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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...]
by Bill Batson Until recently, painters in Nyack were second-class artisans. Nyack’s musicians could fine-tune their instruments at Long Island Drum Center. Local writers could always haunt the stacks at Pickwick Book Shop. Our thespians were able to find an audience at Elmwood Playhouse. But … [Read more...]
Here's a unique Back-To-The-Future idea about improving Rockland commuters' weekday trip to NYC without building a new Tappan Zee Bridge. The Pedestrian Observations blog says electrifying several of the old rail lines that cross Rockland, Orange and Bergen counties can achieve some of the goals of … [Read more...]
by Bill Batson In 1884, Nyack, NY was a bustling river community and the commercial heart of Rockland County. This sketch is from a widely circulated map made by L. R Burleigh in that year that depicts a jumble of homes, businesses and churches. I recently took a closer look at this historical … [Read more...]
Nyack, Dec 31 -- Jen Laird White was sworn in as Nyack's 37th mayor on Saturday at a standing room only ceremony in Village Hall. Nyack Village Justice Rob Knoebel, Trustees Doug Foster and Marie Lorenzini also took the oath of office from Village Clerk Mary White. NYS Assemblywoman Ellen … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Dec 30 -- If a picture can conjure a thousands words, here are some of the more memorable photos, illustrations and graphics in 2011. Without further ado and the thousand words, here's our look back at 2011. There was snow -- and lots of it.The first official snow of … [Read more...]
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