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“This church is a miracle.” That is how the wife of the pastor of Hollingsworth Memorial, Evangelist Myrtle Jones, has described this brick and...
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This year, St. Philip’s A.M.E Zion Church on the corner of North Mill and Burd Streets celebrates 160 years of worship. The church was...
Nyack People & Places
Electricity was in the air on Friday night July 8, 1887. The full moon paled by comparison. Villagers celebrated. Bands paraded through the streets....
News
Not only was it the hottest 4th of July on record but it was also the loudest, proudest, and longest 4th of July parade ever in...
History
A cloud of steam gushed from the locomotive as it approached the station of milling passengers. The locomotive came closer and closer until it...
History
It can’t be, but it is. There was once a glass house built by a sun-worshipping naturist in Nyack. Evelyn Word Provost Leigh built...
History
He was good at everything he tried including building Upper Nyack’s most expensive riverfront estate that has survived and thrived until today. The name...
Arts
by Bill Batson In the contest to draw an audience for the arts, Rockland County is David to the Goliath of New York City....
History
by Mike Hays It was the charity baseball game of the century. A motorcade of buses and cars from New York City brought stars...
News
by Bill Batson Not every beautiful old house in Nyack merits its own historic marker. For other properties, the traditional historic marker is not...