Nyack People & Places
An anonymous journalist determined that “Old Nyack” had passed away in a year-in-review article entitled “Nyack in 1872” in the Rockland County Journal. His focus...
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Nyack People & Places
On a beautiful, warm September afternoon in Nyack, sixth-grader Alan Englander left Hilltop School on Highland Avenue to walk home. He heard the fire...
News
“Where’s the fire?” Nyack firemen shouted to each other after they heard the alarm. Precious minutes were lost. “Prospect House,” someone shouted. It was...
Nyack People & Places
Nyack’s famous annual Halloween parade hosted by the Nyack Chamber of Commerce is fast approaching its 33rdedition. It is the largest Halloween parade in...
Arts
by Bill Batson “As a matter of law, the house is haunted.” This sentence in a ruling by the New York Supreme Court in...
Nyack People & Places
“Holy Smokes!” said the amateur art historian upon seeing a framed watercolor hanging on the wall of an exhibit at River Hook’s Arbor Day...
Nyack People & Places
Around 1910, Saloon owner Otto Hahn posed for a photograph on his saloon porch beneath a large sign advertising Manilla Lager Beer. Nyack residents...
Nyack People & Places
Nyack-on-Hudson, as it liked to refer to itself in the 1870s, was a perfect place for a summer resort. Nyack sported at least 8...
Arts
Daniel Goswick, Sr., Ex-Chief of the Piermont Fire Department is on a mission to properly commemorate a 19th-century firefighter named Thomas Pomplin. “Pomp,” as...
Nyack People & Places
A century ago, near downtown Nyack, the Haven Country Club was a retreat for professional women run by women. Part spa and part rest...