Princeton Senior Attributes Recent Honors to Tarrytown Upbringing
By Rick Pezzullo— Michal Kozlowski moved to Tarrytown with his family when he was eight years old and received a strong educational and community foundation at Transfiguration Catholic School....
View ArticleIrvington’s Brennen a Leader on Gritty Manhattan Hoops Squad
By Tom Pedulla— One shot can make a statement. So can one game. Those two merged in early February when Irvington’s Nick Brennen knocked down a three-pointer from the corner with 41 seconds left in...
View ArticleHealth Savings Accounts Offer Multiple Tax Advantages
By Chip Wagner– Why have an HSA? An HSA, or Health Saving Account, is a TRIPLE tax advantaged savings and investment account. The money you put in is deductible from both federal and New York State...
View ArticleIrvington’s Iconic Trent Building Sold
By Barrett Seaman— The 128-year-old, Stanford White-designed Trent Building at 50 South Buckout Street in Irvington has been sold to Carvi Properties Inc, a New York City-based subsidiary of a...
View ArticleIrvington Boys Pound Dobbs Ferry in Class B Playoffs
By Tom Pedulla As the seconds wound down on Irvington’s 59-42 victory against nearby rival Dobbs Ferry, some Bulldogs fans rose to their feet to salute their team. It was well deserved. The lopsided...
View ArticleIrvington Girls Survive Slow Start to Advance in Playoffs
By Tom Pedulla— The highly regarded Irvington girls’ basketball team experienced March Madness in February. The NCAA Tournament in March is notorious for its unpredictability and the second-seeded...
View ArticleIrvington Girls Upset by Croton in Playoffs
By Tom Pedulla— Irvington coach Gina Maher wanted badly for the seven seniors on her girls’ basketball team to experience the magic of competing for Class B supremacy at the Westchester County Center....
View ArticleTEAC Co-Chairs to be Honored by Volunteer New York
By Barrett Seaman— Each spring for more than 40 years, Volunteer New York, the nonprofit organization that supplies volunteers to more than 300 other nonprofits throughout the metropolitan region,...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Gets a Fat Check to Fund Its Downtown Re-development
By Robert Kimmel– The Village of Sleepy Hollow has been awarded $4.5 million from a New York State program aimed at “supporting a more equitable downtown recovery for the State’s smaller and rural...
View ArticleChallenging Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray is a Tall Order
By Barrett Seaman— Since he split from the local Democrats in 2015, forming his own “Unite Sleepy Hollow” party, Mayor Ken Wray has not had a serious challenge for the job. That year, he bested Trustee...
View ArticleWray Leads Unite Sleepy Hollow Slate Into March Elections
By Barrett Seaman– Residents of Sleepy Hollow looking at the list of candidates running for the village Board of Trustees next month can be forgiven for thinking it looks familiar. They are right. The...
View ArticleSmith to Retire After Six Terms as Irvington Mayor
By Barrett Seaman– When he first ran for village trustee in 2009, Brian Smith was a registered Republican. When he ran again two years later to succeed Jon Siegel as mayor, he again did so as a...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Schools Super Outlines State of the District
By Rick Pezzullo— The first ever community forum in the Dobbs Ferry School District was held earlier this month. The initiative was spearheaded by Superintendent of Schools Ken Slentz, who outlined a...
View ArticleArea Cops Get Medical Training for Active Shooter Situations
By Barrett Seaman— Rock music blared. Strobe lights played havoc with op-art stripes on the walls, distracting the officers’ eyes from the task at hand, which was a man on the ground with a...
View ArticleIrvington Names Village Hall Plaza After Madam C. J. Walker
By Barrett Seaman– On the last day of February, a goodly crowd of more than 70 crammed into the foyer of Irvington Town Hall and later on the plaza outside to unveil the plaque naming the square Madam...
View ArticleSay Cheese! It’s Time for the Rivertowns to Get Cultured
By Shana Liebman– On March 2, Bloomy Cheese & Provisions will cut the ribbon on their new Dobbs Ferry store, bestowing the Rivertowns with a much-needed shop for well-curated, artisanal cheeses....
View ArticleNo to Governor Hochul’s Zoning Override Proposal
The NYS Legislature should reject Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal that would enable NYS to override local zoning if a locality does not comply with state quotas to build affordable housing and to...
View ArticleIrvington Theater’s 3rd Annual Short Play Fest to Stage Six Plays Plus a Musical
For the 3rd consecutive year, Irvington Theater will once again present the Arts Incubator Short Play Fest: a free celebration of short, new, in-development works of theater and the playwrights behind...
View ArticleWashington Irving’s Sketch Book Intro, Excerpt 3: The Final Years
By Krista Madsen– This is the third and last installment excerpt from a new introduction by Krista Madsen for Washington Irving’s 200 year-old collection. Copies of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and...
View ArticleArt for the Elderly–Assisted by AI
By Jeff Wilson– A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. At the Andrus on Hudson Nursing Home, folks get more than that. The facility, located in Hastings-on-Hudson, has added a new feature to...
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