History
Note: My annual Veterans Day tribute to my parents and the Greatest Generation. Never forget! Standing on Piermont Pier at the Camp Shanks Memorial...
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History
Note: My annual Veteran’s Day tribute to my parents and the Greatest Generation. Never forget! As I stand on Piermont Pier today at the...
Nyack People & Places
Clausland Mountain, located between Nyack and Sparkill, is named after a Native American who took on the Dutch name Jan Claus. Despite its geographical...
Nyack People & Places
Lenny Bruce, Mrs. Maisel’s mentor, friend, and more in the hit mid-century television comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel once performed in Nyack. It is a little...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays Riots and Russians in Rockland? Indeed! On a steamy, moonlit August night in 1942, the largest crowd ever to attend an...
News
by Mike Hays This Memorial Day, pack a picnic and discover the numerous memorials in Nyack’s Memorial Park. The village’s first open space park...
Arts
by Liz Sayles “We had no real weapons. Yes, we were scared!” This quote sums up the emotions of many of the soldiers in...
Arts
by Liz Sayles In 1944 a US Army battalion loaded with artists was sent to Europe with rubber tanks and phony artillery. Their mission...
News
by John Patrick Schutz The combined earthquake/tsunami/nuclear tragedies in Japan this week led me to Nyack’s wartime history and a memory of which we...