Encouraged by Grant, Paws Crossed Expects Good Pet Rescue Year
by Robert Kimmel – Bolstered by a recent grant, Paws Crossed Animal Shelter is heading toward a banner year rescuing pets and adopting them out. The no-kill shelter in Elmsford has placed nearly 400...
View ArticleOysters Seeded Beneath the Mario C. Cuomo Bridge
by Barrett Seaman – On a hot mid-summer day, while giant cranes and barges went about building the Mario C. Cuomo Bridge above, staff from the Billion Oyster Project oversaw the placement of 422 steel...
View ArticleHeard Around the Watercooler – Sept 2018
by Maria Ann Roglieri – SH Resident Chosen as One of the Westchester Power 50 Sleepy Hollow resident George Lence, co-founder and President of Nicholas & Lence Communications, was selected by City...
View ArticleQ&A with Coach V: Sleepy Hollow Varsity Football Prepping for an Exciting Season
by Kevin Brown – The following is an interview that was conducted with Sleepy Hollow varsity football coach Jorge Veintimilla. Thanks for your time, Coach. So how were the numbers this year? Did you...
View ArticleIrvington Teacher Empowers Children in Underserved African Community
While school was out for the summer, Dows Lane Elementary School first-grade teacher Laurel Warager spent two weeks in Kenya educating children in underserved communities through literacy and health...
View ArticleDeveloper Under Orders to Remove Pier on Sleepy Hollow Riverfront
by Rick Pezzullo A prominent area developer is being pressured by federal officials to remove unauthorized work on a pier on the riverfront at 11 River Street in Sleepy Hollow. The Regulatory Branch of...
View ArticleCommercial Real Estate Projects on the Rise in Rivertowns
by Alexander Roberts – The trend towards new urbanism has entered the rivertowns, with each village charting its own path on its various commercial real estate projects. Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown and...
View ArticleEfforts Fail as Historic Home in Pocantico Hills Torn Down
by Elaine Marranzano – Without warning and over the objections of neighbors, bulldozers finally arrived on August 22 to crush the historic little house at 43 Willard Ave. in Pocantico Hills. “I share...
View ArticleIrvington Fire Chief Resigns Over Funds Irregularities
Barrett Seaman – A routine internal check of the Irvington Fire Company’s books revealed that during the month of July, nearly $1,000 had been charged to the company’s Wells Fargo credit card. Further...
View ArticleMixed-Use Project in Downtown Tarrytown in Early Stages
by Rick Pezzullo – A proposed mixed-use project on North Broadway in Tarrytown that would include residential and commercial development is in the early planning stages. Representatives of Coco...
View ArticlePanel Assesses Sleepy Hollow’s Needs and Offers Suggestions
by Robert Kimmel – Among a special panel’s recommendations to the Sleepy Hollow business community and government was a “need to strengthen its outreach efforts to the new largely South American and...
View ArticleFriends of the RiverWalk Improve Tarrytown’s Park
by Linda Viertel – Every month, from April through October, volunteers from Friends of the RiverWalk (FRW), rivertown and Education First (EF) students, families and many residents volunteer to pull...
View ArticlePlayhouse on Rockefeller Estate Donated for Historic Preservation
by Elaine Marranzano – What kid didn’t have a playhouse growing up? Mine was nestled in the space between four trees where I cooked pretend meals using chunks of broken asphalt and mimosa seed pods as...
View ArticleCuomo Announces Opening of the Second Span This Weekend
by Barrett Seaman – It was only a week ago that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the second, eastbound span of the new Mario M. Como Bridge would open sometime in the month of September—ahead of...
View ArticleWith Hillary Clinton at his Side, Cuomo Dedicates the New Bridge to His...
by Barrett Seaman – Bridges can be useful metaphors—especially for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the dedication of the bridge he has now built and named after his father in a year he is running...
View Article“In many ways, we never felt more American”
Irvington was one of the many villages, towns and cities throughout the nation that paused on the morning of 9/11—a Tuesday, just as it was the day the twin towers were struck by hijacked airlines....
View ArticleMayor Wray Responds to Residents’ Concerns
Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray has issued a message to village residents to address the unease expressed by some over gas main replacements by Con Edison. It follows: Dear Residents, Many of us are...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Public Workshop On Waterfront and Comprehensive Plan Scheduled...
by Robert Kimmel – Sleepy Hollow residents will have an opportunity early in October to voice their ideas about the Village’s waterfront along with the community’s Comprehensive Plan being developed....
View ArticleKids’ Club of Tarrytown – And the Winner is….
And the Winner is….Everyone!: Kids’ Club of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow was honored on Saturday, September 8 to receive a generous donation from Tarry Crest Swimming & Tennis Club from funds raised...
View ArticleTarrytown to Fight Cell Tower on MTA Land Near River
by Alexander Roberts – In the wake of the sudden appearance of a 150-foot cell tower on Metro North Authority (MTA) land near the Hudson River waterfront, the Village of Tarrytown is gearing up for a...
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