Bowman And Latimer Near An End To Their Brutal Primary
By Barrett Seaman– As the battle to determine the Democratic candidate for New York’s 16th Congressional District heads into its final days, the vituperative, brawling tone of the contest between...
View ArticleVilla Lewaro Hosts Irvington’s Juneteenth Party
By Barrett Seaman– One of the more ambitious Juneteenth events this year took place in Irvington on the Saturday following the day that in 1865 marked the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans at...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry High Seniors Receive Their Diplomas
by Rick Pezzullo— On June 22 at Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park, 174 seniors from Dobbs Ferry High School received their diplomas. The following is a complete list of the Class of 2024: Karli Addis...
View ArticleArdsley High School Holds Graduation Ceremony
by Rick Pezzullo Ardsley High School held commencement exercises Friday as 350 seniors received their diplomas. The following is a complete list of the Class of 2024: Kareem Essam Abdelkhalek Emmanuel...
View ArticleLimbo
LIMBO: Between the devil and the deep blue sea By Krista Madsen– It seems I’ve embarked on a Crime & Punishment series. First came the men who behave badly and remain relatively unscathed. (Heavy...
View ArticleHastings Sharpshooter Shakes Sibling Rivalry to Carve Own Path
by Tom Pedulla— Sibling rivalries can be challenging. Katie Drozd learned that when she made the Hastings varsity girls’ basketball team as a freshman. She not only had to find her way at a new level...
View ArticleTax Tumult: Reassessing 30,000 Greenburgh Properties in a Riotous Real Estate...
By Sue Treiman– Greenburgh Township wrapped up the initial phase of its tax reassessment process last week with an average 10 percent increase in property value, more than 1,000 petitions for rate...
View ArticleLatimer Posts Decisive Win Over Bowman
By: Barrett Seaman– The floor-to-ceiling glass walls of the office building on Westchester Avenue were nowhere near thick enough to stifle the sound of boisterous supporters of George Latimer as they...
View ArticleShimsky Shakes Off Abinanti in Primary; Cacace Rolls in DA Race
State Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky defeated her predecessor Tom Abinanti in a bitterly contested Democratic primary Tuesday. According to unofficial results from the Westchester County Board of...
View ArticleJustin Hayward Promises Moody Blues Hits And Deep Cuts At The Music Hall,...
By W.B. King– While attending an ABBA concert in the late 1970s, Justin Hayward was seated next to Bob Geldof. The two musicians had never met before, but the frontman of the Irish rock band, Boomtown...
View ArticlePedestrian Bridge Project to Close Lanes on Cuomo Bridge
By Rick Pezzullo— As if traffic wasn’t bad enough on Fridays crossing the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge, motorists are going to have to have extra patience on June 28. The New York State Thruway...
View ArticleHastings’ Triple Threat Athlete Heading For Wesleyan University
By Tom Pedulla– In an age when many student-athletes specialize in one sport in high school, Keith Capuano stood apart from the crowd. He was a young man for all seasons before his recent graduation...
View ArticleTVAC Honored as Volunteer Agency of the Year
At the culmination of a week-long series of events held to celebrate National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week last month, Tarrytown Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) held an ice cream social at...
View ArticleHudson River Beaches Closed Until Further Notice
High bacterial levels in the Hudson have led the Westchester County Health Department to close beaches at Philipse Manor and Croton Point Park. Collected samples exceeded the upper density of bacteria...
View ArticleNorthwell Opens Orthopedic Facility In Tarrytown
Northwell Health has opened a new orthopedic practice, Northwell Orthopedics at Tarrytown, continuing its strategy to expand access and coordinated care of its specialty services in Westchester County....
View ArticleHastings Home Burglary Suspect Arrested
By Janine Annett– Given the low crime rate in the area, many Hastings residents were shocked to hear about a home burglary that occurred on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Now, a suspect in the burglary has...
View ArticleAromë Caffé and Patisserie Now Open in Hastings-on-Hudson
by Janine Annett– Aromë Caffé and Patisserie is now officially ouvert at 10 Main Street in Hastings. Aromë features French pastries, gelato, and coffee. A sampling of pastries available at Aromë Aromë...
View ArticleNew Pedestrian/Bike Thruway Overpass Now In Place
By Barrett Seaman— Sometime in the wee hours of Saturday morning, two giant cranes lumbered out onto South Broadway where it passes over the New York Thruway (I-87/287) and picked up the 270-ft. long,...
View ArticleHammered At The Polls By AOC, Irvington’s Marty Dolan Calls His Maiden Voyage...
By Barrett Seaman– Marty Dolan, Irvington native and retired Wall Street and London banker, with no prior political experience, took on Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (a.k.a. AOC), leader of Congress’s...
View ArticleThe Rings of Hell
THE RINGS OF HELL: With a map and art for when words fail us By Krista Madsen– The Inferno is the most entertaining first third of Dante’s Divine Comedy—if you have enough schadenfreude to find the...
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