An exhibit about the Gate Hill Cooperative evokes memories for one former Rocklander. Imagine you’re a teenage girl in the mid-1970s, a bit of an outsider among your 11th-grade classmates. Your friend’s an apprentice to an avant-garde artist at the Gate Hill Cooperative, “the groovy artist colony secluded-away on a nearby mountain” in Rockland CountyContinue reading “Imagine: Skinny-dipping at The Land with John Lennon”
Category Archives: Haverstraw
Mysterious creations saved from dumpsters and disasters
Her work was nearly lost to history, then to the ravages of Hurricane Irene in 2011
‘It’s all about respecting the past’
“We have certain tangible links to the past and they’re vanishing because they’re making way for development.”
A slice of heaven on Cheesecote Mountain
This small park hidden in the woods atop Cheesecote Mountain has been a favorite destination since my days growing up nearby. The drive up the narrow, twisting road to get there isn’t always easy, but it’s worthwhile. Read the full story by clicking the link below. https://hudsonvalley.town.news/g/nanuet-ny/n/66666/long-and-winding-road-cheesecote-pond
‘Those who shall not be forgotten’
Numbers, not names, mark hundreds of graves in a Thiells cemetery.
Robert Brum 