On Friday night, July 8, 1887, electricity crackled through the air in more ways than one. A full moon hung overhead, but its ...

To frame just how depraved the infamous Roman Emperor Caligula had become, the historian, Seneca, tells the story of how the ...

On July 4, 1919, under a blazing summer sun, Nyack staged the most spectacular Fourth of July celebration in its history. At ...

Our roundup of events this week features balloon art, a Where’s Waldo? contest, customer appreciation day at the Nyack ...

Our roundup of events this week features fireworks, vintage postcards, colors of summer, a pride night market, theater, and ...

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Tom Vasilow and his brother Chris churned out oceans of ice cream and rivers of chocolate at the Eagle Confectionery at 106 ...

On a frosty January day in 1866, the Rockland County Journal published a whimsical tale that captured the imaginations of Tarrytown and Nyack residents. It cheerfully announced the “construction” of a ...

With a feast of melons, crackers, corn, potatoes, and 20 kegs of clams, Sylvan Grove became an instant success. A brass band from Verplanck’s Point played into the afternoon. Visitors swam, boated, ...

The Sarvent family included a Dutch immigrant, quarry owners, Revolutionary War veterans, slaveholders, a ship carpenter, vineyard owners, and Upper Nyack’s first mayor. Over the 19th century, their ...

Few passersby on quiet Haven Court realize that a century ago, the land beneath their feet offered a revolutionary retreat: a country club run entirely by and for working women created before women ...

It’s hard to fathom, but there was a silver lining in the disaster–actually, three. First, the 9:30a explosion blew the windows of the Liberty Street School and cracked a few walls but, unlike the ...