Although her innovative programs combined with her infectious enthusiasm helped to touch countless students with the love of music during her tenure, one of the greatest indicators of her achievements is the amazing array of youngsters that she personally taught who became famous and accomplished professional musicians. All graduates of Nyack High School between 1932-1935, […]
When she started her job as Music Director for the Nyack School System in 1925, 19-year-old Gertrude Goldstein must have had mixed emotions. She herself had graduated from Nyack High School just four short years earlier, and with Nyack’s then small-town atmosphere, she must have already known everyone – the students, the teachers, and the […]
He is Rockland County’s most remarkable and influential resident of all time. Indeed, there was a period when he was the most well-known and popular of all living Americans, when his picture adorned the walls of thousands upon thousands of homes. Counties, cities, and towns in at least 15 states are still named after him, […]
What is the measure of a man? How should we judge a person’s life once their time on Earth is over? On April 24, 1930, the Rockland County Evening Journal ran a story on Page 3, the headline reading, “Bowery Joe” Died By “Accidental Drowning. The article stated, “The body of a man identified as […]
Eighty years ago, on August 6th, 1945, an event took place that stands out as one of the most important events in the annals of the 20th century, if not all of history. One man who lived most of his life in Rockland County was a proverbial fly on the wall of one aspect of […]
This is the story of a street named Bataan Rd. Inanimate though it is, it is a street that helped to define a community of 50,000 soldiers during WWII and would inspire and motivate the troops that took part in the D-Day Invasion, 81 years ago this week. In September 1942, construction began in Orangeburg, […]