Broadcast originally aired Monday, October 19, 2015 10:10 am

The 1914 murder of Eugene Newman by William V. Cleary and the subsequent murder trial is one of the most intriguing murder cases in Rockland History.  Clare Sheridan interviews the grand-nephew of the murder victim Eugene Newman.  Now living in Chicago, IL, Gene Newman shared the story of what’s been called a major scandal involving political and legal corruption in New York State.

To read an outstanding article by  Cheryl Slavin, published by the Rockland County Times in 2014, visit:  http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2014/07/24/haverstraw-political-boss-shoots-newspaper-publishers-son/

To see related photos and news clippings, visit our flickr album here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/100479933@N04/albums/72157658442917045

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. 

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired September 21, 2015
Clare Sheridan interviews Elizabeth Skrabonja, curator of the exhibition on view at the Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives "From Holland to Here."  The exhibition  examines the Dutch heritage of the Town of Orangetown through the collection of George Way, America's premier collector of 17th century Dutch art. We’ll discuss this, the Tappan Patent, the Blauvelt family legacy, and much more. 

To learn about George Way and his collection, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/arts/design/a-collection-of-dutch-artifacts-50-years-in-the-making.html?_r=0.

To learn more about the Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives  visit http://www.orangetownmuseum.com. 


Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. 

To view an index of past programs and listen to sound recordings, click here: https://www.rocklandhistory.org/page.cfm?category=22

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired Monday, August 17, 2015 at 10:10 am. 
The preservation of the John Green House in Nyack, NY
This unique 2 1/2 -story sandstone structure is the oldest house in Nyack, and a group of grassroots volunteers called the John Green Preservation Coalition is working to preserve it. 

Clare Sheridan interviewed Winston Perry, historian for the Village of Upper Nyack and president of the Historical Society of the Nyacks, shed light on the importance of John Green to Rockland history, as well as the architectural importance of this building. 

Rick Tannenbaum was also interviewed.  He represents the John Green Preservation Coalition and spoke about the group's efforts and how we as a community can help with this valuable historic preservation project.

Tina Traster, film maker was also interviewed about her documentary about Historic Preservation which will include the John Green House.

To learn more about the John Green Coalition, visit http://www.johngreencoalition.org.

To learn more about the Historical Society of the Nyacks, visit http://nyackhistory.org/welcome.html.

To learn more about Traster's documentary film "This House Matters" visit:  http://thishousematters.com/

"Crossroads of Rockland History," a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR radio 1700 AM (live streaming atwww.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired Monday, July 20, 2015.  
Topic:  Early Space Program and the Challenger Learning Center.  Clare Sheridan interviews John Huibregtse, director of the Town of Ramapo's Challenger Learning Center.  Mr. Huibregtse speaks about the early days of the space program, as well as the efforts of our local community to bring a Challenger Center to Rockland County. 

The July 2014 episode of Crossroads of Rockland History is sponsored by the Town of Ramapo, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, and the Ramapo Town Board. We are grateful for their support.

The Challenger Learning Center in Airmont is living testimony to the dream of the Challenger astronauts. On January 28, 1986, the seven crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger/STS-51L “Teacher in Space” mission set out to broaden educational horizons and advance scientific knowledge. Their mission exemplified humans' noblest and most wondrous qualities: to explore, discover and teach. 

To the nation’s shock and sorrow, the shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds after liftoff. In the aftermath of the accident, the families of the crew members came together and made a firm commitment to honor the spirit of their loved ones by continuing their educational mission. In April 1986, they created the Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center) as a place where children, teachers and citizens can touch the future by manipulating equipment, conducting experiments, solving problems, and immersing themselves in space-like surroundings. The goal of the program is to spark interest and joy in science and engineering and change young people's lives. 

In June 1994, Kristina Rodriquez, then a senior at Suffern High School, led a project that proposed turning a vacant school building into a Challenger Learning Center. The concept lit a fire in the community, and the result was the creation of the second Challenger Center in New York State. Today, there are more than forty Challenger Learning Centers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Korea

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. To view an index of past programs and listen to sound recordings: click here:  https://www.rocklandhistory.org/page.cfm?category=22

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired Monday, June 15, 2015, at 10:10 a.m.,

"One Person, One Vote." Although this powerful sentiment rings with the same distinctively American call for equality and individual empowerment as "All men are created equal," it did not become a core principle of local government until the 1960s, when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Rockland to reapportion and reorganize the structure of its county government based on the landmark decision in Abate v. Mundt.

The Hon. Veronica DeMeo Boesch, former mayor of Airmont and a lifelong history teacher, was interviewed by  Clare Sheridan about  how "one person, one vote" affected government in Rockland County, NY in the second half of the 20th century. As a direct result of Abate v. Mundt, the county changed from a five-member Board of Supervisors, in which each town supervisor had one vote, to a County Legislature comprising legislators elected by the voters based on town population. Under the new system, the Town of Ramapo, with the largest population, would have the most legislators, and Stony Point would have the fewest.

Since retiring from teaching social studies at North Rockland High School, Ms. Boesch has been an active member of the HSRC. She has also served as an elected trustee and, most recently, as mayor of the Village of Airmont. Since she rejoined the HSRC Board in 2014, she has chaired the Nominating Committee and Annual Dinner Committee and serves on the Personnel Committee.

"Crossroads of Rockland History," a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com. Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.

To visit our archive of past radio programs, click here: https://www.rocklandhistory.org/page.cfm?category=22

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired May 18, 2015 

The Effects of the Brink's Robbery on Rockland County. Clare Sheridan welcomes Bob Baird, who was managing editor of the Journal News on the day homegrown terrorists from the Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army attacked a Brink's truck in Nanuet, trying to finance their private revolution.  Baird will discuss the circumstances that led up to the tragic event, in which one Brink's guard was killed, another was gravely wounded, and two Nyack police officers were slain in a hail of automatic gunfire.

