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by John Patrick Schutz If the warm trend continues, the only snow event of the 2011-12 season will be the pre-Halloween trick that was...
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by Bill Batson The Nyack Library is an example of one of the most epic philanthropic gestures of the early 20th Century. Andrew Carnegie...
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by Brian Jennings The Orangetown Historical Museum & Archives is pleased to present a new book on the history of Orangetown, where today a...
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by Arthur H. Gunther III Ever wonder why there’s a 360 degree exit ramp to reach South Nyack on I-287 West after crossing the...
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by Bill Batson When we turn on the faucet or flush the toilet, the water always flows. We may not know the exact source, or...
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by Bill Batson Two years before Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president, St. Philip’s A.M.E. Zion Church was founded in 1859 by abolitionist John...
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by Bill Batson The building in Haverstraw that was the subject of Edward Hopper’s 1925 painting “House by the Railroad” still stands proud. The...
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“Architecture is one of the most enduring clues to history,” says Win Perry, the President of the Historical Society of the Nyacks. “It helps...
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by Bill Batson The man who built this house, with the benefit of slave labor, laid much of the foundation for the village we...