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When people hear the term “Gilded Age” they may think of Julian Fellowes’ new TV series or of some distant time populated by remote,...
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by Steven Cea On January 10, residents in the Nyack Library charter service area will go to the polls to elect three trustees for...
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by Bill Batson I am proud to pause for a moment to reflect on the extraordinary accomplishments of Ellen Jaffee who represented the 97th...
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by Visit Nyack Nyack Library will host a book discussion this evening at 7pm on The Ex-Slaves’ Fortune: The Story of Cynthia Hesdra, by...
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by Bill Batson More than 200 years ago, Nicholas Green and Tunis Depew sowed the seeds that would become the Nyack Library. A membership...
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by Bill Batson A new exhibition at the Historical Society of the Nyacks offers an intimate glimpse into Toni Morrison’s creative process. According to...
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by Mike Hays Belle Crest is the sixth edition of Nyack People & Places’ Barons of Broadway series, tracing how Upper Nyack farmland was...
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The Life of Forgotten River Town Poet, Florence Ripley Mastin by Mike Hays Mostly forgotten today, Florence Josephine Mastin (or Ripley, as she chose...
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by The Nyack Library Have you ever wondered why we vote on the first Tuesday after a Monday in November? In 1845, when congress...
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by Mike Hays The Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, looms large in our national imagination, but is, in reality,...