Woodcraft & Willow: A Father-Son Legacy

Woodcraft & Willow: A Father-Son  Legacy

Woodcraft & Willow Suffern business owner Chris Devinney grew up surrounded by the smells of sandpaper and wood. His father Gary, a fellow furniture refinisher, owned Devinneyโ€™s Furniture Refinishing for 45 years and was the first to school Chris in the art of restoring wooden home pieces to their former glory. While the younger Devinney […]

Murphy Wood Art: A Husband-Wife Triumph

Murphy Wood Art: A Husband-Wife Triumph

When COVID-19 stopped the world in March of 2020, Kevin Murphy and Margaret Dowling-Murphy of Pearl Riverโ€™s Murphy Wood Art were just getting started. Though Margaret had always identified as a painter, her work as a high school English teacher, tutor and mother had long taken up most of her time. Shortly before the pandemic, […]

โ€œThe Angel Nyackโ€ brings weddings to village for good cause

โ€œThe Angel Nyackโ€ brings weddings to village for good cause

What better way to celebrate love this Valentineโ€™s Day than by giving back to the community? As part of โ€œLove Week,โ€ the Angel Nyackโ€”a newly formed not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local First Reformed Church โ€”is offering a limited number of micro-wedding, elopement and vow renewal ceremonies to raise funds for Soup Angels, a […]

โ€œArtists serving artistsโ€: Nyack Art Collective gives local artists sense of community

โ€œArtists serving artistsโ€: Nyack Art Collective gives local artists sense of community

For Rockland residents with an artistic eye, the Nyack Art Collective may just be the place to nourish creative expression. In its 10-year existence, this collective of โ€œartists serving artistsโ€ has grown from a small social club to a 60-member not-for-profit with an Etsy store that regularly shares its work with the community at large. […]

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