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2 The Nyack Villager November, 2010

In this issue 

Departments 

4 REPORTER AT LARGE 

• Angels among us 

• New Greek in town 

• Goodbye, good riddance 

• New Tourism Director 

• Many problems ,,, one solved 

• Walgreens on Main Street, Nyack 

• A tragic day 29 years ago page 23 

6 NOVEMBER ABUNDANCE Arts & Entertainment this month 

12 COMMUNITY NOTES What else is happening in November 

20 CALENDAR Highlights in November 

21 OP-CALENDAR PAGE useful local phone numbers 

Favorite anksgiving 

movies see page 18 

Our famous public 

library see page 10 

REPORTER 

at large 

Angels among us 

23 HOUSES OF WORSHIP Religious services in the river villages 

Columns 

10 REMEMBER THE DAYS? Our famous library 

12 THEY GOT WHAT?! Donna Cox on current trends in real estate 

14 MENTAL HEALTH NOTES Daniel Shaw on internalized misogyny 

River rowing annual gala 

see page 16 

16 FROM THE OUTSIDE IN Thom Kleiner: why Paladino’s homophobia matters 

18 AT THE MOVIES Ric Pantale’s pick of Thanksgiving movies 

22 HOME TOWN LAW Peter Klose Esq. on title insurance 

On our November cover 

Bustopher Jones 

Giclée print by Jan Haber, 

© 2010 The Nyack Villager, Nyack, NY story on page 22 

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A touch of old Russia in 

Nyack see page 8 

Beginning 

sewing workshop 

see page 13 

Skatepark for Nyack? 

see page 12 

Screening of Megamall, 

great documentary film 

see page 13 

Soup Angels soup kitchen will host its Fifth 

Annual anksgiving Feast Wed, Nov 24, 

from 4 to 7pm. Anyone who needs a meal is 

invited to a sit-down turkey dinner with all 

the trimmings at the First Reformed Church 

of Nyack, 18 S. B'way, Nyack, NY, in the 

Pitkin Room. 

Soup Angels is proud once again to send out 

more than 1200 hot, nutritious take-out 

turkey dinners to folks in Rockland County 

who need a meal. 

If you can contribute to their anksgiving 

dinners or offer a donation for weekly meal 

costs, please check the Paypal account at 

www.soupangels.com or send a check payable 

to Soup Angels, FRC, to P.O. Box 565, Nyack, 

NY 10960. To volunteer please contact 

soupangels@gmail.com 

ORgANIzATION & POlICIeS 

excerpt from Soup Angels’ Mission Statement 

“Soup Angels is an all-volunteer non-denominational 

group of service-minded individuals 

operating under the non-profit status of 1st 

Reformed Church, Nyack, and using the facilities 

there courtesy of the governing board. 

All are welcome to participate as volunteer 

Soup Angels regardless of religious affiliation, 

age, ethnicity, primary language or country of 

origin. 

Meals will be served promptly at 5:30pm 

every Wednesday. guests will be served at 

table, and service will include cloth tablecloths 

and real glasses, dishes and (stainless steel) silverware.” 

Reporter at Large continues on page 4 

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4 The Nyack Villager November, 2010 

REPORTER 

at large starts on page 3 

New Greek in town 

After a battle with the village over parking, the 

owner of the former Woolworth building on 

Main Street will be allowed to convert the 

space to a restaurant, greek by persuasion, 

Kuzina, by name. 

e owner, Harry liapes, was required, by the 

inscrutable laws of our village, to pay for 16 

phantom parking spaces. (“Phantom” because 

they do not exist; new restaurants need 16, 

new retail shops need six.) e logic, if there 

is logic, is that monies collected are supposed 

to build new parking lots. ough there have 

been numerous restaurant openings in the 

past decade, nobody seems able to point to 

any brand new parking lots. 

After much arguing, Mr. liapes said he could 

secure only six spaces and, to the applause of a 

packed meeting room, Nyack’s zoning Board 

of Appeals allowed the exception. Many of 

those applauding were owners of downtown 

businesses expressing solidarity. 

Kuzina’s opening is many weeks in the future; 

the restaurant and its bar will remain open until 

10pm on weeknights, 11pm on weekends and 

not feature live music. 

Goodbye, good riddance 

e site of several violent incidents in which 

police were called, the Riviera Steakhouse at 

the foot of Main Street was padlocked, in 

mid-October, for non-payment of rent and 

utility bills. 

last month,e Nyack Villager received letters 

to the editor from some unhappy residents of 

the Clermont condominiums, protesting 

noisy brawls—one at 3am—and shots fired 

from a .38 revolver. 

New Tourism Director 

County executive Scott Vanderhoef appointed 

C.J. Miller, a former journalist, to be the new 

Tourism Director, a post that became vacant 

last July following the death of Heather Duke. 

Ms. Miller, 47, a former journalist, had been 

Vanderhoef’s chief spokesman since 2005, 

prompting charges of cronyism. 

e $102,000 a year appointment comes at a 

time when the county legislature is seeking 

ways to trim expenses. A proposal was made 

to eliminate the county Tourism Office and 

turn over the work of promoting Rockland’s 

business to a private organization, such as the 

Rockland economic Development Corporation 

(ReDC), which functions as a contract 

agency for the county. 

Many problems ... one solved 

At their Oct 14th meeting, the Village Board 

was expected to present a resolution of the 

problems caused by their new amendment 

adding a vendor fee to Nyack’s peddling and 

hawking laws. In August, the trustees temporarily 

suspended enforcement of the new 

laws for the remainder of the 2010 Street Fair 

season pending “collaborative discussion” with 

the business community. At this writing, no 

real “collaborative discussion” has yet been held. 

Attorney John Costa carefully explained to the 

board that, even if the village is in need of 

funds, it is not legal to use licensing fees to 

raise revenue. He pointed out why it is incorrect 

to apply language designed to regulate the 

activities of peddlers to owners of village shops. 

In support of Street Fairs, Joe Hazucha, of the 

Homeless Project, said that he and many other 

charities depend on their free Street Fair 

spaces to raise funds. ACADA & e Chamber 

have always donated free space in the 

Street Fairs to local churches, VFW and 

American legion, Soup Angles, YMCA, Rotary 

and many more Nyack groups. 

As it stands, the new vendor fee will be imposed 

in 2011. No one knows what the effect will 

be—and whether the vendors can afford to 

participate in future. In the opinion of many, 

Street Fairs are important to Nyack’s shops; in 

these economic hard times, the income from 

sales on Street Fair days helps pay the rent—- 

or may pay the rent. Without Street Fair revenue, 

ACADA would have no funds to promote 

shopping and dining in the village. 

On a related topic, the village board said that 

it could no longer afford to pay the DPW its 

half of the cleanup cost (as it has done for 35 

years), making ACADA responsible for the 

total amount—about $1,500. 

e board neglected to acknowledge that the 

cleanup problem had been solved four days 

before the meeting. 

After the Oct 10th Street Fair was over, John 

Dunnigan, president of ACADA and a hearty 

group of volunteers, rolled up their sleeves and 

ended the problem. ey worked for hours 

and cleaned up the Street Fair area. 

Miele Sanitation donated a large dumpster; 

Rockland County Solid Waste Authority contributed 

recycling bins and bags. e good 

folks were covered by ACADA’s Street Fair insurance 

policy. ACADA paid for removal of 

every speck of litter and the tipping fee too. 

Mr, Dunnigan said, “Next time well do it 

even better.” 

Walgreens on Main Street, Nyack 

Members of Nyack’s Architectural Review 

Board and zoning Board of Appeals are in a 

debate over the sign Walgreens Drug Store 

plans to display when it moves onto the former 

site of Hilltop Restaurant on Upper Main 

Street in Nyack. 

e drug chain already has a variance for its 

larger-than-usual One Way and Do Not Enter 

signs, but Nyack board members worry that 

the electronic advertising display proposed by 

Walgreens will be a powerful distraction to 

drivers at an already busy and hazardous intersection. 

It was noted that children frequently 

cross at that corner on their way to and from 

school. 

e sign that Walgreens proposes does not 

conform to the size limits imposed by village 

code. Its electronic text, advertising items for 

sale, changes every fifteen minutes. e attorneys 

for the drug chain suggested that village 

events could be displayed along with their advertising 

messages. eileen Kuster-Collins, 

chair of the ARB said the sign is "obnoxious, 

offensive and out of context," and called it 

"visual clutter.” She added, “ere are other 

ways to market yourself." 

e zoning Board of Appeals moved to delay 

their decision until the ARB reaches their decision 

on the sign, positive or negative 

According to Walgreen’s attorneys, the sign 

they propose is essential to their success. 

Nyack attorney David MacCartney, working 

on the Walgreen team, said, “We will lose the 

deal without the sign," 

So for now, it remains to be seen what happens 

at the ARB and zBA meetings in late 

October and beyond. e saga continues in 

e Nyack Villager’s December issue. 

