Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
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...]
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 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...]
by Glen Keene A new book by a local author shows that not only does history repeat itself, but some of the sensational conflicts 75 years ago are still making headlines. Governors boasting of balancing their state’s budgets while neglecting to mention their use of federal stimulus money. … [Read more...]
by Bill Batson The man who built this house, with the benefit of slave labor, laid much of the foundation for the village we occupy. Since his death in 1842, John Green’s house has had many owners and tenants. Because of the neglect of its current absentee landlord, the building might … [Read more...]
by Max Cea Nyack’s Tron! and DVD are far from your traditional hip-hop duo. Most artists come from big cities but they grew up in a small village. The brothers don’t rap about peddling drugs or acts of violence. However, the process by which Norvin (Tron!) and Darian (DVD) Van Dunk have … [Read more...]
NYSDOT Green Lights DEIS; Environmentalists Fume $16 Tolls On The Way? by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 27 -- The New York State Department of Transportation released the Tappan Zee Bridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) this week and found no reason to back off Governor Cuomo's … [Read more...]
Nyack, Jan 26 -- On Saturday and Sunday mornings after the bars close, Nyack's sidewalks are a mess, covered in cigarette butts, litter -- and worse. Nyack's Village Board is considering a revised parking plan that would generate new revenue to clean up the streets while also giving the evening … [Read more...]
by Bill Batson This is the house where Martin Luther King would have slept. Were it not for an assassin in Memphis in 1968, our nation’s Nobel Peace Prize winning champion of nonviolence would have made it to Nyack. The purpose of his visit would have been to commune with the Fellowship of … [Read more...]
A little over 30 years ago, Nyack suffered its own day "that shall live in infamy." Two members of the now disbanded Nyack Police department were ambushed and gunned down near the on-ramp to the NYS Thruway following the Brink's Robbery at the Nanuet Mall. Three decades have passed, but for many of … [Read more...]
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