Irvington’s Read Aloud Day Draws Celebrity Readers
Irvington Schools have been participating in Litworld and UNESCO’s World Read Aloud Day to promote literacy for years, but this is the first time the schools have invited outsiders—prominent members of...
View ArticleA Tribute to David Swope, 76
Kind, gentle, warm-hearted and humble – David Swope possessed all of these soulful traits and more, which is rare for a generous philanthropist, community leader and business owner. He passed away at...
View ArticleIrvington Town Hall Theater Celebrates Black History Month with...
The Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) continues its celebration of Black History Month with a one night only, fully-staged reading of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking play, for colored girls who have...
View ArticleFormer SH Middle School Secretary Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $10,000
By Rick Pezzullo – A former Sleepy Hollow Middle School secretary has pled guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from the Tarrytown Union Free School District. Carol Ressa, 53, of Lake Peekskill, pled...
View ArticleWhere is This? How well do you know where you live? Does this look familiar?
Scroll down for the answer . . . . . . . . . . The Landmark Condominium, Tarrytown, NY The plaque is on the statue at the Landmark at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown. The statue is...
View ArticleMarch Exhibit at the Irvington Public Library: “Forest and Trees” by Jim Maciel
Irvington-On-Hudson March Exhibit at the Irvington Public Library: “Forest and Trees” by Jim Maciel Jim Maciel returns to the Martucci Gallery in the Irvington Public Library to exhibit “Forest and...
View ArticleIrvington Man Accused of Serial Sexual Assaults
According to several news organizations, New York City Police are investigating more than a dozen accusations of sexual assault by former clients of voice-over coach Peter Rofé, a resident of...
View ArticleA New Piano for the Music Hall
By Dean Gallea – On Tuesday, February 13, the Tarrytown Music Hall unveiled its new Steinway Model D Concert Grand piano, at a “Piano-Warming” party for member-donors, Board members, staff and...
View ArticleIMPORTANT NOTICE TO TARRYTOWN WATER CONSUMERS – POSSIBLE LOW WATER PRESSURE...
Dear Residents and Business Owners: Starting on or about February 26, 2018, and continuing until the work is completed, one of Tarrytown’s Water Storage Tanks will be removed from service for...
View ArticleWashington Irving Fifth Graders Learn Scholarly Ways —With the Help of the...
by Barrett Seaman – The long corridor of the Washington Irving School’s main floor was lined end to end with poster displays—each attended by a neatly-dressed fifth grade student, ready to explain to...
View ArticlePeaceful Protest at Patriots Park
Tarrytown’s peaceful protest in response to the Parkland, Florida public school massacre and against the NRA and its support of continued gun access. Westchester’s recently elected County Executive,...
View ArticleTreasures Within a Treasure: The Rockefeller Archives Center
By Barrett Seaman – Perched gracefully atop a hill just outside the hamlet of Pocantico Hills, ”Hillcrest,” a 17,000-sq. ft. mansion built in 1963 for Martha Baird Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller...
View ArticleShooting Suspect Arrested at NYC Bus Terminal
The man sought for the fatal shooting of his 34-year-old girlfriend in Tarrytown has been caught. The suspect, Cynelle Brown, 28, was arrested Tuesday evening by two plainclothes Port Authority...
View ArticleCoast Guard Report on Hudson River Barge Anchorage Anticipated
by Robert Kimmel – As they await a crucial report from the Coast Guard, Irvington, Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, among other villages along the Hudson River, have again made clear their opposition to a...
View ArticleIrvington Teacher Lawsuit Versus District Over Student Attack Dismissed
By Rick Pezzullo – A State Supreme Court justice has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by a special education teacher at Irvington Middle School who allegedly suffered “grievous and permanent...
View ArticleLocal Immigrants Face Changes
Vanessa Merton is tired. Not end-of-a-long-day tired, but rather the deep exhaustion from a day that never ends. Professor Merton directs a small team at the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Elisabeth...
View ArticleOpen Door Unveils New Larger Location in Sleepy Hollow
By Rick Pezzullo – It has often been said that good things come to those who wait. That is certainly the case with Open Door Family Medical Centers and its new location at 300 North Broadway in Sleepy...
View ArticleHeard Around the Watercooler
by Maria Ann Roglieri – Pippin Coming to Irvington The Clocktower Players will be presenting Pippin from March 9 to March 18 in the Irvington theater. For more information, visit...
View ArticleIn Our Libraries
The following events have been scheduled for March at the Warner Library, 121 N. Broadway in Tarrytown. For more information, call 631-7734 or visit warnerlibrary.org. Thursday, March 1 at 2 p.m. Video...
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