At the Nyack 2010 

Halloween Parade— 

the Nyack Homeless 

Project float. 

Photo: Shel Haber


November abundance 

Art & Entertainment 

Exhibitions in November at RoCA 

Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South greenbush Rd. 

West Nyack (off exit 12 NYS ruway.) Info: 845-358- 

0877 or visit www.rocklandartcenter.org Hours: M to F, 

10am to 5pm; weekends, 1 to 4pm; closed holidays. 

• Lothar Osterburg: Piranesi 

Master of photogravure, sculptor & recent winner 

of a guggenheim Award, lothar Osterburg brings 

his lifelong passion for architect and printmaker 

giovanni Piranesi (1720 -1778) to RoCA. e 

centerpiece of this exhibition is a sculpture/model 

based on Piranesi’s masterwork, the dark Carceri 

d'invenzione ('Imaginary Prisons,') a series of 

prints showing enormous subterranean vaults 

with massive stairs and mighty machines. A video 

with music by elizabeth Brown follows the development 

of the sculpture and prints. 

Exhibit on view through Dec 12. 

• Kate Gilmore: Standing Here 

Video & performance artist Kate gilmore, recently 

included in the Whitney Biennial 2010 is part of 

a new breed of feminist performance/video artists. 

Media Project Space: through December 5. 

New Fall Workshops at RoCA 

Info:Daly Flanagan, School Director 845-358-0877 x 17 

• Clay Sculpture Workshop with Judy Moonelis 

Judy Moonelis, an artist whose sculptural work 

often incorporates clay and mixed media, will 

give a brief slide show on the development of her 

work and ideas. Participants will be guided through 

hands-on exercises. 

Sun, Nov. 7, 10am to 4pm Fee: $150 (materials 

included). 

• Fused Glass Jewelry: Notched, Drilled Pendants 

is follow-up to the channel mounting workshop 

allows students to add visual interest to 

their pendants, for a sophisticated result. 


Workshop meets twice: Tues. Nov. 9 & 16, 

9:30am to 12:30pm, or Mon. Nov 10 & 17, 6 to 

9pm. Fee: $199 (materials included). 

• Sculptural Boxes with Tim Rowan 

Students use a variety of native clays and handbuilding 

techniques to construct a series of 

boxes; discussion of form, materials & firing. 

Sun, Nov. 14, 10am to 4pm. Fee: $150 (materials 

included). 

Sculpture Garden at RoCA 

e Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at RoCA 

got a serious face lift for Autumn with stunning 

new landscaping and numerous permanent 

sculptures. Featured are works by Monica Banks, 

leslie Ferst, James garvey, Bill Hochhausen, 

Tom Holmes, grace Knowlton, Andrew logan, 

Ted ludwiczak, Rodger Stevens, & Boaz Vaadia. 

e park officially opened Sun, Oct 17 and is 

now open the year ‘round. 

Art Students League 

Vytlacil Campus of e Art Students league of New York 

241 Kings Highway, Box 357, Sparkill, NY 10976. Info: 

call (845) 359-1263, log onto www.theartstudentsleague.org 

or visit in person. 

View current works by ASl resident artists at the 

Residents Open Studio at the Vytlacil Campus. 

Australian designer Rebecca Kinsey, mixed media 

artist Hannah Simmons from Tennessee, Seattle 

sculptor ellen Berdinner and Canadian sculptor 

Natasha Von Rosenchilde will discuss their work 

in progress, their process and their residency experience. 

Free. Refreshments served. 

Nov 26 from 5 to 7pm. 

Master painter Vincent Capraro of Piermont will 

give a talk on his work spanning a 70 year career 

and offer critiques. 

Sat, Nov 20 from 1 to 3pm. Free. 

Piermont Historical Society 

Did you know that Piermont had a very active 

rowing club in the late 19th Century? Did you 

know that the old Piermont Rowing Association 

boat house still exists? Did you know that there 

used to be more than sixty rowing clubs on the 

Hudson and nearby? Did you know that rowing 

was once the most popular spectator sport in 

America? 

e Piermont Historical Society’s presentation, 

e History of the Sport of Rowing in Piermont 

and the Lower Hudson Valley, will describe the 

dramatic changes wrought by time on Piermont’s 

waterfront over the last 150 years, and illuminate 

the lives of some of the people who lived here. 

Sun, Nov 14 at 4pm; suggested donation $5. 

Fellowship screens film 

e Fellowship of Reconciliation will screen and 

discuss the film Entheo:Genesis, a film featuring 

visionary writers, psychologists and scientists discussing 

the need for a paradigm shift that is inclusive 

of the sacred for the future of the planet. 

Discussion follows. Info: (845) 358-4601 ext. 32 

Sun, Nov 14 at 2pm at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 

521 North Broadway, Nyack. 

Holiday Open House 

e historic Salyer House—the beautiful Dutch 

sandstone homestead of the Orangetown Historical 

Museum & Archives—will once again host a 

Holiday Open House. Dressed up in decorative 

greens, the museum invites you to enjoy a cup of 

mulled cider, some ginger cookies and our rich 

local history. A Christmas tree with Victorian 

decorations makes the perfect setting for a presentation 

of holiday songs by the St. omas 

Aquinas Choir, on December 5th from 2 to 3pm. 

e Museum's permanent exhibits, A Spy In Our 

Midst: Maj. John Andre, At Home In Orangetown 

and Our Dutch Sandstone Houses, will be on view, 

presented with a holiday flair. 

Dec 5th, 12th & 19th from 1 to 4 pm at the Historic 

Salyer House, 213 Blue Hill Road, Pearl 

River NY. Friends, neighbors, Scout and tour 

groups encouraged. Info, call (845) 398-1302. 

Free First Friday film 

Piermont library presents Once (2006), one of 

the most charming, captivating love stories ever, 

and probably the most realistic look at how songs 

are written, recorded, played, lived in, and loved. 

Once won the Oscar for Best Original Song, and 

launched successful careers for the real-life musicians 

(and non-actors) who appear in this gem. 

Fri, Nov 5, at 7:30p at Piermont Library, 25 

Flywheel Park West, Piermont. Info: (845) 359- 

4595 or visit www.piermontlibrary.org 

Artist of the Month 

e Corner Frame Shop is pleased to announce 

the Artist of the Month for November is Nyack 

watercolorist Beverly Bozarth Colgan, who will 

present an exhibit of recent works. 

Ms. Colgan’s watercolors will be on display from 

Nov 1 through Nov 30; there will be a wine and 

cheese Artists Reception on Sun, Nov 7, from 2 

to 5pm. 

e Corner Frame Shop, 40 South Franklin St , 

Nyack. Hours: 10am to 5:30pm Mon thru Sat. 

Open Sundays for special events. Info: (845) 

727-1240. 

Tommy Goodman and friends 

e Great Armerican Songbook will be sung and 

played by Fran Friedman, vocals, and Tommy 

goodman, piano, Mark Hagan, bass, in a return 

engagement at Reality Bites 100 Main Street, 

Nyack. 

Fri, Nov 5, from 8:45 to 10:45pm. Info: (845) 

358-8800. 

November A&E listings continue on page 8


At Hopper House 

82 N. Broadway, Nyack. gallery hours: 

1 to 5pm urs thru Sun. Info e-mail info@hopperhouse.org 

visit www.hopperhouse.org or call (845) 358-0774 . 

ARTS TALK LECTuRE SERiES 

• Calling all Architecture Lovers 

Nyack Architect Robert Silarski on the origin of 

the Italianate Style of residential architecture and 

how, though well suited to the Mediterranean, it 

gained popularity in the Hudson Valley, for which 

it is spectacularly unsuited. e talk will be illustrated 

with examples of the Italianate style found 

in Nyack and neighboring villages. 

ere will be a half-hour wine and cheese reception 

before the one-hour talk. Fee: $8 advance, 

$10 at door. Space is limited. Please reserve. 

Fri Nov 12 from 6:30 to 8pm at Hopper House, 

82 North Broadway 

• Hopper: Painting & Poetry 

Mary Mattern & David Chin present a lecture 

and slideshow of poetic responses to edward 

Hopper's work, including a guided opportunity 

to construct a collective poem in response to a 

Hopper painting. 

Sat, Nov 6 from 5:30 to 6:30pm 

ExHiBiTiONS 

• Annual Small Matters of Great Importance 

rough Nov 28 

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS— 

Call (845) 358-0774 or visit www.hopperhouse.org for 

details of many arts programs, fee schedules & registration. 

