Irvington High Senior Named 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist
Irvington High School senior Brooke Dunefsky has been named a 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist. She is one of 620 students to advance to the final round of the competition. “Brooke is one of...
View ArticleHistoric Hudson Valley Landmarks to Reopen Starting May 6th
The four major historical tourist attractions in the area will re-open to the public, this month. The announcement was made by Historic Hudson Valley, the non-profit entity that manages the sites....
View ArticleMercy College Newspaper Wins Five NY Press Awards
By Rick Pezzullo— Mercy College’s school newspaper received five awards in the New York Press Association (NYPA) 2021 Better Newspaper Contest. The Impact, which has been Mercy’s newspaper since 1970,...
View ArticleDialysis, Kidney Transplant Patients Need Lawmakers To Help
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) caused my kidneys to fail nearly 30 years ago. Since then, I’ve been on and off dialysis as FSGS and the treatments it requires have taken their toll on my...
View ArticleFamily YMCA and Rotary Club Describe Their Combined Events as “Huge Successes”
By Robert Kimmel – The Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns and the Family YMCA are both using affirmative, matching appraisals of their events, the Rotary’s Duck Derby and the Y’s Healthy Kids Day which...
View ArticleA Changing of the Guard at Westchester Land Trust
By Barrett Seaman– Kara Whelan, currently vice president of the Westchester Land Trust (WLT), will succeed Lori Ensinger, who is stepping down after nine years as president of the non-profit...
View ArticleThey’re Back: Expect Faux FBI Agents to Once Again Gum Up Traffic in...
By Barrett Seaman— When last seen in town, which was in November, agents from the CBS drama FBI were flushing hostage-taking bank robbers from the old Chase bank building at the corner of Broadway and...
View ArticleTime to Enlarge the Court
To the Editor: When Donald Trump was in office, he and Mitch McConnell made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. McConnell went so far as to defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish—that the...
View ArticleLen Andrews Honored With Memorial Bench In Patriots Park
By Robert Kimmel – A new bench recently placed in Patriots Park by the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns honors Leonard Andrew, a Rotarian who passed away last July. Andrew’s service to the community...
View ArticleMercy College Adjuncts Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract
By Jeff Wilson– The fight for higher wages for adjunct instructors at Mercy College was finally resolved on Tuesday, May 3, as the educators approved their first extended contract. The agreement...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Student-Athletes Look to the Future
By Tom Pedulla– To attend Sleepy Hollow’s recent college signing ceremony was to peer into the future. A bright future. No one could feel otherwise after hearing accomplished student-athletes Alexa...
View ArticleGullotta House Provides Aid to Westchester Families in Need
The Gullotta House was founded in 2015 for the charitable purpose of helping Westchester families in need, regardless of income. The organization responds to disasters such as a fire that might...
View ArticleTarrytown Youth Compete in The Salvation Army’s High Profile Music & Creative...
To the Editor: More than 200 young people from grade school to high school involved with The Salvation Army Greater New York Division’s Corps Music & Creative Arts programs recently competed in the...
View ArticleRetired Teacher to Open Socially Conscious Coffee Shop in SH
By Rick Pezzullo— For 35 years, Kim Kaczmarek worked as a special education teacher at Sleepy Hollow High School. Now retired, Kaczmarek is planning to put several of her former students to work at a...
View ArticleLocal Cars Being Stolen Right Out of Residential Driveways
By Barrett Seaman— Car thieves are back in the rivertowns. Actually, they never really went away, but reports of brazen heists of often high-end vehicles from residential driveways are percolating up...
View ArticleResidents to Vote on School Budgets, Board of Ed Candidates May 17
By Rick Pezzullo— Local residents will have the opportunity to vote on school budgets for the 2022-2023 calendar and Board of Education candidates on Tuesday, May 17. Polls in the four area school...
View ArticleSupport Our Restaurant Workers
Dear Letters Editor: In these difficult economic times, it is important to patronize your favorite restaurants and honor the employees who make them a success. Now that most of us have received our...
View ArticlePro-Choice Rally Draws 400 to Tarrytown’s Patriots Park
By Barrett Seaman— A line-up of Pro-Choice activists and their political allies stirred a crowd of several hundred sign-bearing residents representing a range of gender preferences at Tarrytown’s...
View ArticleHelp For Those In Need Of Baby Formula
To the Editor: Many parents with babies are stressed because they are having a difficult time getting the formula they need for their child. I would like to help. If you are having difficulty finding a...
View ArticleFlags Become a Flashpoint in Local Culture Wars
By Barrett Seaman– Every now and again, tensions rise to the surface between the rivertowns’ uniformed police and firefighters on the one hand and an increasingly progressive citizenry and their...
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