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by Bill Batson On December 28, 2015, Rockland County lost civic leader Dr. Willie Bryant. Dr. Bryant was a driving force behind the effort...
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by Bill Batson Men and women who survived American slavery built St. Charles African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Sparkill in 1865. This sanctuary is...
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by Bill Batson Edward Hopper’s posthumous popularity continues to soar. In April 2014, Art Everywhere U.S. conducted a poll to see what paintings Americans wanted displayed...
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by Bill Batson Nyack’s Farmers’ Market returns to the Nyack Center starting on Thursday, December 1. Organized by the Nyack Chamber of Commerce, the...
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by Bill Batson For Beverly and Seth Gopin, Metal and Stone is a place where people come to commemorate all “life cycle” events. They...
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by Bill Batson “As a matter of law, the house is haunted.” This sentence in a ruling by the New York Supreme Court in...
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by Bill Batson Pierre Bernard, America’s first yogi, lived on an ashram he called the Clarkstown Country Club in Nyack from 1920 until his death...
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by Bill Batson Cemeteries were segregated in America until the mid-20th century. Even black veterans of America’s armed conflicts were dishonored when buried. Today,...
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by Bill Batson Carson McCullers came to Nyack in 1945 to convalesce and create. For 22 years she found a place to do both, completing The...
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by Bill Batson On 9/11, I think of my friend John Perry. He was a New York City beat cop who was also active...