HOPPER HOuSE SEEKS iNTERNS 

e edward Hopper House needs interns to fill 

several position. To apply, visit— 

http://hopperhouse.org/volint.html 

Carnegie Rm Concerts at Nyack Library 

Concerts are at 7:30pm Sat, 7pm Sun. Tickets: 

$25/$20 senior/$14 young adult/$5 child. Info: 

(845) 608-3593 or www.carnegieroom.org 

• Sat, Nov 6 at 7:30pm 

Pianist Koji Attwood performs Schumann, Chopin, 

Scriabin, Tchaikovsky and others. 

• Sun, Nov 7, 7pm 

Pianist Ji-Young Jeoung performs Schumann, 

Ravel, Prokofiev. 

• Sat, Nov 13, 7:30pm 

Pianist Corbin Beisner performs Chopin 12 Ètudes 

Op.25, Liszt Dante Sonata and others. 


Mezzo soprano Avery Amero & pianist Ronen Segev 

perform Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Donizetti, others. 

• Sat. Nov 20, 7:30pm 

Pianist David Westfall performs Chopin, Liszt, 

Schubert. 


Pianists Fredrica Wyman & Christopher Oldfather 

perform Debussy, Schubert, Stravinsky. 

• Sat, Nov 27, 7:30pm 

Pianist Andy Feldbau performs Chopin, Scriabin, 

Debussy, Prokofiev, Albeniz. 


Violinist Jin Woo Lee and pianist Eunice Kim perform 

Fauré, Saint-Saens, Strauss. 


November A&E listings start on page 6 

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A Touch of Old Russia in Nyack 

No need to travel to St. Petersburg to enjoy authentic 

Russian cuisine and music. e annual 

Holiday Boutique a la Russe brings it all to Nyack. 

Visit e Russian Tea Room Café, serving elegant 

Napoleons, poppy seed rolls and honey cake, 

among other fresh-baked delicacies. Coffee is 

available but the drink of choice is hot black tea 

sweetened with cherry preserves. 

Ate Merry Matryoshka Bistro (named for the 

beloved nesting dolls), the focus is on world famous 

traditional dishes: Boeuf Stroganoff, Borscht 

(hearty beet soup), Piroshky (savory meat or cabbage 

pies), Golubtsy (stuffed cabbage), Shashlyk (kebobs 

grilled over hot coals) and Pelmeni (Siberian meatfilled 

dumplings served with sour cream). 

e parish gift Shop overflows with beautiful 

imported novelties from Russia and you’ll enjoy 

traditional live Russian music featured throughout 

the day, with performances by young dancers. 

During the festival, the church is open for tours. 

Under the glowing golden dome, the inside of 

the church is beautifully decorated with colorful 

icons and frescos. All are welcome! 

At Holy Virgin Protection Church, 51 Prospect 

Street (corner of Cedar Hill Ave), Nyack. 

Sat Nov 20 from 10am to 5:30pm and Sun Nov 

21 from 11:30an to 5:30pm. Info: 353-1155 

Morning Music Club 

e non-profit group is now in its 86th season of bringing 

professional artists in concert to Rockland, providing a 

Scholarship Audition program for local high school seniors, 

in addition to its series of outreach programs. In the spirit 

of the season, the club will collect food items for People to 

People at this concert. 

On Tues, Nov 9 at 10:50am, at its opening concert 

of the season, the Morning Music Club will 

present Pavel gintov, piano, & Jeffrey Broadhurst, 

tenor. Mr. gintov, currently working on a Ph.D. 

at the Manhattan School of Music, won first 

prize at the first Takamatsu International Piano 

Competition. Mr. Broadhurst, a graduate of the 

Juilliard School of Music, recently joined the 

staff of the good Shepherd lutheran Church in 

Pearl River. 

Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church, 51 Sickletown 

Road, Pearl River. Suggested donation, tax-deductible. 

$5. Info: 359-1432. 

Chamber Music Concert 

On Sat, Nov 13 at 8pm, there will be a recital of 

original compositions by Matthew Baier, chamber 

music works performed by Marigene Kettler, 

Jacqui Drechsler, Diane lang, Stephan lang, 

Ben Carriel, Christopher Baier, Carole Brill and 

Matthew Baier and a film by Tony grocki. 

Grace Episcopal Church 130 First Avenue 

Nyack, NY. Admission: $15. 

“Gypsy” at Elmwood 

e musical Gypsy will be presented at elmwood 

Playhouse, to benefit a school and an orphanage 

in Haiti, with help from the F.O.R. 

At Elmwod Playhouse, 10 Park St, Nyack, urs, 

Dec 2 at 8pm, Purchase tickets $30pp at (845) 

358-4601, or mail payment to HVFOR-Gypsy, 

Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960 

At Palisades Community Center 

675 Oak Tree Road in Palisades, NY. Info or to participate, 

e-mail PCC@PalisadesNY.com 

• Antique Dealer & Collectible Sale 

American, Art Deco, furniture, glassware, linens, 

jewelry and more. 

Nov 6 & 7, from 10am-4pm. 

• e Studio Art Experience series for children 

Children age 8 and up find countless ways of 

self expression through art. every month a new 

artist. grace Knowlton Mystical Orbs. Sun, Nov 

14 at 4pm; $10 suggested donation. Space is limited; 

reservations are necessary. 

• Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar 

featuring quality crafts by women artisans of 

the Hudson Valley—lust in time for those on 

your Holiday shopping list. 

Sat, Nov 27 from 10am to 4pm 

Nyack College School of Music 

Concerts at Pardington Hall, 1 South Blvd, Nyack, NY. 

Info: (845)675-4687 

• Nadine Kulberg, mezzzo soprano, performs 

music by Rossini, Mahler and others. 

Tues, Nov 2 at 7pm; donation suggested. 

• Fall String Orchestra Concert Prof. Sungrai 

Sohn & the Sarah lawrence String Orchestra 

perform Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & 

other selections. 

Wed, Nov 10 at 8pm; free admission. 

• Fall Wind Ensemble & Handbell Concert 

Dr. glenn Koponen & Jennifer Scott, directors. 

Fri, Nov 12 at 8pm; free admission 

• Fall Chamberfest 

Dr. Tammy lum, director. Students perform a 

program of vocal, keyboard, and instrumental 

chamber music. 

Tues, Nov 16 at 7pm. Free admission 

• Amasi Trio 

Faculty Concert 

Mon, Nov 29, 12:15pm; free admission 

Children's Shakespeare Theatre 

Children's Shakespeare eatre presents a production 

of Macbeth. Info: (201) 214-3942 

Opening Gala followed by reception: 

Fri, Nov 12 at 8pm—tickets, $20 adult, $10 kid 

Sat, Nov 13 at 2pm and 8pm 

Fri & Sat, Nov 19 & 20 at 8pm 

Tickets for regular performances: $12 adults, $10 

seniors, $8 young people under 18 yrs. 

At e Palisades Presbyterian Church, 

117 Washington Spring Road, Palisades, NY. 

AT NYACK CENTER, S. Bdwy at Depew, 

Nyack: Tickets—$10 gen’l adm; $8 students seniors & gen’l 

members; $7 student & senior members Info: www.rivertownfilm.org 

or call (845) 353-2568. 

• WINTER’S BONE (USA 2010) 

At Nyack Center, Wed, Nov 3 at 8pm. 

100 minutes, rated (R). Documentary. 

November A&E listings continue on page 13


10 The Nyack Villager November, 2010 

Remember the days? 

by James F. Leiner 

Our famous public library 

e charming Hudson River 

Stone building seems like it has 

always been there. Tucked into 

busy surroundings, the Nyack library 

continues to grow to meet 

the needs of a changing society, 

yet maintains the charm and the 

beauty of the river and hills 

forming its setting. 

We have all have passed the library on South 

Broadway thousands of times, borrowed 

books, magazine or tapes, attended community 

programs or just stopped to read the day’s 

papers. I’ve spent countless hours in their 

splendid local history room seeking information 

to bring my readers this monthly column. 

like our beloved villages, our library is truly 

unique. e original stone building is the only 

Carnegie library in Rockland County. How 

the library came to Nyack is an interesting story. 

e idea of a public library began when there 

were but a few scattered farms between the 

Tappan Slote & Hook Mountain. e families 

living here possessed very few books, in some 

cases, only their family’s Dutch Bible. 

On September 9, 1806 Nicholas green was 

elected chairman of a committee that wanted 

to form a public library. No library was built, 

but the seed was planted. Years later, in 1872, 

a group of people who planned a library as a 

part of a new YMCA, formed a library Association—the 

start of the Nyack Free library. 

e first books were gathered by grenville 

Wilson and Charles Wessels who rode around 

the area in a buggy gathering donated books 

from residents. Religious books comprised 

most of the collection. Ironically, members of 

the Reformed Church donated one case of 

standard authors to expand the collection. 

When the Rockland Female Institute closed 

its doors, they donated their books to the library. 

Within a few years the library’s collection 

has grown to over 3,000 volumes. 

