Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
by Bill Batson Two years before Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president, St. Philip's A.M.E. Zion Church was founded in 1859 by abolitionist John W Towt. Today, the term abolitionist is considered a badge of honor. In the 1850’s, as slave catchers roamed the north empowered by the … [Read more...]
Nyack, Feb 20 -- Spring must be right around the corner, because the March 15 deadline for requesting a plot in the Nyack Community Garden is only three weeks away. Each year local residents tend 52 plots in a cooperative garden on South Franklin Street and Depew Avenue. Tools, soil and water are … [Read more...]
by Dani Simons Sustainable transportation advocate Dani Simons worked with StreetFilms.org to produce a five minute documentary on how the hurry-up offensive push to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge sacrificed previously promised mass transit components. The film includes a number of local elected … [Read more...]
by Larry M. Elkin With the passage of same sex marriage bills by the Maryland and NJ legislatures, could California be saying "I Do!" once again later this year? A lot of people assume it will be quite awhile, if ever, before same-sex marriage returns to California, notwithstanding last week’s … [Read more...]
by Donna Schmidt Next month, 18 women from all over Rockland County will be performing monologues about vaginas. The performance is part of a worldwide movement to end violence against women and girls and is a part of V-Day. The women span in age from 18 to approximately 65. The facilitator, … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Feb 16 -- The NYS Comptroller's Office made it official: no good deed goes unpunished. The State Comptroller has cited the Village of Nyack for insufficient oversight of the Nyack Center when it paid for a summer program for Nyack School District kids from lower income … [Read more...]
Nyack, Feb 15 -- Tonight's premiere of Runaway Circus at the Nyack Center is not too different from the real life story of the director of the Amazing Grace CIRCUS! "I ran away from college in 1972 to join the circus because it was a lifetime dream," said Carlo Pellegrini, director of Nyack's youth … [Read more...]
by Bill Batson Pilgrim Baptist Church has found a safe harbor at the corner of High Avenue and North Franklin Street for the last 51 years. The building has multiple slanted roofs and high arched windows that look like the peaks of cresting waves. The pulpit is on the north side of the nave … [Read more...]
by Elijah Reichlin-Melnick In Part II of this series on New York State redistricting, Elijah Reichlin-Melnick looks at techniques political parties use to maintain majorities in areas where they are in the minority. We all know that New York is a predominantly Democratic state, yet Republicans … [Read more...]
by David Schloss Three Nyack familes who have been friends for decades are starting a new business from scratch, making donuts from scratch. Here's a progress report on Gypsy Donut And Espresso Bar, scheduled to open in late March on N. Franklin Street in downtown Nyack. Anyone who has had … [Read more...]
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