Hackley School Class of 2024 Graduation
Hackley School held its Class of 2024 graduation ceremony at its Tarrytown campus June 8, with 92 students receiving their diplomas. The following is a complete list of this year’s graduating class:...
View ArticleAbinanti, Shimsky Square Off with Democratic Primary Looming
By Rick Pezzullo— State Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky and her predecessor Tom Abinanti squared off last Sunday in the final debate before a June 25 Democratic primary, and it was clear there is no...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Trustees Divided On Flying The PRIDE Flag
By Solace Church– Sleepy Hollow, a village that generally prides itself on its ethnic and cultural diversity, found itself divided over a proposal to fly the PRIDE flag, symbol of the LGBTQ+ community,...
View ArticleParking? There’s an App (or Two or Three) for That
by Janine Annett– Rivertowns — Once upon a time, paying for parking was relatively simple. You found a parking spot and put some coins in the parking meter. Okay, sometimes you didn’t have coins handy...
View ArticleTarrytown Kayak Launch Re-Opened
The Westchester County Department of Health lifted its health advisory earlier this week. The Tarrytown Kayak Launch is now open again for use. The County Health Department advises that the Hudson...
View ArticleConsequence?
CONSEQUENCE? Or the slippery art of getting off scot free By Krista Madsen– THREE BAD MEN “An eye for an eye will the leave whole world blind” (said Gandhi), so I don’t believe in the petty tit-for-tat...
View ArticleAfter A Unanimous Vote, the PRIDE Flag Flies In Front Of Sleepy Hollow...
By Solace Church– A crowd of Sleepy Hollow residents gathered outside Village Hall Friday afternoon to watch the raising of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag after trustees unanimously voted to fly it beneath the...
View ArticleTwo Tarrytown Officers Promoted to Sergeant
Local controversies draw crowds to village trustee meetings. So do police department promotions, which in the case of the June 17 Tarrytown Board of Trustees meeting meant a celebratory crowd of...
View ArticleTwo Veterans Look Back On Ten Years Of TaSH
By Tom Pedulla– Louis D’Alessandro, owner of J.D. Farms, was immediately drawn to the Patriots Park location when the TaSH Farmer’s Market was established a decade ago. “It had a playground. It had a...
View ArticleCounty Legislature Adds Protections For Victims Of Domestic Violence
By Barrett Seaman– What prompted Irvington resident David Imamura to begin work on his first sponsored bill as a freshman County Legislator was a chilling report of a New Jersey woman who obtained a...
View ArticleTarrytown Celebrates Juneteenth By Correcting A 94-Year-Old Mistake
By Barrett Seaman– In 1853, the good folk of Tarrytown sought out a place in the village where they could erect a monument to the patriot militiamen who captured the British spy, Major John Andre and...
View ArticleCoffee Talk: Irvington’s New Cafe Culture
By Shana Liebman– Irvington is quickly becoming the rivertown’s capital of cafe culture. In addition to The Black Cat, the Red Barn and the newish Wildcraft Baking Company, two fantastic coffee shops...
View ArticleDocs That Rock: Catch N.E.D. At The July 13 Pleasantville Music Festival
By Barrett Seaman– There are rock bands with names designed to shock (all in good humor, of course): Helloween, Cannibal Corpse, Black Sabbath. But when the band calling itself N.E.D takes the stage at...
View ArticleCacace, Wagstaff Square Off in Dem Primary for Westchester DA
By Rick Pezzullo— Only two candidates are actively running in the June 25 Democratic primary for Westchester District Attorney. Susan Cacace, a retired county court judge, was the choice of the...
View ArticleIrvingtonians Honored For Conservation Achievements
By Jeff Wilson– Irvington stood tall on June 14 as two of its officials, Dr. Larry Lonky and CJ Reilly, were honored at the Westchester Recreation and Parks Society’s annual WRAPS Awards luncheon....
View ArticleRobbery Occurs at Chase Bank in Ardsley
This story was produced by the Rivertowns Current at: (https://rivertownscurrent.substack.com/) by Janine Annett– At 9:24 AM, the Ardsley Police Department received a call from Chase Security reporting...
View ArticleIrvington High School Class of 2024 Graduates at Waterfront
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington High School celebrated its Class of 2024 during a commencement ceremony at Matthiessen Park on June 15. Principal Jon Hirsch encouraged the graduates to maintain their core...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Man Jailed for Assaulting Two Teenagers
By Rick Pezzullo—- A 63-year-old Dobbs Ferry man was sentenced Thursday to six years in state prison for assaulting two teenagers in September 2022, along with a separate one-year sentence in a hate...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow High School Class of 2024 Receives Diplomas
By Rick Pezzullo— Family and friends braved the blistering hot temperatures Thursday evening to congratulate the Class of 2024 at Sleepy Hollow High School. Receiving their diplomas were 192 graduates....
View ArticleHastings-on-Hudson High School Class of 2024 Graduates
By Rick Pezzullo— Hastings-on-Hudson High School held commencement exercises Thursday for the 136 seniors in the Class of 2024. The following is a list of all the graduates: Siena Albamonte Bianca...
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