Remember the days? by James F. Leiner
Eddie Sauter’s Music Benny Goodman went down in history as the King of Swing. His place in history was secured when he brought Jazz to Carnegie Hall in 1938 playing Sing, Sing, Sing, The Angels Sing...
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Nyack’s Post Office It seems to me whenever I pick up a newspaper the United States Postal Service is making headlines. It seems the USPS has billions of dollars in operation deficits and is proposing...
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Remember the days? by James F. Leiner Nyack’s Memorial Park I’ll wager a guess just about everyone who lives in the area spends time down along the Hudson River’s edge in Nyack’s Memorial Park. It’s a...
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Remember the days? by James F. Leiner Sitting on the front porch I recently took an evening tour of my old neighborhoods in Nyack and South Nyack and you know what I noticed? Folks don’t seem to sit on...
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Remember the Days? by James F. Leiner Nyack’s Charlie Sing(s) You might recall when I asked if any of our readers recalled a Chinese Restaurant on South Broadway across the street from the YMCA. I...
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Remember the days? by Jim Leiner Missing Pop A steady rain is falling on the black, empty street as I sit on the front porch swing. Quiet and alone, another cool, rainy night is like so many others in...
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Remember the days? by James F. Leiner Paul Peabody and his Marionettes “Paul Peabody was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known,” a long-time friend told me. “He was a master working...
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Nyack’s Mystery Veteran Nyack’s Civil War memorial dedicated to the area’s veterans sits about in the center of Oak Hill Cemetery. A stone replica of a Union Soldier stands atop, high on the hill, a...
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Nyack comes to an end! A long time merchant on Main Street used to be fond of saying: “You spend enough time here and the entire world will walk past.” I agree with him as I’ve spent the better part of...
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Historical Nyack tidbits I spend quite a few hours searching the history files at the Nyack Library seeking information for stories and often come across little tidbits of history I find interesting...
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