Mounting debt caused the YMCA on Main 

Street to close its doors in 1878. e books 

from the Y were moved into the rear of 

george Sturtevant’s stationary store, believed 

to be on east side of Piermont Ave, South of 

Main Street. e library Association paid $120 

a year to rent the space. emma ornburn 

was hired to be the first librarian; she lent 

books only to subscribers, who paid $1 a year 

for the privilege. e room was dark and unattractive, 

so in 1887 or ‘88 the trustees 

moved the books to another location—a 

storefront in the Depew building, about where 

73 South Broadway is today. e library Association 

incorporated in 1890 with grenville 

D. Wilson as its president, and by 1891 it was 

approved by the NYS Board of Regents, allowing 

it to receive state funds. 

As the library’s collection of books 

grew, the trustees felt the time had 

come to make the library free, and 

in 1893 the proposition was put 

on the ballot. e voters approved; 

Nyack, Upper Nyack & South 

Nyack agreed to underwrite the 

library’s $1,200 a year budget. 

Seeking a separate library building, 

a committee of directors sent 

a request to Andrew Carnegie, the well known 

multi-millionaire, requesting that he donate 

funds to build a library building. Carnegie, 

often listed as the second richest man in 

America at the turn of the 20th Century, was 

donating millions to communities around the 

world to construct local public libraries. On 

December 21, 1901 Carnegie offered $15,000 

for the erection of a library building in Nyack. 

If the village would furnish a suitable site, he 

pledged to support the library at a cost of not 

less than $1,500 annually. Since the villages 

were already supplying $1,200 a year, the additional 

$300 was easily arranged. e library 

Association already owned a lot on the west 

side of Broadway but several villagers felt a 

more suitable location was needed and, a short 

time later, they accepted an offer to purchase a 

lot on the east side of Broadway, North of the 

Depew Bridge over the Nyack Brook. e 

current property was obtained for $4,000 and 

the transfer of the lot owned by the association. 

Architects Marshall and Henry emery 

were retained to design the new Nyack library. 

A cornerstone ceremony was held on 

May 21, 1903; A.M. Voorhis, F.R. Crumbie 

and e.F. Perry were placed in charge of construction. 

A public reception for the opening 

of the new Nyack library was held January 

16, 1904. 

While the building is unique, the success of 

our library has come from the hard work and 

dedication of the people who volunteered 

time and energy to keep the doors open. e 

librarian at the opening of the building, Helen 

Powell, worked there for 60 years. Ruth 

Diebold went from a position on the Board of 

Trustees to earn her librarian’s certificate, and 

is often credited with bringing the library into 

the modern era. In the 1960s, longtime 

staffer, Betty Brock, organized the Children’s 

library that is a continuing joy to the community. 

Space limitations prevent listing the 

hundreds of staffers, who have contributed to 

our library, but we are proud and grateful that 

their hard work and dedication has given the 

community our wonderful library. 

The Nyack Villager thanks Jim Leiner for helping us 

all ‘Remember the Days.’ ✫


y Donna Cox 

Are you thinking 

about buying? Why 

not consider a condo, townhome or co-op? In the River Villages we have 

condos, townhomes and co-ops to suit just about everyone – from firsttime 

buyers looking for an affordable way to enter the real estate market 

to empty nesters looking to scale down in size but not in luxury. ese 

properties offer many benefits. Often, people don’t have the inclination, 

ability or time to dedicate to regular home maintenance like outside repairs, 

lawn care, snow removal and other routine maintenance issues that 

come with owning a single-family home. Condo, townhome and co-op 

owners pay a monthly fee that includes, among other things, hiring outside 

services to manage these and other tasks. Many people also like the sense of community and security 

that having neighbors in close proximity offers. Other advantages are the amenities the 

complex may offer such as a pool, tennis courts or fitness center – perks you might not be able to afford 

or have room for in a single-family home. Weigh your options. A townhome, condo or co-op 

may just be the perfect choice for your next home. I wish you all a warm and wonderful anksgiving. 

With that, here are the homes that sold during the month of September. 

• THE HOMES LiSTED BELOW WERE SOLD By A vARiETy OF BROKERS PROuDLy SERviNG THE RivER viLLAGES. 

Ranch 

Raised Ranch 

Colonial 

Ranch 

Victorian 

Colonial 

Colonial 

Colonial 

Co-op 

Colonial 

Mini estate 

Colonial 

Two Story 

Condo 

Ranch 

They got what?! 

STYLE LOCATION ADDRESS BEDROOMS BATHS LIST PRICE SALE PRICE 

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grandview 

U. grandview 

U. grandview 

Piermont 

Piermont 

Palisades 

117 locust Dr 

310 N Highland Ave 

322 N Midland Ave 

134 Castle Heights Ave 

84 High Ave 

8 Depew Ave 

146 Depew Ave 

127 Depew Ave 

1 Salisbury Pt #5A 

279 River Rd 

59 Tweed Blvd 

263 South Blvd 

44 Franklin St 

311 Harbor Cove 

145 Broad Ave 

$ 642,000 

484,500 

422,500 

369,900 

510,000 

499,999 

300,000 

299,000 

299,000 

950,000 

2,800,000 

699,000 

1,045,000 

399,900 

489,000 

$ 580,000 

470,000 

408,000 

355,000 

470,000 

495,000 

305,000 

270,000 

260,000 

910,000 

2,800,000 

675,000 

895,000 

372,000 

460,600 

Summary Source: GHVMLS YTD Comparison Report 

September 2010 YTD vs. September 2009 YTD - Single Family Homes 

New inventory (the number of homes going on the market) increased 18% (234 YTD 2010 vs. 198 YTD 

2009). e number of sales increased 66% (73 YTD 2010 vs. 44 YTD 2009). e average sale price of 

homes that sold increased 4.2% to $644,464. Overall, the average sale price for single family homes that 

sold in Rockland County (including the river villages) was $450,021, up 0.1% over the same period last year. 

September 2010 YTD vs. September 2009 YTD - Condos 

New inventory (the number of condos going on the market) decreased 8.2% (78 YTD 2010 vs. 85 YTD 

2009). e number of sales decreased 12.5% (28 YTD 2010 vs. 32 YTD 2009). e average sale price of 

condos that sold increased 9.1% to $494,446. Overall, the average sale price for condos that sold in Rockland 

County (including the river villages) was $269,298, down 1.9% over the same period last year. ✫ 

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COMMUNITY NOTES 

Tell e Nyack Villager and we’ll tell the world. 

Deadline for December Community Notes: November 15 

e-mail us at info@nyackvillager.com 

NYACK FARMERS’ MARKET 

Open every urs 8am to 2pm rain or shine, from 

May thru November in the municipal parking lot 

on Main Street. Featuring locally produced vegetables, 

fruit, cut flowers, baked goods, poultry, beef, 

wine, cheese, pickles, jam, hot sauce. Weekly specials. 

Info (845) 353-2221 or 

www.nyackchamber.com 

PIERMONT FARMERS’ MARKET 

Open every Sunday 9:30am to 3pm, rain or shine in 

the M&T Bank Parking lot, Ash Street & Piermont 

Avenue in the Village of Piermont. 

Featuring: Migliorelli Red Delicious & Cameo apples, 

apple cider doughnuts, Benmarl Traminette 

Meredith's Bread Boxed "Chocolate explosion" Assortment, 

Bohditree Farm Hakuri, Tokyo, Purple 

French, & Purple top turnips, Watermelon & Moo 

radishes, Kamo eggplant, Winter squash: acorn, delicata, 

spaghetti, green & orange kambocha, butternut, 

sweet dumpling, Pika's Farm Table Individual 

soup packets, chicken & mushroom pot pie, apple 

tasting and more. 

NYACK NEEDS A SKATEPARK 

A meeting to discuss the feasibility of a skatepark is 

open to all who are interested. 

e meeting will be held Sat Nov 6 at 11am in 

the Meeting Room of the Nyack Public Library. 

CASH FOR GOLD 

ladies Auxiliary of Orangetown Fire Co. No.1 will 

sponsor a Cash for gold fund-raising event on Sat, 

Nov 20, from 1 to 4pm at Orangetown Fire Company 

No 1, Depot Place, South Nyack. 

Bring unwanted or broken gold or silver jewelry, silver 

flatware, silver tea sets, coins, etc. and trade 

them in for extra holiday spending money. ey 

may be worth more than you think. Info/questions 

(845) 358-8286. 

Community Notes continue on page 16


Director: Debra granik, with Jennifer lawrence, 

John Hawkes, lauren Sweetser 

e year’s most stirring film. – David edelstein, New 

York Magazine 

• CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN (USA 2010) 

At Nyack Center, Wed, Nov 17 at 8pm. 

84 min, documentary unrated. 

Director: Carol Dysinger 

Post-film discussion: filmmaker Carol Dysinger. 

