Longtime Planner Friedlander Hopes to Make a Difference as Trustee
By Rick Pezzullo — As chairman of the Tarrytown Planning Board for 48 years, Dr. Stanley Friedlander helped shape the growth of the village for nearly five decades. Despite being removed as chair in a...
View ArticlePersonal Experiences Motivated Reyes-Grajales to Run for Office
By Rick Pezzullo — For Monica Reyes-Grajales, running for office is personal. Reyes-Grajales, who is vying for a seat on the Tarrytown Board of Trustees on Nov. 2 as part of the Preserve Our Village...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor about the Climate and Community Investment Act
It is late October in the rivertowns and our annual rite of autumn, the turning of leaves from green to shades of yellow, orange, pink, red and brown, is delayed. Why? This year’s record rainfall...
View ArticleDoctor Looks to Use Health Care Background to Help Village
By Rick Pezzullo — Ida Doctor has worked in the health care industry for the last 50 years and would like to use that extensive background to offer assistance to residents if she’s elected to a...
View ArticleBrown and Dems Fend off Two Slates of Challengers in Tarrytown
By Brianna Staudt — Tarrytown Mayoral Candidate and Trustee Karen Brown and the three candidates for trustee joining her on the Democratic slate soundly defeated challenges from fellow Trustee Doug...
View ArticleIrvington Dems Brush Aside Write-in Votes To Sweep Village Offices
By Barrett Seaman— Incumbent Mayor Brian C. Smith and two first-time trustee candidates, Arlene Burgos and Mitchell Bard, sailed to victory in Irvington Tuesday. Smith accumulated 1,207 votes without...
View ArticleNo Contest in Dobbs Ferry Elections
By Barrett Seaman— First term Mayor Vincent Rossillo led a Democratic ticket that placed two new trustees and one incumbent trustee in office for the next two years. In the final count as of Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t Just Global — it’s Local
By Barrett Seaman — Hardly a day goes by without a headline story about the breakdown in the international supply chain that moves goods — both finished products and their myriad components — around...
View ArticleFull 2021 General Election Results
By Brianna Staudt — Unofficial results are in from this week’s general election. See below for winners for each race or proposal in bold. Please note absentee and provisional ballots are still being...
View ArticleSenators Seek Support of Bills Silencing Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment
By Rick Pezzullo — Two state senators joined Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray at Devries Park Nov. 3 to bring attention to bills that would pull the plug on gas-powered lawn and landscaping equipment...
View ArticleNicholas J. Gasparre, 74
Nicholas J. Gasparre, a longtime Irvington resident, died Nov. 2, 2021, at the age of 74. Born in Yonkers on Oct. 28, 1947, he was the youngest of five sons born to Joseph and Jean Scialdone Gasparre....
View ArticleWithout Cheese Or Waiters, it Was Time to Close
By Barrett Seaman — The Hudson Independent presents “The Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t Just Global; It’s Local,” a series describing how international manufacturing and shipping woes affect everyday life...
View ArticleMarianne Marinello Marra, 78
Marianne Marinello Marra, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and Irvington, N.Y. resident, passed away peacefully on Nov. 5 at age 78. She grew up in Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., and graduated from...
View ArticleWhere Matters Stand with the Broadway Bike Path
By Barrett Seaman– A drinks and hors d’oeuvres reception at a Sleepy Hollow restaurant early in November drew a posse of local elected officials, suggesting that the Route #9 bike lane proposal still...
View Article‘Doesn’t Feel like a Short-Term Glitch’: Materials Shortages Rock...
By Barrett Seaman — The Hudson Independent presents “The Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t Just Global; It’s Local,” a series describing how international manufacturing and shipping woes affect everyday life...
View ArticleThey’re Here! COVID Vaccines for 5-Through-11–Year-Olds
By Barrett Seaman — Normally, the parking lot behind the medical office building on Ashford Avenue in Dobbs Ferry would be empty on a Sunday. Not last Sunday, Nov. 7, however. Cars moved in and out...
View ArticleJeremy David Wilson, 42
Jeremy David Wilson, 42, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., passed away peacefully on Nov. 5, 2021. He was born on Jan. 30, 1979, in Fort Campbell, Ken., to Dr. James Mason Wilson, Jr. and Cynthia Ann Weaver. He...
View ArticlePocantico Hills Marathon to Make its Debut Saturday
By Rick Pezzullo— More than 140 runners are expected to take part in the inaugural Pocantico Hills Marathon this Saturday, Nov. 13. The challenging 26-mile race will kick off in the Rockwood Hall...
View ArticleState Redistricting Commission Ponders How to Divvy Up Westchester
By Barrett Seaman — Dividing up a population as large and diverse as New York State’s into equitable voting blocks for State Assembly, State Senate and U.S. congressional districts is inherently...
View ArticleDemocracy Depends on Us
Dear editor, My name is Diane Torstrup and I reside in Tarrytown. I am a conscientious voter and have never missed an election. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Many of my friends and...
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