The events of October 20, 1981, shook a county already reeling from a year of horrific crimes. It launched Rockland on a decade of dramatic change, with implications that are still unfolding nearly thirty-five years later. Baird makes a strong case that the transformation brought about by the Brink's robbery rivals the one that followed the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The Brink's Robbery is featured in our current Golden Anniversary exhibition, "A Half-Century of History, 1965-2015:Events that Shaped Our Community." We are grateful to the Rockland County Sheriff's Office for lending many interesting artifacts to the HSRC for the duration of the exhibition. To learn more about the exhibition, visit: http://www.rocklandhistory.org/program.cfm?page=423

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast Originally Aired April 20, 2015

Clare Sheridan interviews Bill Batson to learn about the Bench by the Road Project, a memorial history and community outreach initiative of the Toni Morrison Society. Bill Batson, artist, author and Trustee of the Historical Society of the Nyacks, will return to the radio program to discuss the exciting news that Nyack has been selected as a location for inclusion in this globally significant project commemorating African American history.

On May 18, 2015, the commemorative monument, in the form of a bench, will be installed in Memorial Park in Nyack honoring Underground Railroad conductor Cynthia Hesdra (1808–1879), a Nyack woman who became an entrepreneur and abolitionist. Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author and resident of Grand View-on-Hudson, inspired the Bench by the Road Project and will be invited to the dedication ceremony in Nyack, which will become the fifteenth Bench by the Road location around the globe.

In conjunction with this important monument, the Historical Society of the Nyacks will mount an exhibition titled "An Underground Railroad Monument Comes to Nyack," inspired by Toni Morrison and honoring Cynthia Hesdra. The exhibition will be open on 1-4 pm on Saturdays from March 14 through May 30. The Historical Society of the Nyacks is located at 50 Piermont Avenue. The exhibition will be curated by Bill Batson and Jennifer Rothschild.

To learn more about the Nyack Bench by the Road Project, visit http://nyackbench.org.

To learn more about the Toni Morrison Society and the Bench by the Road Project, visit www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/bench.html.

To learn more about the Historical Society of the Nyacks, visit http://nyackhistory.org/welcome.html.

To learn more about Bill Batson, visit https://sketchflashmob.wordpress.com.

The April 2015 episode of "Crossroads of Rockland History" is sponsored by the Town of Ramapo, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, and the Ramapo Town Board.

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.  

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired 3/16/15.  

Clare Sheridan interviews Robert C. Maher, Jr.  co-founder of the Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, and the author of Rockland Lake, Hook Mountain and Nyack Beach (Arcadia, Images of America). 

The commercial history of Rockland Lake dates back to the 18th century, when the area was known as Slaughter Landing because of the natural ravine in the Palisades just north of Verdriegete Hoek, the name the Dutch gave to Hook Mountain. The Hook was known as the "Troublesome Point," where a hotel and ferry landing to Tarrytown stood from the time of the Revolution until the 1900s. During the 19th century, ice was harvested from the pristine waters of Rockland Lake, and rock was quarried from the cliffs overlooking the Hudson River. Later, the lake became a popular resort area and amusement park, attracting people from New York City by steamboat and train. In the 20th century, with the invention of refrigeration, the ice industry collapsed,and preservation of the Palisades cliffs began. The state acquired most of the property andcreated Rockland Lake State Park as we know it today.

Special guest Robert Maher is the president and co-founder of the Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, Inc., an organization established to support the preservation of the cultural, historical, and environmental resources of Rockland Lake, Hook Mountain, and Nyack Beach state parks. Maher is also the author of Rockland Lake, Hook Mountain and Nyack Beach (Arcadia, Images of America series). He lives in his family home at Rockland Lake.

To learn more about the book, Rockland Lake, visit
http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738574813/Rockland-Lake-Hook-Mountain-and-Nyack-Beach

To learn more about Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, 
visit http://www.rocklandlakeandhookmt.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.  

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Originally aired February 16, 2015.
 
Clare Sheridan interviews Doug Carey, Spring Valley High School History Teacher and co-chair of the 3rd Annual High School Local History Conference.  This conference includes history honors students from all of Rockland County’s high schools. Mr. Carey is this year's conference co-chair, with HSRC Trustee Judge William Sherwood.

To view a video of a past conference, click here: http://vimeo.com/85037975.

To learn more about this year's conference, click here: https://www.rocklandhistory.org/event.cfm?page=411.

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.  

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

Broadcast originally aired January 19, 2015.  Clare Sheridan interviews James Cassetta about his new book "Pearl River" (Arcadia/Images of America).  

Recently, the Images of America book series published a volume dedicated to Pearl River, the second-largest hamlet in New York State. 

For the past eighteen years, James Cassetta, a member of the HSRC, has been the adult reference librarian and local history librarian at the Pearl River Public Library. In addition, he is a writer and tour guide. Topics will include the history of Pearl River businesses, notable people, important places, and much more.

The Images of America series, published by Arcadia Publishing, celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all. 

“Crossroads of Rockland History,” a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1300 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com. Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.


For a list of archived episodes, click here: http://www.rocklandhistory.org/page.cfm?page=323.

To find out more about the Images of America series, click here: http://www.ArcadiaPublishing.com/series/Images-of-America

For more information about the Pearl River Public Library, click here: http://www.PearlRiverLibrary.org/pearlriver

www.RocklandHistory.org

Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am.   From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. 

Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org