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How much would you pay for a book that could save your life?
Ninety years ago, a small group of men were struggling to come up with the words that would go into a book that would save millions of lives and be anointed as one of the “88 Books that Shaped America” by the Library of Congress. Here’s a link to the backstory of the manuscript that…
Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya’s former home listed for $2.3 million
Brook House, the 19th century home in the Rockland County hamlet of New City that once belonged to legendary composer Kurt Weill and singer-actress Lotte Lenya, is on the market for $2,295,000 with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty. Built in 1880, Brook House is a five-bedroom, four-bath estate covering more than 4,600 square feet on 5.5 acres at…
A confused teenager, coerced confession and 16 years in prison
Jeffrey Deskovic was a teenager when authorities railroaded him into confessing to the rape and murder of a Peekskill High School classmate. How was he convicted despite DNA proving otherwise? What convinced the jury’s lone holdout to cave? A new documentary sheds light on why Deskovic spent 16 years in prison for a crime he…
Rockland Lake Returns to the Ice Age
My article originally appeared in https://hudsonvalley.town.news/ Of the estimated half-million people who visit Rockland Lake State Park each year, how many know the lake was once a leader in the ice harvesting industry? Drawn by the lake’s spring fed water and its proximity to the Hudson River, New York City and shipping lanes, the Knickerbocker…
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