Upper Nyack

photo credit: Peter Schnur

Nyack, New York – The Nyack Neighborhood Music and Arts Festival is set to bring dozens of bands to porches and other locations throughout Nyack on Saturday, October 3, after severe weather forced organizers to postpone the inaugural event by one week. Festival organizer William Byrd discussed the rescheduled event during an appearance on the […]

Nyack, NY – Rockland County officials, environmental advocates and residents gathered at Memorial Park in Nyack on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign legislation establishing stricter New York drinking water standards for several types of PFAS, a group of long-lasting chemicals that have been detected in water supplies across the state […]

Nyack, NY – A Rockland County village was transformed into a television set Thursday as production crews for the NBC comedy series “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” filmed scenes at several locations in Nyack. Filming took place Thursday, Sept. 10, along Front Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues and at St. Ann’s School […]

Nyack, NY – Nine Orthodox Hasidic families have filed a lawsuit against the Nyack Housing Authority in Rockland County Supreme Court, arguing that the agency improperly allowed their Section 8 housing voucher eligibility to expire or threatened to let it expire while they searched for apartments large enough to accommodate their families. The families had […]

Upper Nyack, NY – Welles Remy Crowther, the Rockland County native remembered as the “Man in the Red Bandana” for helping people escape the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Donald Trump presented the award to […]