack People & Places columns this year. I thank all of you who have found some of...
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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 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 Once upon a time, one of the largest and most important local industries in Nyack was ice harvesting, so called because...
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by Mike Hays Clang! Crash! Slam! “OUCH!!” That was the sound of the men working at the Historic Nyack Icehouse on Sunday mornings in...
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by Mike Hays Before climate change spoiled the formation of deep ice on local ponds and rivers, children would gather on weeknights and weekends...