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Main Street’s History of Floods

  • May 30, 2013

by John Patrick Schutz

Torrents of water came rushing down Nyack’s East/West streets and avenues on May 23 gathering speed and strength as several inches of rain overwhelmed storm sewers, picking up sidewalks and pavement while filling basements and even first floors from Franklin Street to the Hudson. It may seem to some residents that downtown has been flooding several times a year just in recent years; however the downtown area has had issues with flooding for over a century. The frequency of the flooding does seem to be on the rise, but it is likely that Nyack’s original water issues are being exacerbated by three additional stresses: blocked culverts, loss of tree cover due to development up slope, and worldwide climatic change.

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Nyack Sketch Log: Oak Hill Cemetery According to Luke

  • April 30, 2013

by Bill Batson

According to former Oak Hill caretaker Luke Conroy, “cemeteries are for the living.” Seated in the first floor office of this house, where he oversaw these hallowed grounds and met with family members, Conroy found his true vocation. “I realized that I was there to help families work through their grief to seek wholeness,” says Conroy who followed a spiritual path that took him from Oak Hill to St. Ann’s Church, where he is now a Deacon.

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Nyack Sketch Log: 1 Poltergeist Place, Nyack NY?

  • October 30, 2012

by Bill Batson

‘€œAs a matter of law, the house is haunted.’€ This sentence in a ruling by the New York Supreme Court in July, 1991 generated international headlines for a real estate dispute surrounding the sale of 1 La Veta Place. That a court entertained the notion that a house could be haunted has kept the debate alive, especially on full moons and All Hallows’ Eves. I recently collected the opinions of an informal jury of residents on La Veta , local realtors and Rockland’s own ghost investigator, Linda Zimmermann. Their unanimous verdict might surprise you.

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150 Years Ago in Rockland: A Nation At War With Itself

  • April 28, 2012

by Brian Jennings

A tour of Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack reminds us that the Civil War isn’t just remembered in history books. A memorial to the soldiers from Nyack who fought in the War Between The States stands at the top of Oak Hill, overlooking the village and the Hudson

Over 150 years ago, H.A. Beach, a member of the 48th Regiment of New York State Volunteers on Dawfuskie Island in South Carolina, wrote from the front about the bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski by the Union soldiers. In his letter, Beach reflects upon the meaning of the war to himself and the nation.

This is the first in a series of articles which will highlight stories originally published in The Rockland County Journal while the nation was in the throes of a bloody Civil War.

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