We are pleased to announce that the clean-up of the southernmost fourteen acres of the waterfront will commence next week. After several decades of discussion, we will finally begin the long process of cleaning the waterfront of pollution and preparing it for eventual reuse.
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A glorious Labor Day weekend unfolds before us, and then a new school year begins.
Labor Day does not just mark the symbolic end of summer, but also the victories won by the U.S. labor movement over the years.
Hastings has its own record of labor activity and strife when thousands of men and women worked in the factories that used to once line the waterfront. The period during World War One was perhaps one of the most historic and violent times for the American Labor movement. Hastings-on-Hudson was the scene of some notable struggles.
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Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, August 29, 2010
Summer vacation winds down and we have before us a series of absolutely great events in the month of September that speaks to the best about Hastings. They’re big fun for everyone: set aside time in your calendars to join your friends and neighbors for these events. (Time to invite friends from out of town to showcase your home town!)
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