A century-old castle high above the Hudson that was once home to Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, David Cassidy and a cast of other notables is about to change hands.
Category Archives: local history
RIP Brooks Arthur, 914 Sound Studios hitmaking wizard
Brooks Arthur, award-winning engineer and the founder of 914 Sound Studios. Photo by James J. Kriegsmann Jr.
Rockland’s most famous home can’t hide from history
A high brick wall and towering trees can’t obscure the notoriety of this Nyack mansion from curious onlookers.
One last ride through God’s country
The Tour de Goshen, billed as the Hudson Valley’s longest-running charity bicycle ride, winds through the towns and villages of Chester, Montgomery and Goshen; and the town of Warwick. The routes feature rolling terrain and pass through the county’s fertile Black Dirt Region, with Mount Eve as a backdrop in Warwick.
Dancing with, and to, The Dead
A faded 19th century mansion where ghosts of the past are close at hand seems just the right place to pay tribute to The Dead.
Will urban sprawl claim this historic treasure?
Descendants of this tiny village’s founding family are putting up a fight against encroaching urban sprawl and a disregard for historic preservation. Photo by John Meore for The Journal News
The Briar’s goes off the cliff
A popular neighborhood restaurant suddenly shuts its doors after six decades and a number of owners and proprietors. Digging into the history of this modest eatery along the main drag.
