Nyack Street Fair, First Friday, Piermont Crabfest Coming Up

Find out what's happening in and round Nyack and Piermont this week. 

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Monday, Sept. 2

• Be sure to check ahead before heading out with many local government offices and businesses either closed or open for shorter hours on Labor Day. 

• The Nyack girls soccer team will play Putnam Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Maccalman Field in the first contest of the fall sports season at Nyack High School.
• Several Rockland County legislative committees will meet prior to the full legislative session at 7 p.m. at the county office building at 11 New Hempstead Road in New City. The Planning & Public Works Committee gathers at 5 p.m. and the Budget & Finance Committee is scheduled for 5:15 p.m.
•  Rosh Hashanah Story Time at Barnes & Noble at the Palisades Center in West Nyack at 4 p.m.
• The Piermont Board of Trustees meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Piermont Village Hall. 

• The Nyack First Friday art festival will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Nyack Art Collective presents a night of art openings, music, poetry and more at this monthly event hosted by businesses in downtown Nyack. 

Saturday, Sept. 7 

• The Piermont Civic Association's Crabfest runs from noon to 5 p.m. at Goswick Pavillion on Ferry Road in Piermont, rain or shine.
• The 101st Annual Rockland County Volunteer Fireman’s Parade steps off at 2 p.m. The marchers will follow a route beginning on South Little Tor Road, turning onto Collyer Ave and then turning on South Main Street and continuing up to the reviewing stand in front of the county courthouse. The parade also celebrates the 125th Anniversary of New City Fire Company No. 1.
  
• The Nyack football team opens its 2013 season at home against Pelham at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8

• The Nyack Chamber of Commerce sponsors the 27th Annual SeptemberFest Street Fair with over 250 vendors lining Broadway and Main Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to the shopping and food, there will be live music from Nick Woolley, Regret the Hour, Upsidaisium, Curbside Hsutle and The Pipeliners along with street performers and a kids' carnival.