At precisely 12:15 p.m. on July 20, 1909, the sharp, acrid scent of smoke spread through the village air. Inside the Jackson ...

One hundred and fifty years ago this month, Nyack faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions. A series of powerful storms struck the village in August 1875, leaving a trail of destruction.

Our roundup of events this week includes a free movie screening, the premier of Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, art in the ...

Check out all fancy cars, along with their cancer-surviving passengers, in our latest in-depth photo essay from Nyack's ...

Our roundup of events this week includes free BridgeMusik concerts, Jazz in the Garden, Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, ...

For 63 years, Tom Vasilow and his brother Chris churned out oceans of ice cream and rivers of chocolate at the Eagle Confectionery at 106 Main Street in Nyack. But it wasn’t the daily scoops or sweets ...

In this sixteenth episode of the Barons of Broadway, we uncover the story of one of the first Barons of Broadway to purchase farmland in Upper Nyack for a summer home. Joseph Hilton, a Confederate ...

The Barons of Broadway #28 In this episode of Barons of Broadway, we explore the origins and early history of Lochbourne. This hidden jewel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is ...

Early Rockland County Halloween Parades Before 1986, Nyack’s Halloween parades (or “Hallowe’en,” as it was once spelled) were small affairs compared to today’s event. Other nearby towns, like Piermont ...

Under Elms, the Foss residence at 541 N. Broadway circa 1925. Courtesy of The Nyack Library. He was good at everything he tried including building Upper Nyack’s most expensive riverfront estate that ...

Standing at a mere 5’2”, Clarence Lexow earned the moniker of the “little Nyack Senator with amusing whiskers and a grand top hat.” Nevertheless, from 1894 onward, Lexow rose to national prominence as ...