A documentary assembled from footage shot in 

Afghanistan over three years, revealing the realities of 

building an effective Afghan military in a volatile, 

war-torn country. 

e film crackles with the emotional energy and intelligence 

of its subjects. – Jim Dwyer, e NYTimes 

AT LAFAYETTE THEATRE, 97 Lafayette Avenue, 

Suffern NY: Tickets—$10 gen’l adm; $8 students seniors 

& gen’l members; $7 student & senior members Info: 

www.rivertownfilm.org or call (845) 353-2568. 

• ONDINE (Ireland/USA 2009) 

At lafayetteeatre, Suffern Sun, Nov 7 at 11:30am. 

111 min, rated PG 

Director: Neil Jordan 

• COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY 

(France 2009) 

At lafayetteeatre, Suffern Sun, Nov 21 at 11:30am. 

120 min, rated R 

Director: Jan Kounen 

AT THE LIBRARIES 

Nyack Library 

59 S. Broadway, Nyack. Info & reg: (845) 358-3370 ext. 214. 

Registration required for all teen activities call ext. 236 Additional 

event listings and info: http://nyacklibrary.org 

Local Author Book Discussions 

e Last Days of Shea: Delight and Despair in the Life of 

a Mets Fan by Dana Brand, Tues, Nov 2, 7pm and Pretend 

All Your Life by Joseph Mackin. Tues, Nov 9, 7pm 

Women of the Muse: Readings by Local Poets 

Be moved & entertained as Suzanne Deshchidn, Alice 

lacey, Joan Poole, Maxine Silverman, Alison Stone and 

Teresa Sutton read from their works. 

Sun, Nov 7, 3pm 

Taking Social Security Seriously 

Come and hear what you can do to maximize social security 

benefits. Of particular interest to baby boomers. 

Wed, Nov 10, 7pm 

Local Film Event—Megamall 7 

e background story of the Palisades Mall produced 

and directed by Vera Aronow, Sarah Mondale and 

Roger grange. e filmmakers will be present to discuss 

and answer questions about their award-winning 

film. Registration required. 

Sun, Nov 21, 2pm 

TEEN EVENTS 

Beginning Sewing Workshop 

learn the basics of hand sewing as you repurpose a pair 

of jeans into a fabulous new accessory. 

Saturdays, Nov 6 & Nov 13, 2pm 

Macramé Workshop 

learn the basics of macramé and how to design and 

create a beautifully knotted work of art. 

Tues, Nov 16 & urs, Nov 18, 7pm 

November A&E listings continue on page 15 


The Nyack Villager is now 

accepting ads for our 

DECEMBER 

issue. 

Call 735-7639 

Nyack Villager ad prices start as low as $112— 

and we’ll design your first ad for you 

—at no extra charge. 

Mental Health Notes 

by Daniel Shaw, L.C.S.W 

internalized misogyny 

Misogyny: hatred, dislike or mistrust 

of women. You could think 

of it as femi-phobia, similar to the 

way we use the word homophobia. 

Women have fought hard throughout 

the previous century, and are 

still fighting, to leave behind their 

designated status as chattel, and enjoy the 

same rights that men (not including slaves) 

have, throughout history, taken for granted. 

As that awful old cigarette ad used to say, 

women have “come a long way.” 

But in my work as a therapist with women 

from every walk of life, I often encounter a 

subtle, sometimes very unconscious kind of 

gender-based self-denigration. I have come to 

think of it as internalized misogyny. It takes 

many forms, and here’s just one example. 

A patient of mine, erika, of whom I am 

tremendously fond and admiring, is an artist, 

with Ivy league higher education degrees, a 

terrific résumé, a great intellect, and a funny, 

warm, down to earth personality. She anticipated 

the arrival of her first baby, whom she 

knew would be a boy, with tremendous excitement, 

and in his first year, was thrilled with 

how great a baby he was. Two years later, she 

learned she was pregnant again, this time with 

a girl. e pregnancy was nothing like the 

first; she was miserable the whole time. She 

had nightmares and day-mares, unable to stop 

herself from imagining that her daughter 

would be an impossible baby, and an even 

worse adolescent. 

Some time after her daughter arrived, she came 

back to therapy and told me about her younger 

brother’s wedding. Unlike erika, whose every 

move as a child was monitored by her adoring 

but very demanding parents, Tom, her brother, 

was left alone to develop his own style. Never 

a great student like his sister erika, he did his 

own thing, travelled the world after high 

school, lived on a boat with his girlfriend, and 

eventually, following his own timeline, became 

successful developing a computer business. 

What moved erika deeply about her brother’s 

wedding was the way he and his bride created 

the wedding they truly wanted—a joyful, 

thoroughly original and beautiful wedding 

like no one else’s. erika’s wedding, by contrast, 

had been all about what her mother had 

wanted. 

erika realized that she had spent much of her 

energy growing up preoccupied with trying to 

figure out what her mother needed and wanted, 

trying to please mother, guilty and anxious 

about her impact on her mother—and always 

failing. Her brother was the opposite. 

He didn’t assume responsibility 

for his mother’s feelings at all. And 

his mother seemed content to just 

let him do his own thing. 

My point is that many women pass 

on a subtle or not so subtle message 

to their children: if you’re my 

daughter, you must make me happy; 

but if you’re my son, all you have to do is 

make yourself happy. ese daughters grow 

up feeling guilty and conflicted about their 

own desires, their own self-interest; while their 

brothers grow up free to become their own 

man. If this daughter isn’t subjugating herself, 

she’s a royal pain; but if this son goes out and 

does his own thing, well, boys will be boys. 

erika was able to realize that even in utero, she 

was beginning the cycle all over again, imagining 

her daughter as a royal pain she wouldn’t be 

able to control. 

early in my work with erika, I realized she was 

incredibly inhibited about imagining what 

kind of life she really desired. She’d found a 

great husband and had yet to have kids. But 

she was terribly stuck in her work as an artist. 

I asked her to bring in a drawing that would 

represent her deepest desires. What she 

brought in, with much shame and embarrassment, 

was a drawing of herself sitting by a 

house where she was sipping coffee on a sunny 

patio. I was kind of stunned to realize that it 

was excruciating for her to feel entitled even 

to having a home where she could sip coffee 

on a patio. 

Now, after her brother’s wedding, something 

clicked. Now she knew where she wanted to 

live, how she wanted to live, and what she 

wanted to do as an artist. She knew what she 

wanted, and she felt entitled to work toward 

creating it—and her husband was thrilled. 

Most poignantly, erika knew that she would 

have the chance to raise her daughter in the 

same way she wanted to raise her son: to become 

a person who could be free from guilt 

and shame about desire and self-interest; a 

person who knows who they are, what they 

want, and is able to figure out how to create a 

good life. Finally, erika believes that that is 

the model she herself can provide for her children. 

I’m so happy to be able to say, you’ve 

come a long way, erika. 

Daniel Shaw, LCSW, practices psychotherapy in 

Nyack and in New York City. He can be reached at 

(845) 548-2561 in Nyack and in NY City at 

(212) 581-6658, shawdan@aol.com or online at 

www.danielshawlcsw.com ✫ 

e-mail news releases to us at info@nyackvillager.com 

The next Nyack Villager—our December issue—closes November 15. 

In your e-mails, please include a contact name and one telephone number. 



Piermont Public Library 

25 Flywheel Park West, Piermont, NY. Open Mon-urs 10- 

8pm; Friday, 12-5pm; Saturday, 12-4pm. Closed Sun except 

for special events. Info: (845) 359-4595 or visit www.piermontlibrary.org 

In the Gallery this month 

First Light to Twilight—fine art digital prints by Michael 

garber. 

Artist’s reception Nov 14, from 2 to 4pm. Exhibit 

continues through Nov 30. 

Native American Heritage for Children 

Children will learn about the lenape Indians, the original 

inhabitants of our area and craft replicas of artifacts 

treasured by the lenapes. Materials provided. 

Please register. 

Sat, Nov 6 at 2pm 

Rockland Writers: e Art of the Short Story 

An afternoon of spoken word, featuring works by local 

authors Dorothy Salisbury Davis and David Means, 

performed by Darrell larson, Annabella Sciorra and 

Mr. Means. 

Sun, Nov 14 from 3 to 5pm 

Special Pre-anksgiving Program 

Dr. David Oestreicher will lecture on e Lenape: 

Lower New York’s Original Inhabitants, a full picture of 

the people from prehistory to the present. 

Sun, Nov 21, at 2pm. 

Toddler Storytime with Agnes and Judy 

Mondays at 11am 

Moon River Music Together with Catherine 

Music appreciation for the young child. 

Wed, Nov 17 at 11:30am 

Valley Cottage Library 

110 Route 303. Handicap accessible. Info: (845) 268-7700. M- 

Th. 10-9pm, Fri-Sat. 10-5pm. You can register for programs 

online at www.vclib.org Books for discussion groups are available 

one month before discussion. 

