Bike Sharing
I read the article about possible bike sharing in the Rivertowns. I think this is a great idea. I suggest that if the village goes forward with bike sharing that you extend the program to The Marriott...
View ArticleTarrytown’s Halloween Parade: Bigger And Better Every Year
By Barrett Seaman– It just seems to keep growing—and with it, the crowds that come from nowhere and everywhere. By the time the annual Tarrytown Halloween Parade got underway around 5:00 p.m. Saturday,...
View ArticleTarrytown Justice Sets Sights on Higher Office
By Rick Pezzullo— One of Tarrytown’s longest and most distinguished public servants is looking to serve the community in a higher capacity. Tarrytown Village Justice Kyle McGovern, 58, who has presided...
View ArticleThe Ugly Pageant: Madtoys
THE UGLY PAGEANT—MADTOYS: Who’s the foulest of them all? Part 1 By Krista Madsen– I have a rule about Halloween: no cute costumes allowed. If you have to be a princess, it should be a dead princess, or...
View ArticleThe Taconic Opera Comes To Tarrytown
By W.B. King– After 27 years of successfully producing more than 70 stage shows, the Taconic Opera is moving from the Yorktown Stage Musical Theatre to the Tarrytown Music Hall. General Director Dan...
View ArticleTrump Rally “Garbage” Joke Sparks Controversy In District 17 Race
By Barrett Seaman– Local Democrats, including Mondaire Jones, were quick to denounce Congressman Mike Lawler’s mere presence at Trump‘s Saturday night rally at Madison Square Garden as a sign of his...
View ArticleVolunteer New York! Executive Director Joining Neighbors Link
By Rick Pezzullo— The executive director of a Tarrytown-based nonprofit organization is departing later this year to join a Mount Kisco-based advocacy group for immigrants. Jeanette Gisbert, who has...
View ArticleHastings-on-Hudson Resident to Celebrate 104th Birthday
By Rick Pezzullo— Angelina “Angie” Torrisi of Hastings-on-Hudson was born in 1920—the same year the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Just a few days before the next...
View ArticlePopular Tarrytown Restaurant Goes Up In Flames
By Barrett Seaman— In the nearly 15 years since he opened the Tarry Tavern on the site of the old Lago di Como restaurant at 27 Main Street in Tarrytown, Henry Cabral had earned a reputation as the...
View ArticleIrvington Resident Named Manager of Real Estate Brokerage
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington resident Janet Kovacs has been named manager of Houlihan Lawrence’s Bronxville brokerage. Kovacs started in residential real estate with Houlihan Lawrence as a real estate...
View ArticleHudson Harbor Developer Joe Cotter Dies at 66
By Rick Pezzullo— Prominent area developer Joseph Cotter, who built the Hudson Harbor townhouse/condominium project in Tarrytown, died Oct. 25 from a heart attack at his home in New York City. He was...
View ArticleVote For Prop One
To the Editor and Readers: New Yorkers support freedom and equality and want to defend those rights by all means possible. In this election we can do that by flipping our ballots and voting YES to Prop...
View ArticlePrevious Indy Stories About The 2024 Election
In reverse chronological order, here are stories about the 2024 election that have run on this site Trump Rally “Garbage” Joke Sparks Controversy In District 17 Race...
View ArticleTarrytown Voters In Their Own Words
In our small sample survey of Tarrytown voters, conducted on the promise not to attribute views by name, the following observations stood out: On choice for President: 17th District Democrat: “I would...
View ArticleHow Say You, Tarrytown?
By Barrett Seaman and Solace Church– As far back as the late 17th century, citizens of New England towns decided communal matters at “Open Town Meetings,” in which public issues and elections were...
View ArticleThe Other Election Battleground: Stealing Yard Signs
By Jeff Wilson– With polarization and acrimony abounding in this election cycle, it’s not surprising that extreme elements on both sides would resort to guerilla warfare when it comes to campaign...
View ArticleUgly Pageant: Movies
THE UGLY PAGEANT—MOVIES: Who’s the foulest of them all? Part 2 By Krista Madsen– In pretty distractions: this week there was a hilarious Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in New York City, for which...
View ArticleSuccessful Kickball Event Raises Awareness And Lifts Spirits
By Christina Ha– The Dobbs Ferry community came together on Saturday, November 2, to kick Sanfilippo Syndrome to the moon! The 5th Annual Moonball Kickball Tournament and Family Fun Day was held at...
View ArticleThank You, River Arts
I would like to thank River Arts for sponsoring their annual studio arts tour this past weekend. I visited some of the artists and was very impressed with how spectacular their work is. The River Arts...
View ArticleOld Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor Shares Career Insights Ahead of Music...
By W.B. King– A band born from busking on street corners in places like Ontario, New York City and Boone, N.C., as well as many points between, the Grammy Award-winning Old Crow Medicine Show has spent...
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