Nyack News And Views

08/29/2025

Our roundup of events this week includes tea time at the new Savanna & Steep pop-up bistro, a retrospective on 8 decades of art, a call for photography enthusiasts, and more.
https://nyacknewsandviews.com/blog/2025/08/weekly-rec-8-decades-of-art-support-proyecto-faro-music-across-the-hudson-floating-circus-and-more/

08/27/2025

Frank LoBuono shares his experiences while traveling to the place of his ancestors, Sicily.

The views expressed in this article are those of this independent writer and not the Nyack News & Views editorial staff. We welcome submissions from anybody who is interested in publishing their thoughts, ideas and perspectives about issues facing our community, both large and small. Please send to [email protected] with detailed contact information.
https://nyacknewsandviews.com/blog/2025/08/la-dolce-vita-part-1/

08/27/2025

In today’s , Mike Hays shares the interesting history of Clausland Mountain.

In 1955 during the Cold War—when schools ran civil-defense “duck-and-cover” drills that had kids drop under desks and families weighed backyard fallout shelters—the U.S. Army activated a Nike surface-to-air missile site on Clausland Mountain above Nyack. Long used as a lookout—from Revolu...

08/22/2025

Our roundup of events this week includes an African American Day parade and festival, a memorial toy drive, tea time at the new Savanna & Steep pop-up, and more.

Our roundup of events this week includes an African American Day parade and festival, a memorial toy drive, tea time at the new Savanna & Steep pop-up, and more …

08/22/2025

Savanna and Steep is a new pop-up tea bistro operating out of the Angel Nyack. Our tea totaler photographer, Andrea Swenson, was on hand to capture the lively and relaxing scene.

Check out the lively and relaxing new scene at Savanna and Steep, a pop-up tea bistro at the Angel Nyack in our latest in-depth photo essay.

08/20/2025

In today’s , Mike Hays shares the story of an 1885 excursion from Nyack which with a change in vessel and an unexpected storm almost ended in tragedy.

In the summer of 1885, members of the Sunday Schools of Nyack’s Dutch Reformed and Grace Episcopal churches set out for Iona Island on what was meant to be a day of sunshine, song, and river breezes. The trip had been heavily promoted with the promise of the spacious, two-deck excursion barge Walt...

08/15/2025

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

Our roundup of events this week includes a free movie screening, the premier of Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, art in the park, vintage postcards, and more …

08/13/2025

In today’s , Mike Hays takes us back to July 20, 1909, when after three years and a series of arson fires, the damage to Jackson Hose Company from another suspicious fire would be devastating.

At precisely 12:15 p.m. on July 20, 1909, the sharp, acrid scent of smoke spread through the village air. Inside the Jackson Hose Company’s station at 134 Main Street, flames roared up the back wall. The fire cracked and hissed as it reached the fire wagons. Thick smoke spiraled up, filling the fi...

08/13/2025

Last Thursday, August 7, the Montefiore Nyack Foundation partnered with the Nyack Chamber of Commerce to support breast cancer awareness at the annual Exotic Car Show. The event kicked off with a parade of spectacular automobiles, each escorting a breast cancer survivor to the event. Our fast and fabulous photographer Andrea Swenson was there from start to finish to capture all the automobile action in her latest Photo Shoot!

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

08/08/2025

Our roundup of events this week includes free BridgeMusik concerts, Jazz in the Garden, the premier of Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, Pharrell Williams’ Piece by Piece bio pic in the park, and more.

Our roundup of events this week includes free BridgeMusik concerts, Jazz in the Garden, the premier of Castling at Penguin Rep Theatre, Pharrell Williams’ Piece by Piece bio pic in the park, and more …

08/06/2025

In today’s , Mike Hays takes us back to August of 1875 when a series of deluging storms caused flooding of unprecedented proportions.

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. While floods are a recurring part of Nyack’s history, the Mega Flood of 1875 stands out as one of ...

08/01/2025

Frank LoBuono takes an August reverie vacation to the Coney Island of his childhood.

The views expressed in this article are those of this independent writer and not the Nyack News & Views editorial staff. We welcome submissions from anybody who is interested in publishing their thoughts, ideas and perspectives about issues facing our community, both large and small. Please send to [email protected] with detailed contact information.

Frank LoBuono takes an August reverie vacation to the Coney Island of his childhood