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by Win Perry, Historical Society of the Nyacks The WRITTEN NYACK HISTORY begins in 1675-76 when a 20-year-old Dutchman named Herman Douwese (son of...
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by John Patrick Schutz This House Matters, a documentary by Valley Cottage resident Tina Traster, made its debut to a room of enthusiastic history...
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Nyack Sketch Log author Bill Batson is away this week — but his art is still with us remembering Nyack as it once was,...
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by Bill Batson This house was saved from destruction in the early 1970s by an ad-hoc coalition that included neighbors, Rotarians, labor unions, students...
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by Bill Batson The YMCA is such a ubiquitous institution they practically own a letter of the alphabet. The Y gained global brand identification...
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by Bill Batson In the contest to draw an audience for the arts, Rockland County is David to the Goliath of New York City....
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by Arthur H. Gunther III In a tribute to the 60th anniversary of this vital artery across the Hudson, Nyack News And Views is...
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by Bill Batson Deborah Tyler had 300 pie orders to fill in the Fall of 2001. The single mother of three had converted her...
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by Bill Batson San Francisco has City Lights, New York City has the Strand and Nyack has the Pickwick Book Shop. The experience of...
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by Bill Batson Every time I passed this sign, I struggled to decipher the mysterious acronym. Not knowing the meaning of the hieroglyphic written...