• Nyack Senior Center Information Table 

Info on opportunities for friendship, day trips, recreation, 

health screening, nutrition, support services. 

Tues, Nov 2 from 10am to noon. 

• Introduction to Bead Weaving 

learn to make intricate jewelry with only seed beads, a 

needle and thread. No experience necessary. Please 

register; class size is limited. 

Tues, Nov 2 at 7pm 

• Book Discussion 

Olive Kitteridge by elizabeth Strout: penetrating portrait 

of coastal Mainers. led by Dr. June Dunn. 

urs, Nov 11 at 7pm 

• Meditation: the Pathway to Peace 

How to approach meditation to enrich your life. 

with Dr. Frank Pawlowski, who has given workshops 

on the benefits of meditation for years. 

Please register; class size is limited. 

Tues, Nov 16 at 7pm 

Palisades Free Library 

19 Closter Rd., Palisades, NY. (845) 359-0136. Registration 

required for all programs. 

Knitting for Teens 

First project will be a hat. 

1st & 3rd Mon beginning in Nov, 6:30 to 7:30pm. 

Jane Austen Book Club 

Pride and Prejudice. light refreshments. 

Tues, Nov 9 from 7 to 8pm 

November A&E listings concludes on page 17 


An open community forum. 

Letters 

to the editor 

Opinions expressed are those of each 

letter writer, not necessarily 

those of The Nyack Villager 

Thanks from ACADA president 

To e Nyack Villager— 

On behalf of the Nyack Arts, Crafts, and Antiques 

Dealers Association I'd like to thank 

the Village of Nyack, PJ's Promotions, fellow 

members of ACADA, Miele Sanitation, Rockland 

County Solid Waste Authority, and all of 

the volunteers that helped make the October 

10th, 2010 street fair so successful. 

Sincerely, 

—John Dunnigan, 

President Nyack Arts, Crafts, and Antiques 

Dealers Association 

Remembering Nyack 

To e Nyack Villager— 

I so much enjoyed Jim leiner's article on 

Nyack's greatest fire. As a young boy growing 

up in the 1940s, that area was our playground; 

we called it the “bricks.” After it was cleared, I 

remember the firemen held carnivals on that 

site. 

I so much enjoy reading your magazine and 

remembering "good ole Nyack" 

—Doug Williams, Whiting, NJ 

What happened to .. 

What happened to the new Chef's Market 

across from the YMCA which took years to 

open? It now appears to be permanently 

closed. 

—Steven Smythe 

{Editor’s note—In September, Jeff Sapounas, the 

owner of Chef’s Market, was quoted as saying 

the closure was to be temporary. In late October. 

however, with no signs of life at the site and 

unanswered phones, we checked with Kathy, in 

the Nyack Buidling Dept. She said, sadly, Chef’s 

Market was closed permanently. We will miss it. 

The Nyack Villager 

welcomes letters on all 

subjects from its readers. 

The address 

to which to send your letter 

appears opposite the calendar 

on page 21 in this issue. 

COMMUNITY NOTES start on pg 12 

RIVER ROWING ANNUAL GALA 

e River Rowing Association’s mission is to improve 

the lives of the residents of Nyack and surrounding 

areas through the sport of rowing. A 

Silent Auction will be held at the association’s Annual 

gala to raise funds in support of this mission. 

urs, Nov 11 from 6 to 9pm at the Lightbox 

Studio, 256 Main Street, Nyack. 

CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB LUNCHEON 

e Rockland County Christian Women's Club invites 

all ladies to our Bring and Buy Country Fair, 

which includes a silent auction and luncheon, on 

Tues, Nov 9, noon to--1:30pm at the Casa Mia 

Manor House, 577 Rt. 303, Blauvelt. 

Jean Bismett from Renssalaer, NY, will share her 

Coping Skills for a Lifetime. Cost is $16 including 

program & tax but not gratuity. Reservations are 

mandatory and must be kept, canceled or used by a 

friend. Complimentary childcare is available with 

advance reservation only. Call (845) 425-5157 or 

(845) 947-3423. 

BOOK FAIR 

Upper Nyack elementary School PTA will host its 

Annual Book Fair in the school's gymnasium. 

e event culminates Fri, 11/19 with a party, a bake 

sale, games and a performance by Steve Charney, 

children's author/ventriloquist. 

Nov 15 through 19; shopping hours: daily 9 to 4 

Upper Nyack Elementary School, 336 North 

Broadway, Nyack. 

Community Notes continue on page 17 



anksgiving Gathering for ages 5+ 

enjoy some first anksgiving facts and create 

some decorations for your bountiful table. 

Wed, Nov 17 at 4:30 pm 

New City Library 

220 North Main Street, New City, NY. Contact: Sally 

Pellegrini, 634-4997, ext. 139; spellegr@rcls.org 

Blowing in the Wind 

ough wind power is often presented as a new energy 

concept, it has been used successfully for generations. 

Find out if wind power is an answer to our 

current energy problems. 

Wed, Nov 3 at 7pm 

Basics of Bonsai 

John Capobianco, New York Botanical garden instructor, 

will bring bonsai samples and discuss how 

to select and care for the plants. 

Sat, Nov 6 at 1pm 

As Time Goes By 

In this lighthearted theater production, writers ranging 

from lily Tomlin to ornton Wilder ponder 

the question “What does it all mean?” 

Sun, Nov 7 at 2pm 

From Hobby to Business 

Steve Caccavo turned his hobby into a very successful 

business. He instructs others on ways to make a 

living doing what they love. 

Mon, Nov 8 at 7:30pm ✫ 


BOOK DISCUSSION 

An evening for parents & children of elementary 

school age: TV journalist/author, Shannon White 

and her daughter, Peyton White, age 10, will discuss 

their book, How was School Today? Fine. 

Sun, Nov 7 from 4 to 5:30pm at the Palisades 

Presbyterian Church, Washington Spring Rd., 

Palisades, NY. Info: (845) 359-3147. 

TOASTMASTERS 

Hone your speaking skills. Nyack Toastmasters offers 

a warm and welcoming environment every 2nd 

and 4th ursday of the month at Nyack library, 

59 South Broadway, from 7 to 8:30pm. 

November meetings are 11/11 & 11/25. guests 

and new members are welcome. Info: call (845) 

548-1769 or visit www.nyacktoastmasters.org 

FELLOWSHIP HONORS PEACEMAKERS 

On October 3rd, the Fellowship of Reconciliation 

(FOR) honored the 2010 Peace Awards winners at a 

gathering of people from Rockland and across the 

country with food, music, an art sale and show. 

Scott Kennedy, co-founder of the Resource Center 

for Nonviolence in San Francisco won the International 

Pfeffer Peace Award; Medea Benjamin, cofounder 

of Codepink received the Martin luther 

King, Jr. Peace Award and Drs. Tashi Dolma and 

Tashi Rabten, founders of the Home of Hope orphanage 

and school in Tibet, were awarded the 

Nyack Area local Award, 

e speakers, performers and presenters reflected 

the theme, Peace Of the Action. A Report Back from 

the One Nation: Working Together rally in Washington 

D.C. was offered by Frances e. Pratt, the 

MlK Prize winner for 2009 and President of the 

Nyack Branch of the NAACP. e Awards were 

presented by Jim Murphy, an Anti-War Vietnam 

Veteran Activist, leila zand, FOR’s Director of 

Civilian Diplomacy in the Middle east and Richard 

Deats, editor emeritus of FOR’s Fellowship Magazine. 

All the voices and testimonies of the day spoke 

of the profound impact one person can have to effect 

positive world change. 

CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE 

Catholic Daughters of America (CDA) will hold its 

Christmas Boutique with crafts, gifts, collectibles, 

baked goods, raffles a white elephant, a children's 

corner and lunch at Anna's kitchen. Visit with Santa 

12 to 2pm. 

Sat Nov 13 from 10 am to 3 pm at St John's 

Church, 895 Piermont Ave, Piermont. 

FROM NYACK HOSPITAL 

• Sleep Disorders 

Do you fall asleep or feel sleepy during dinner, while 

driving or at work? Do you nod off while watching 

TV? Do you snore loudly at night? 

Do you have morning headaches? Do you have 

trouble concentrating? Do you have difficulty 

falling asleep? Do you have creepy, crawly, tingly or 

burning sensations in your legs at night? Do you 

awake at night with heartburn? Do you often feel 

anxious or depressed? 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you 

might not be sleeping as well as you think. 

Community Notes conclude on page 19 


At the Movies 

by Ric Pantale 

is month let's concentrate on the 

best anksgiving movies. 

We all love anksgiving: the parade, 

turkey roasting in the oven, a time to 

share joys with relatives and friends. 

After the meal is a special time to gather 

around the TV. 

For many, it’s a time to watch some good films. 

