Health & Wellness Nyack People & Places: Take A Spring History Walk Through “Upper” Upper Nyack The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. –Marcel Proust You don’t have to travel far... Mike HaysApril 28, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Revisiting Undercliff–A Lost, Gilded Age Mansion by Mike Hays Undercliff, or Underclyffe as it was styled in 1885, was an estate house named for its presence near or ‘under’ Hook... Mike HaysMarch 24, 2022
News Nyack People & Places: The Barons of Broadway – Larchdell The Story of Larchdell by Mike Hays The barons arrived like a flock of hungry migrating birds devouring Upper Nyack’s farmland by building large... Mike HaysSeptember 30, 2021
Nyack People & Places Nyack People & Places: Nyack Beach Re-opens by Mike Hays If Nyack was once called the “Gem of the Hudson,” then the gem of that gem must have been the 4.9-mile... Mike HaysMay 13, 2021
History Nyack People & Places: When the Governor Approved Removal of Hook Mountain by Mike Hays “We certainly need it. I don’t see how there can be any opposition. Go to it and do it quickly.” This... Mike HaysApril 8, 2021
Health & Wellness Nyack People & Places: Self-Guided River Hook Walking Tour by Mike Hays The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. –Marcel Proust You don’t have... Mike HaysMarch 11, 2021
History Nyack People & Places: The Daylight Ride of Major John Smith by Mike Hays It’s not an iconic “one if by land, two if by sea” Paul Revere midnight ride story. But Upper Nyack’s Major... Mike HaysNovember 19, 2020
History Nyack People & Places: Skirmish Krew Relives Revolutionary War in Upper Nyack by Mike Hays The thunder of cannons, the crash of cannonballs, the crack of musket fire. Villagers may think of the Revolutionary War as... Mike HaysMay 21, 2020
History Nyack People & Places: There’s a Meetin’ at the Old Stone Meeting House by Winston Perry As Pete Seeger and many folksingers at hootenannies sang, “there’s meetin’ here tonight, there’s a meetin’ here tonight, I can see... Mike HaysMarch 12, 2020
Nyack People & Places Nyack People & Places: Lions & Dragons Dance at Nyack Beach by Mike Hays The clashing of cymbals, the pounding of drums, and the rapid movement of lions and dragons will fill the plateau of... Matt KelleyJune 13, 2019