Lawler Retains His Seat With Commanding Victory Over Mondaire Jones
By Barrett Seaman– The Paramount Country Club in New City, on the Rockland County side of District 17, turned out to be an appropriate venue for Mike Lawler’s surprisingly robust victory over Mondaire...
View ArticleLatimer is Heading to Washington
By Rick Pezzullo— Westchester County Executive George Latimer is heading to Washington. Latimer, who has led the county for the last seven years, was overwhelmingly chosen by voters to represent New...
View ArticleDows Lane Students Choose School Drive in Mock Election
In a lesson about democracy, kindergarten through third grade students at Dows Lane Elementary School took part in a mock election on Nov. 4. The young voters faced a decision about whether their...
View ArticlePhelps Raises Record For Cancer Care
At its annual Champagne Ball fundraiser at Sleepy Hollow Country Club on October 18, Northwell Phelps Hospital raised a record raised $686,250—in part for the expansion of its Health and Wellness...
View ArticleRabid Raccoon Found in Tarrytown
By Rick Pezzullo— The Westchester County Department of Health is notifying residents that a rabid raccoon was found acting aggressively in Tarrytown on October 31 near John Paulding School. The...
View ArticlePersevering Songstress Lucinda Williams Returns To The Cap
By W.B. King– When The Hudson Independent caught up with the multi-Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams by phone from her home in Nashville, she joyfully reflected on her latest...
View ArticleVoting–In Sickness and In Health
By Jeff Wilson– When Lauren Novotny was admitted to Phelps Hospital on Friday, November 1, she had another concern besides her health. “How do I go about voting if I’m in the hospital?” she...
View ArticleThe New Guy On The Tarrytown Board
By Barrett Seaman– The Tarrytown Board of Trustees election was uncontested, but there is a new face in the lineup: Kenneth (universally called “Kenny”) Herzog, a 10591 resident since 2012. Herzog, 45,...
View ArticleRacist Text Messages Sent Nationwide Addressed Locally
By Rick Pezzullo— Racist text messages sent nationwide to Black and brown individuals, including students, from unknown sources after Election Day were addressed locally. Irvington Superintendent of...
View ArticleThanks For Voting
The Hudson Independent To the Editor I want to express my deep gratitude for those who voted in the recent election; we received an outpouring of support – over 70% in Westchester. I fully intend to...
View ArticleArdsley School District Hires New Director of Special Education
By Rick Pezzullo— The Ardsley School District has announced Marianna Dougherty as its new Director of Special Education. Dougherty joins Ardsley from the Clarkstown Central School District, where she...
View ArticleLawler Is Fearmongering
To the Editor, I was very disturbed reading Congressman Lawler’s recent newsletter regarding a local tragedy. He wrote, a woman and her children were “shot by someone who shouldn’t have even been in...
View ArticleFatal Incident at Towers in Tarrytown Ruled a Suicide
By Rick Pezzullo— The death of a 34-year-old woman at Franklin Towers in Tarrytown is being investigated as a suicide. According to the Tarrytown Police Department, a female from Brooklyn jumped from...
View ArticleSH Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Contraband to Prisoners
By Rick Pezzullo— A Sleepy Hollow man will serve two months in Westchester County Jail after pleading guilty Thursday to working with a correction officer to smuggle contraband to prisoners at Sing...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Loses in Title Game to Valhalla
By Stephen O’Leary and Tom Pedulla— Dobbs Ferry needed to play nearly mistake-free football if it was to deny undefeated Valhalla in the Section 1 Class C championship game. The Eagles did not come...
View ArticleUgly Pageant Part 3: Monster Myth
UGLY PAGEANT PART 3: Monster Myth By Krista Madsen Lest it seem from the Ugly Pageant’s parade of Toys (winner: Boglins) and Film Villains (winner: The Fly) that most rotten eggs come from the 1980s...
View ArticleDogs in a Pile Take Over Annual Thanksgiving Residency at The Cap
By W.B. King– Building on a celebrated jam band Thanksgiving residency tradition dating back to Phish in the early 1990s, Dogs in a Pile will play the first of two consecutive nights at The Capitol...
View ArticleHoyt Honored at Final Meeting as Tarrytown Trustee
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown Trustee Robert Hoyt was honored Monday by his colleagues during his final board meeting after serving 18 years. Hoyt, who was born and raised in Tarrytown, officially had a...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Veteran Sabrina Monique’s New Album Reflects Her White Plains...
By W.B. King– When Sabrina Monique performs songs off her new album It’s Not Me, It’s You at Time Square’s RiseNY on November 26 in celebration of Thanksgiving week, the White Plains native will draw...
View ArticleNew Assistant Principal at Dows Lane Elementary School Named
By Rick Pezzullo— Megan Hanson was appointed as assistant principal at Dows Lane Elementary School during a special Irvington Board of Education meeting this week. Hanson, who holds a bachelor’s degree...
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