I've made a list of my favorites. Pay no attention 

to the wacky lists put out by some of the 

critics. ey list e Ice Storm as great family 

fare. Really!? A movie about incest in which a 

character gets electrocuted? You want a movie 

that won’t make grandma & grandpa pass 

out, right? You probably want a movie that's 

not going to think it’s funny to pass gas, get 

drunk, or seduce the next door neighbor 

under the table. 

So on with the list: 

1. A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING 

Start off with this classic to set a good mood 

instantly. 

2. HOLIDAY INN 

Not the hotel, but the good old classic with 

Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire—the only time 

they appeared together; Astaire was all set up 

for White Christmas years later, but he suddenly 

lost the part to Danny Kaye. 

3. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 

Any version is ok, but the original, made in 

1948 is the best. Sure times have changed, 

but Macy's is still with us. So is Santa Claus. 

gimbels is long gone, as are some of the really 

simple parade balloons, but it's a great peek at 

a Christmas before cell phones, iPads, computers, 

and all the other things we think we 

can't live without. 

4. WALTONS THANKSGIVING 

is is a great movie for the 

whole family, with lessons about 

the lost art of good manners, respect 

and caring for others. 

5. MARCH OF THE 

WOODEN SOLDIERS 

is is usually on TV around 

anksgiving. Who could resist 

Stan laurel & Oliver Hardy in Toyland—and 

not laugh when Oliver tastes a suspect sausage 

made from one of the 3 little pigs and says, 

“Why, this is neither pig nor pork”. 

6. KING KONG 

Ok...so it has absolutely nothing to do with 

anksgiving and never will, but it has a 

magic about it that should be consumed on 

any special holiday. 

7. ALICE'S RESTAURANT 

A fun movie that takes place in and around 

Stockbridge Massachusetts. Rated Pg, it’s directed 

by a master, Arthur Penn. 

8. Any old black & white movie 

starring Carry grant, Spencer Tracy, James 

Stewart or John Wayne. 

9. PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE 

An MgM color classic starring Spencer Tracy 

and Van Johnson. It is a fairly accurate 

retelling of the crossing of e Mayflower and 

the establishment of Plimoth Colony and, for 

all purposes, America. 

Here is a short list of modern anksgivingthemed 

films. Caution: some are rated R. 

• PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES 

• HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 

• PIECES OF APRIL 

• HANNAH AND HER SISTERS 

• DUTCH 

Ric Pantale, writer and director, is an independent 

film maker. ✫ 

Ric will continue his history of Hollywood and its studios after the holidays. 


From the Outside in 

by om Kleiner 

Why Paladino’s 

homophobia matters 

I thought, when I ran for County executive 

in 2009, that that was a strange political 

year. But it pales in comparison to the truly 

bizarre circumstances we find ourselves in in 

2010. 

Candidates have called evolution a “myth” 

(O’Donnell in Delaware), advocated for the 

abolition of the Department of education and 

the National endowment for the Arts (Buck 

in Colorado) and have questioned whether the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 should apply to “private” 

establishments (Paul in Kentucky). ese candidates’ 

statements have rightfully received the 

attention and the derision they deserve. 

But it was New York Republican gubernatorial 

nominee, Carl Paladino’s well publicized homophobic 

remarks that posed the greatest risk 

of causing real and immediate harm. While 

he backed off a bit from some of the most incendiary 

remarks, he let stand others that could 

be seized upon by those who seek to discriminate 

against those who are gay, or those who 

are in any way out of the mainstream. 

He said that “homosexuality is not a valid or 

successful option.” What an unfortunate 

characterization of one’s sexual identity. It is 

unfortunate because he concludes 

that that orientation is 

optional. And it is unfortunate 

because that orientation is 

deemed to be “unsuccessful,” 

whatever that means. 

Mature gay individuals and 

couples who, it finally appears, 

are on the verge of gaining marriage equality 

nationwide, might be able to write off Paladino’s 

statements as the rant of an ill-informed, 

small minded bigot. But for young 

people in our communities who are coming to 

terms and, in some cases, struggling with their 

sexual identity, the comments are not only 

hurtful and confusing, but potentially dangerous. 

When the standard bearer of a major political 

party running for governor in the fourth 

most populous state in the union says things 

that minimize one’s self worth and very identity, 

it gives license to all others to do the same. 

My oldest daughter is now a middle school 

student. Kids in the 7th grade are bombarded 

by a variety of stimuli inside and outside the 

school and often make snap judgments about 

what they hear. What they might have heard 

from Carl Paladino should be clearly and unequivocally 

denounced by those in a position 

of authority in both parties, and anyone running 

for office in 2010. 

You can reach om Kleiner at (845) 499-4366 

or thom2@hotmail.com ✫ 


Nyack Hospital’s Center for Sleep Medicine will 

host an Open House on Wednesday, November 3, 

from 4 to 8pm. is FRee event is open to the 

community as well as physicians whose patients may 

benefit from a sleep study. learn about the Center’s 

new services, meet the staff and tour the facility. 

To register, please call (845) 348-2209. Refreshments 

and a special gift for all attendees. 

• Annual Diabetes Symposium 

Nyack Hospital invites all people with diabetes to its 

free Annual Diabetes Symposium on Wed, Nov 3 

from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Nyack Hospital. Attendees 

will hear from educational and motivational speakers, 

get the latest information on diabetes management, 

learn how to enjoy eating out and staying on 

track; find out food facts, pick up pointers from a 

personal trainer on how to get in shape, and hear at 

first-hand how one man was motivated by the diagnosis 

of Type 2 Diabetes to become an avid cyclist 

and went on to lose seventy pounds. 

enjoy a light dinner, vendors, and free drawings. To 

register (required), call (845) 348-2004 and leave 

your name and phone number. e doors open at 

6pm on the night of the event. 

VCS WORKING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE 

• Register now for the Undoing Racism workshop; 

registration fee for those who live or work in Rockland: 

$125 ( includes continental breakfast, lunch 

and snacks on Mon & Tues. Participants must commit 

to the entire 2-day workshop.) 

Schedule: 

Continental Breakfast & Sign-In 8:30am. 

Mon Nov 1, 9am to 5pm & 6:30pm to 8pm; 

Tue Nov 2, 9am to 5pm 

Info: (845) 634-5729 ex 312 

location: e Nyack Seaport, 21 Burd St, 

Nyack NY; ample parking. To register by credit 

card call (845) 634-5729 x 312; by check, 

payable to VCS Inc, mail or bring to VCS, 77 

South Main Street, New City NY 10956. 

• Monthly discussions begin again in November; 

the next Working Together for Racial Justice discussions 

will be held 

Wed, Nov 10 from 9am to 10:30am and 

urs, Nov 11 from 6:45pm to 8:15pm at 

Nyack Center, cor. South Broadway at Depew 

Ave, Nyack. 

Ongoing anti-racism work maintains momentum 

towards a fair and just community. We welcome 

individuals from the community as well as representatives 

from school districts, agencies and organizations. 

Please join us. ✫ 

e-mail your Community Notes to us at 

info@nyackvillager.com 

The next Nyack Villager 

(our December issue), closes November 15. 

In your e-mails, please include a contact name 

and one telephone number. 


Birthstone: 

TOPAZ 

symbol of 

fidelity 

e 

November 2010 

When you are dissatisfied and would like to 

go back to your youth, think of Algebra.—Anon 

g 

Flower: 

CHRYSANTHEMUM 

symbol of 

optimism 

SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT 

new moon 

1 2 3 4 5 6 D 

month long election Nyack Hospital 

FREE Rev. Hairston 

display of day Sleep 

First honored 

Beverly 

Symposium 

see page 23 

Colgan’s 

& Diabetes 

Friday Film 

Learn 

watercolors 

Symposium 

see page 6 

Hand Sewing 

see page 6 

see page 19 

see page 13 

first quarter 

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R 

at RoCA— 

River Rowing Calling All Chamber Music 

CLAY 

GALA ARCHITECTURE at 

SCULPTURE 

see page 16 LOVERS GRACE 

Workshop 

see EPISCOPAL 

page 6 

Hopper House see 

page 8 page 8 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 

History of Rowing 

by Piermont 

Historical 

see page 6 

BOOK FAIR 

in Upper 


(thru the 19th) 

see page 16 

full moon 

21 S 22 23 24 25 26 27 

see 

“MEGAMALL” 

at 


Library 

see page 13 

happy 

THANKSGIVING 

day 

Old Russia 

comes to 


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last quarter 

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EC=Environmental Committee 

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Founded in 1994, The Nyack Villager is published monthly, mailed on or about the first of each month to every postal address in eight Hudson River villages—Nyack, 

Upper Nyack, Central Nyack, South Nyack, Grand View, Upper Grandview, Piermont &Palisades (zipcodes 10960, 10964 & 10968). 

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Home Town Law 

by Peter Klose, Esq. 

What is Title insurance and 

Why is it Such a Hot Topic? 

