Irvington Board Moves To Bring Strawberry Lane Under Village Control
By Barrett Seaman– With its twin stone walls and leafy boughs lining a straight ascent up from Broadway, Strawberry Lane evokes a sense of what Irvington as a whole must have been like a century ago....
View ArticleKudos to Con Ed!
Over the years, I’ve had occasion to badmouth Con Ed like the rest of us. Now, I want to compliment them. Every day during the recent heat wave, I held my breath, hoping my a.c. wouldn’t stop because...
View ArticleThe Knives Are Out In CD-17 As Voting Starts
By Barrett Seaman— A telltale sign of a close political race is if and when it gets nasty. In today’s polarized country as a whole, “nasty” is a relative term, but for a Democratic primary, the race...
View Article“Tired of the Same Platitudes”
When my high-school switched to online teaching because of the global pandemic, my friends and I joked that at least we wouldn’t have to worry about getting killed by a mass murderer with an AK47...
View ArticleRivertown Fire Fighters Strut Their Stuff for the 150th Time
Fire trucks and the men and women who work them from more than 40 departments all over the Hudson Valley gathered in Tarrytown on Saturday, August 13th for the 150th anniversary of the Firefighters...
View ArticleWe Need More Drop Boxes
Early voting has started in the Congressional primary contests. Voter turnout is expected to be very light. NYS and Westchester County could do more to encourage more voter participation in all...
View ArticleLocal Scout to Honor Chick Galella with Memorial Project
By Rick Pezzullo— Washington Irving’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ranks among the classics of American literature. Next to Ichabod Crane, few would argue the man with the most legendary status in the...
View ArticleRe-Foresting The Shoreline
By Suzy Allman, TEAC member Beth Roessler, Hudson Estuary Coordinator for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Trees for Tribs program, visits Tarrytown Lakes to plan a tree...
View ArticleGREENBURGH APPOINTS KOBIE POWELL CHIEF OF POLICE
The Greenburgh Town Board unanimously voted to appoint Captain Kobie Powell to assume the position of Chief of Police of the Greenburgh Police Department. Chief Powell enjoys a close bond and long...
View ArticleIUFSD Appoints Director of Facilities and Dows Lane Assistant Principal
The Irvington School Board of Education has appointed Thomas Chickery as Dows Lane Elementary School assistant principal and Richard Pittore as director of facilities. “I am confident that they will...
View ArticleConversational Stanzas with B.K. Fischer, Westchester County’s Inaugural Poet...
By W.B. King– Stirring words from writers such as William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop gripped B.K. Fischer’s attention from an early age. But pointing...
View ArticleA Death That Didn’t Have To Happen
I was devastated when I heard about Anthony Napoli’s (a.k.a. Rock And Roll Tony) death in early August. For many years, he and I were virtual neighbors, both of us living just up the hill from the...
View ArticleDemocratic Congressional Candidates Set for 16th District Primary Showdown
By Rick Pezzullo— The stage is set for the pivotal 16th Congressional District Democratic primary showdown on Aug. 23 that will likely determine who will be the representative in Washington D.C. the...
View ArticleJoan A. Santini
Joan A. Santini, formerly of Sleepy Hollow and more recently of Ossining died August 12, 2022 at the age of 90. Joan was born in Brooklyn on March 22, 1932 and was the daughter of William Francis and...
View ArticleYldefonso Veras
Yldefonso Veras, a resident of Sleepy Hollow, passed away on August 16, 2022, at the age of 84. A visitation will be held at Dwyer & Michael’s Funeral Home Sunday, August 21, 2022, from 4:00pm to...
View ArticleChoose Consensus
To my Fellow Voters, Again our voting obligation is upon us. It presents us with the opportunity to engage with our leaders and each other on issues that confront us directly and indirectly and we...
View ArticleProgressive Groups Demand Maloney Debate Biaggi a Second Time
By Barrett Seaman– Three local progressive groups are calling on Sean Patrick Maloney to participate in a second debate before the August 23rd CD-17 Democratic primary. At week’s end, the Progressive...
View ArticleIrvington High School Graduate Dies in Long Island Car Crash
This story has been updated By Barrett Seaman– Brian Clinton, 22, a Tarrytown resident, a recent graduate of Union College in Schenectady New York, and a member of Irvington High School’s Class of...
View ArticleNo More August Primaries, Please!
New York officials should never again schedule an August Congressional primary. The August 23rd primary date is a travesty – a form of voter suppression. Many voters are on vacation. Other voters are...
View ArticleThis Weekend • August 26th & 27th: Rufus Reid and Expedition | August 28th:...
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