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Probably the most charming, enchanting home to come on the Rockland County market in many-a-day. It's a marriage of the look and feel of yesteryear with all of the creature comforts of today. If taste and style define you, you must see this home. Nature's greenery abounds - spreading swaths of...
05/10/2009
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There's absolutely nothing like them, especially in the early morning as the sun begins its ascent, streaking the sky with its bold reds, brilliant oranges and bright yellows and each finger of dazzling color is mirrored in the rippling rivulets of the Hudson. It's a stirring, sensual sight of na...
04/23/2009
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson and the discovery of Lake Champlain by Samuel de Champlain. It's also the 202nd anniversary of Robert Fulton's successful steamboat journey on the Hudson River, so he's being honored too by The Nyacks, New...
04/21/2009
If you venture out of Manhattan, heading north on the western bank of the Hudson River in Rockland County, ask any anyone you meet how to get to SouthMountain Road, and they will be able to tell you. That's because it's more than a road, It is a whole artist's community, rich in history and awe ...
04/21/2009
Long before the HBO special, the Broadway musical, the documentary film, even before Big and Little Edie Beale, Jackie Onassis' relatives and all, there was an enchanted little garden by the sea in East Hampton, New York. It was the summer home for the Gillman family of New York City and Snedens...
04/20/2009
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North of Manhattan about 15 miles north of the George Washington Bridge, on the west bank in Rockland county, if you know your way around, you will happen upon the enchanted village of Grand View-on-Hudson. You may not even know you are here, for there are no shops, no signs to speak of, no traf...
04/19/2009
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The softened economy can bring out the worst in some people, and word had percolated in our area about isolated thefts taking place at public open houses being held by brokers. Sadly, but true, the time seems to be arriving when brokers are not only going to have to act as charming, knowledgeabl...
04/19/2009
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With the beginning of the spring market making a most welcome appearance across the country, now is the time to begin preparing your home's presentation. Lawn to be mowed, winter's accumulation of leaves raked, spring weeds removed and spring annuals installed. Pansies are an easy way to break ...
04/19/2009
Singer Bjork's eclectic, marvelous stone and copper roofed Snedens Landing home has just been reduced in price to $1,800,000. The home was built in the 1930's and was expanded in the 1960's. It features seasonal Hudson River views and is among the area's most interesting and distinctive homes. S...
04/19/2009
Longtime Rockland County New York resident Dorothy Salisbury Davis, and past president of the Mystery Writers Association of America will be conducting a discussion of one of her most famous books, which was set in Piermont, New York, "Black Sheep, White Lamb" on Sunday, April 26th at 2:00 PM. T...
04/19/2009