Upper Nyack

New City, NY – **The Town of Clarkstown has broken ground on a new playground and splash pad in Central Nyack, a project that town officials say will create the hamlet’s first municipal playground and expand recreational opportunities for local residents. Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann and members of the Town Board attended the groundbreaking ceremony […]

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 […]