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70 Years of Showing Up: The Arc Rockland’s Step Up Walk Is This Friday
The Valley Cottage nonprofit has quietly supported hundreds of Rocklanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities for seven decades — and on Friday, October 16, you can walk alongside them at Clover Stadium in Pomona.
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Bless Flowers: Suffern's European-Style Florist With a Design-First Touch
A boutique florist in the village of Suffern pairs European-style arrangements with same-day delivery across New York and New Jersey -- and holds a 4.9-star rating from local reviewers.
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Opal & Mane: Tappan's Elevated Hair Studio on Main Street
A boutique salon on Tappan's Main Street pairs master-stylist craft with personalized care -- and a five-star local reputation.
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Popsarap Popcorn Finds Its Home in Blauvelt
Leony Anne McKeown launched a small-batch Filipino-American popcorn brand out of a shared kitchen, then messaged a closing shop about spare supplies and received an offer that changed everything.
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Bob's Art & Framing: New City's Family-Run Frame Shop Since 1980
For more than four decades, a mother-and-son shop on South Main Street has turned jerseys, collages, textiles, and canvases into pieces ready for the wall.
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Kwan Thai: Pearl River's Nearly Two-Decade Thai Kitchen, Made to Order
For nearly 19 years, chef and owner Kwan has cooked every dish to order at her Pearl River restaurant — with sauces made in house and her co-owner's Tappan Zee Bridge photographs on the walls.
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Seven Lakes Station: Sloatsburg's Trailhead Taproom
At the edge of Harriman State Park, Seven Lakes Station pairs 14 rotating craft taps with Belgian frites and a dog-friendly beer garden — built by a couple who moved near the trails and opened the hangout they wished existed.
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Freelance Cafe & Wine Bar: A Founding Table in Piermont's Dining Scene
OpenTable calls it one of the founding restaurants of Piermont's dining scene — a candlelit Hudson River village bistro where regulars keep returning for the short ribs and crème brûlée.
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Modern Druid Finds Its Place in the Village
At 60 South Broadway, Morgana Brennan’s creative interests connect a shop, an art gallery and a wider Nyack neighborhood.
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At The Rock Shop, Practice Has Somewhere to Go
A small-band program and a varied teaching roster give Nyack musicians a way to turn individual practice into something shared.
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At Varsity House, Coaching Comes Full Circle
The Orangeburg gym’s story includes athletes who became coaches—and a training business that made room for the adults around them.
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Ramona’s Cafe Gives Breakfast a Little Personality
At a historic West Nyack corner, a family-run cafe puts playful names and thoughtful combinations on the morning menu.
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At Saffron Trading Company, Craft Has a Job to Do
A rattan stool and a pet bed offer a small window into the Nyack shop’s approach to home design.
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Boxer Donut Gives a Box of Pastries Something to Say
At the North Franklin Street shop, message donuts and custom displays connect everyday baking with personal celebrations.
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Zugibe Hardware Keeps the Smallest Jobs in View
A single fastener and a family history dating to 1956 offer two ways into the story of this Garnerville hardware store.
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At Suburban Garden Center, a Garden Idea Becomes a Shopping List
The New City garden center’s practical side includes material estimates, planting help and a link to local gardening knowledge.
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Before You Replace It, Woodcraft & Willow Asks What Can Be Repaired
In Suffern, Chris Devinney’s furniture-repair business brings a family refinishing background to the everyday pieces people want to keep.
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Colin Holmes and the Pleasure of a Home Built Piece by Piece
At 87 Main Street in Nyack, a mix of old and new—and an offer to help find what is missing—leaves room for a personal approach to furnishing.
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At New City School of Music, Practice Gets a Smaller Target
Repetition goals, optional recitals and lessons for adults as well as children offer a practical view of learning music on South Main Street.
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KDG Beauty: Making Glam Feel Like You
Katie Gonidakis built KDG Beauty around one idea: clients should look like themselves, just enhanced. She shares how she made the leap and what the business actually looks like day to day.
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Bunbury’s Coffee Shop Has a Publishing Story of Its Own
At the Piermont café, scratch baking and locally sourced coffee share an address with a place to develop a book idea.
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At Piermont Bicycle Connection, the Starting Point Is the Rider
A former jeweler’s second career and a rider-first Fit-Lab reveal the people-minded side of the Ash Street bike shop.
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Chocolatier Matisse Makes Room for Making Something Together
In Orangeburg, Danielle Hudak brings an event-planning background to a chocolate shop with a hands-on side.
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At The Sparkle Bookstore, There’s Room for Your Next Story
A Sparkill bookshop pairs its shelves with writing circles, workshops and an invitation to take part.
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