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by Bill Batson In 1989, after five years as Superintendent, Andrew Thompson decided to retire. The Board of Oak Hill Cemetery placed an ad...
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History
Miramare is the eighth edition of Nyack People & Places’ Barons of Broadway series, tracing how Upper Nyack farmland was converted to large estates by...
History
by Mike Hays During the spring of 1860’s grape bloom, aromas of peach, apple, and melon reached the drawing rooms of Nyack’s mid-century Victorian...
Arts
Take a walk through history at Oak Hill Cemetery, hear some live contemporary classical music and see a murder mystery, a comedy, or a one-act...
News
by John Patrick Schutz Torrents of water came rushing down Nyack’s East/West streets and avenues on May 23 gathering speed and strength as several...
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by Bill Batson According to former Oak Hill caretaker Luke Conroy, “cemeteries are for the living.” Seated in the first floor office of this...
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...
News
by Brian Jennings A tour of Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack reminds us that the Civil War isn’t just remembered in history books. A...