Metric Envy
METRIC ENVY: How many feet does it take to kick out Imperial measures? By Krista Madsen– There is much I would like to challenge about America (our nonexistent gun control, our in-name-only democracy,...
View ArticleGreenburgh Sues to Block Edgemont Incorporation Legislation
By Rick Pezzullo— The Greenburgh Town Board has taken legal action again to try to prevent Edgemont from becoming the town’s seventh incorporated village. During a special meeting Jan. 12, the board...
View Article4th Grade Robotics Team From the Rivertowns Advance to Regional Competition
Out of 16 teams of fourth through eighth graders from Hudson Valley schools, The Sneaky Bots, comprised of three students from Sleepy Hollow and one from Irvington, finished in the Top 6 and will...
View ArticleCoffee Labs Roasters Partners with Make-A-Wish for Fundraiser
By Rick Pezzullo— Coffee Labs Roasters is teaming up with Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley to raise money for the Hot Chocolate for Wishes campaign. From Jan. 27 to Jan. 31, Coffee Labs, which have locations...
View ArticleIrvington Dems Size Up Three Candidates for Two Trustee Seats
By Barrett Seaman— Nearly 40 registered Democrats tuned in via Zoom Tuesday night, January 23 to listen as three candidates for a seat on Irvington’s Board of Trustees responded to pre-selected...
View ArticleOpen Door Provides Dental Services to Tarrytown Students
By Rick Pezzullo— Open Door Family Medical Center and Foundation sent its dental van to W.L. Morse Elementary School Jan. 24 to provide dental services to children from kindergarten to second grade....
View ArticleA Groggy Glögg Post
A GROGGY GLOGG POST: Cheers to the end of Dry January By Krista Madsen– I don’t drink enough to merit committing to Dry January. But for those who did and are moments away from a celebratory drink,...
View ArticleIrvington’s Christopher Zorn Goes to the Regeneron Finals
No sooner had The Hudson Independent (among others) reported Irvington Senior Christopher Zorn’s selection as one of the 300 high school students semi-finalists in its annual Science Talent Research...
View ArticleHot Chocolate for Wishes
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View ArticleSurvey Says: Dobbs Ferry is Diverse and Inclusive
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Dobbs Ferry is doing okay in being supportive of human rights and diversity. That was one of the key takeaways from a Community Survey spearheaded by the Dobbs Ferry...
View ArticleA New Party Challenges Unite Sleepy Hollow in March Trustee Races
By Barrett Seaman— After 14 years of dominating Sleepy Hollow politics during the mayoralty of Ken Wray, the Unite Sleepy Hollow (USH) party has some competition in the upcoming Board of Trustees...
View ArticleMTA Completes Transfer of Ardsley-on-Hudson Train Station—But With Strings...
By Barrett Seaman– For those concerned about the future of the Ardsley-on-Hudson train station, now in the hands of Yonkers developer John-Michael DeGennaro, January 11th provided both bad news and...
View ArticleWE’RE STILL HERE!!
The news that the Rivertowns Enterprise has suspended publication has rightly raised much concern—not only in the four villages that weekly paper has ably covered but among local news consumers...
View ArticleIrvington’s Gina Maher Makes It 800!
By Tom Pedulla– They came to see a living legend accomplish a remarkable milestone on Feb. 1. They got what they came for. In the final seconds of Irvington’s 48-27 rout of visiting Eastchester,...
View ArticleIrvington Middle School Students Awarded for Literary Magazine
It’s not too often that sixth, seventh and eighth graders get to put out a literary magazine and even less often that they are recognized nationally for the excellence of their publication. Connections...
View ArticleA Vital Piece of Aqueduct History Rescued From Oblivion
It was 125 years ago when a remarkable piece of machinery made its debut as the controlling mechanism for the flow of water from the Croton Reservoir to New York City. Now this historic artifact,...
View ArticleDriver in Irvington Robbed by Gunmen in Attempted Carjacking
By Barrett Seaman– Irvington police are holding some of the information deemed critical to an ongoing investigation, but they have told residents in a village-wide email message that a robbery and...
View ArticleGray Matters
GRAY MATTERS: Our brains our plastic; it’s fantastic By Krista Madsen– PATIENT X Elon Musk is the Interrupting Cow joke. I was midway through a zombie-themed essay (TBC) as the start of a series on a...
View ArticleMain Street School Principal to Receive the Honoree Award
Main Street School Principal Joyce Chapnick will be recognized with the Honoree Award by the Be a Friend Project during the organization’s annual fundraiser on April 7. The award celebrates Chapnick’s...
View ArticleMore Funding For Our Schools
Dear Editor, Budget season is in full swing, and I write to give readers of this publication some details on the process so far, as well as to encourage you to make yourselves heard during discussions....
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