Almost universally as a house closing 

or refinance closing approaches, I am 

asked why the itemized cost for “title 

insurance” is so high. Sometimes, 

clients even tell me that they do not have to 

pay for “title insurance” because they are putting 

more than twenty percent down, but have 

confused Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) 

with “title insurance.” So, what is title insurance 

and why do you need it? 

To begin with, PMI is insurance designed to 

protect lenders against losses should the borrower 

default, and is required by lenders for 

virtually all borrowers who put less than twenty 

percent (20%) down. It has nothing to do 

with who owns or has “title” to the property, 

and who insures that no one is going to claim 

against it. 

Title insurance is a contract where an insurer 

guarantees a lender or a home owner that 

there are no known claims or defects in title 

caused by past events such as mortgages, liens, 

or possession of property by another person 

not the owner. Title insurance companies 

search public records to develop and document 

the chain of title and to detect known claims 

(defects) in the title. For example, the title 

search may identify an old home equity loan 

that is still outstanding or that a contracting 

firm filed a mechanics lien against the owner 

years before. If they missed those defects, 

then the title insurance company would pay 

to have them fixed, even if it meant litigation. 

Attorneys universally recommend that their 

clients get title insurance (“owners policies”), 

and banks require owners to pay for insurance 

(“mortgage policies”) to prevent prior owners 

from interfering with their ownership and lien 

rights in the property. In most purchase situations 

in New York the attorney will order the 

title insurance policy, while banks will likely 

order the search in a refinance. ese one 

On our November Cover 

Bustopher Jones originally 

appeared in verse 

in T.S. eliot’s Old Possum’s 

Book of Practical 

Cats (1939). 

He is the ultimate in feline 

elegance. e misguided 

musical play 

(Cats) made from the 

book, got Bustopher all all wrong, turning 

him into a seedy fat guy. Now there’s a librettist 

who deserves to be in jail! 

time fees are really insurance 

premiums paid at the closing. 

e importance of title insurance 

is often maligned but is 

becoming increasingly clear in 

this era of post-foreclosure investments 

in previously “foreclosed” 

properties. As the 

media reports lenders halting 

their foreclosure proceedings in 

the wake of sloppy foreclosure paperwork, the 

issue for the new owners becomes—what 

would happen if people who lost their homes 

to foreclosure somehow persuaded a judge to 

overturn the proceeding after the bank turned 

around and sold some of those foreclosed 

homes to new families? Title insurance is designed 

to protect the new owner from this sort 

of claim. Obviously, its importance cannot be 

understated. After accepting that premise, the 

next is to hire a local real estate attorney who 

can review that title insurance policy to determine 

whether there might be hidden exclusions 

in such title policies that might create 

problems after you close. 

e Bottom line—if you are purchasing a 

home, and sinking all that you have into your 

“investment,” whether that is for your own 

residence or because it is a “hot deal” in foreclosure, 

purchase title insurance. In some 

cases, especially if you expect to see immediate 

gains in the market value, you may want to 

purchase an additional “market value rider,” 

which insures the title to the property above 

and beyond the price you paid to purchase. 

If you would like to see a legal topic covered or 

would like to comment, please send me an e-mail 

to peter@kloselaw.com. 

Peter Klose practices law and lives here with his 

wife and three children. His community activities 

include Chairman of the Planning Board, 

Director of the River Rowing Association, and 

Nyack Rotary. His passions include rowing on 

the Hudson River, travel, his family, growing 

tomatoes, and writing about legal issues at 

www.kloselaw.com ✫ 

If you have not yet made the acquaintance of 

the original, we urge you to fix that. Here is a 

fragment of the wonderful Bustopher Jones: 

Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones— 

In fact, he's remarkably fat. 

He doesn't haunt pubs—he has eight or nine clubs, 

For he's the St. James Street cat! 

He's the cat we all greet as he walks down the street 

In his coat of fastidious black. 

No commonplace mousers have such well-cut trousers 

Or such an impeccable back. 

In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names is 

e name of this Brummell of cats 

And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to 

By Bustopher Jones in white spats. ✫ 


HOUSES OF WORSHIP 

in the River Villages 

Reformed Church of Nyack 

Corner South Broadway and Burd Street, Nyack NY 

(845) 358-5518 e-mail to frchurch@optonline.net 

Pastor Tom Danney 

SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 

Sunday Worship Services: 10:30 

Sunday Church School during worship hour 

Casa de Oracion Para Las Naciones 2pm Sun, 8pm Tues 

French Speaking Seventh Day Adventists - Saturday 10am 

First Haitian Church of Rockland Sunday 11am and 6pm 

Soup Supper—Wednesdays 5:30pm 

Congregational Meeting and Dinner 11/14 11:30am 

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Grace Church 8pm 11/23 

Soup Angels’ Annual Thanksgiving Dinner 11/24 5:30pm 

Palisades Presbyterian Church 

Washington Spring Road, Palisades, NY 

Church Office: 359-3147 internet: www.ppc10964.org 

Pastor: Reverend Angela Maddalone 

Sunday worship service: 10am, Sunday School: 10am 

Bible study: Wednesday 12:15 

Choir Rehearsal: Thursdays 8 pm 

Healing Service: Sun, Nov 14 at 11:30 AM. Prayer for the healing 

of body, mind and spirit. 

Congregation Sons of Israel 

300 N. Broadway, U. Nyack Info: 358-3767 

Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg 

NOVEMBER 

Friday, evening services at candle lighting: call CSI for time. 

Nov. 5, Family Shabbat & Main Service 6p.m 

Saturday, services, 9:30 a.m. 

Nov. 23, Tot Shabbat, 11am; music, song, fun and games for 

your little ones. 

Sunday, morning services, 9am 

A “Boutique” Hebrew School experience” with personal attention 

in small classes. Sunday mornings for 3, 4 & 5 year olds. 

Berea Seventh-day Adventist 

67 S Broadway, Nyack, NY, 10960-3837 

November 6, 2010 at 11a.m at Berea Seventh Day Adventist 

Church of Nyack. Reverend Willie L. Hairston will be the special 

guest of honor at ceremonies to award him the Community 

Service Award. Rev. Hairston has been the pastor of 

Pilgrim Baptist Church in Nyack for over 20 years. 

This award is given to an individual who has reached out to 

the community, empowering them in their spiritual growth & 

development while seeing that their physical needs are met. 

All are welcome. 

Temple Beth Torah 

330 North Highland Ave, Nyack 

NY; Rabbi Brian Beal; Info: 358-2248 

on the Internet at www.TempleBethTorah.org 

NOVEMBER 

Fri Nov 5—7:30pm Erev Shabbat Family Service 

Sat Nov 6—9am Taste of Torah; 10:30am Shabbat Morn Svc 

Sun Nov 7—10am Rabbi's Mini-Course: Reform Judaism: 

What We Believe & Why 

Mon Nov 8—7:30pm Rosh Chodesh Group Program 

Fri Nov 12—8pm Erev Shabbat Service 

Sat Nov 13—9:am Taste of Torah;10:30am Shabbat Morn Svc 

Fri Nov 19—6:45pm Bonim Shabbat Svc; 8pm Erev Shabbat 


Tue Nov 23—8pm Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at 

Grace Episcopal 

Fri Nov 26—6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service (note early time) 


St. Charles A.M.E. Zion Church Shirley Edmonds, USFC Secretary (201) 871-8478 

The United Souls for Christ Committee of St. Charles A.M.E. Zion Church presents Lonely Teardrops, the Jackie Wilson Story 

written by Samuel Harps and performed by Mel Hancock on Saturday, November 6, at 8pm. in the Albert & Laurence Holland 

Fellowship Hall, 432 Valentine Avenue, Sparkill, New York. 

Donation: $20. in Advance, $25. at the door. Oldies but Goodies Hour to follow the performance. For tickets, please call 

Andrea at 845-359-7784 or Shirley at 201-871-8478. ✫ 

A Tragic day 29 years ago 

On Oct 20 a memorial attended by about 250 

people, honored three good men who were 

killed in the line of duty on Oct 20, 1981. 

ey were Nyack Sgt. edward O'grady, 

Nyack officer Waverly Brown and Brinks 

guard Peter Paige. 

All three were gunned down by members of 

the domestic terrorist group, the Weather Underground, 

fleeing the robbery of a Brink's armored 

car and the theft of 1.6 million dollars 

at the Nanuet Mall, where they shot and 

killed security guard Peter Paige 

e Nyack Police Department set up a roadblock 

at the Nyack entrance to the New York 

State ruway at Route 59. When they 

stopped the getaway truck, a gunfight ensued 

in which the officers were killed and all the 

terrorists were captured. 

e shootings took place at the spot the memorial 

now stands. 

In May, 2004, by Act of Congress, Nyack’s 

Post Office was officially renamed edward J. 

O'grady, Jr., Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post 

Office Building. ✫

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