TVAC Calls for Volunteers to Ease Financial Stress
by Robert Kimmel – When the Tarrytown Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) was created in 1967 its members reflected its name; they were all volunteers. Today, that is not the case. The availability of...
View ArticleIrvington Town Hall Theater Presents an Evening About Transgender and...
The Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) has launched a new diversity series comprising three unique community events for the upcoming season. Irvington resident and ITHT commissioner Kim Gilligan, who...
View ArticleThe Tarrytown Lakes Park—Get Out and Explore It!
by Catherine Ruhland – Tarrytown’s Lakes are developing into an increasingly exciting venue for aquatic and terrestrial recreation by area residents. The village created the Tarrytown Lakes in 1887 as...
View ArticleTCBL Basketball Tryouts Announced for Fall Travel Basketball
TNT Basketball presents TCBL (Tri-County Basketball League) for boys and girls with more advanced basketball skills. Based on try-outs and numbers, TCBL could field up to six teams for Boys and Girls...
View ArticleIrvington High Junior Semifinalist in International Competition
by Anna Young – Irvington High School junior Jerry Wu won semifinalist honors last month in the prestigious international Breakthrough Junior Challenge competition. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Quarterback Embraces School’s Rich Tradition
by Tom Pedulla – Patrick Straub, in his third year as quarterback at Dobbs Ferry, could not have had a more appropriate word on the back of the blue shirt he wore during a recent practice: Tradition....
View ArticleSH Middle School Student Aiming for College Soccer Scholarship
by Tom Pedulla – The pursuit of excellence in sports can often feel like a solitary journey. Not for 11-year-old soccer player Julissa Casiano. Her ever-cheering grandparents, Mariana and Oscar...
View ArticleLocal AYSO Coach Follows Mother’s Footsteps in Volunteering
Unsung Heroes by Tom Pedulla – Like mother, like daughter. Like mother, like son. When Patricia Evans saw her mother, Hilda, volunteer on behalf of numerous organizations, she decided to take it to...
View Article2018 Halloween Happenings
Friday 5 Tony Winner Performs: Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow will host Bill Irwin inside a specially-built tent for The Unsilent Picture, which will feature a screening of an original...
View ArticleNew Bridge SUP: Animation from NY Gov’s Office
The last element of the new Mario Cuomo Bridge is a 12-ft. wide, barrier-protected “shared use path” (SUP) for cyclists and pedestrians that will run along the north side of the westbound span. It is...
View ArticleClocktower Players Present Groundbreaking “Laramie Project” October 12, 13,...
By Gregory Allen – October 12 will mark 20 years since 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was robbed, brutally beaten, and left for dead — tied to a fence for 18 hours — outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Since...
View Article911 LIVING HISTORY COMMITTEE Oct 17
GREENBURGH 911 LIVING HISTORY COMMITTEE MEETS TO INTERVIEW THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE TOUCHED BY 911 TERRORIST ATTACK From Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor The Committee will meet for the first time to achieve...
View ArticleResident arrested in Tarrytown Drug Bust
by Barrett Seaman – Following numerous citizen reports of drug activity in the village, Tarrytown Police, along with members of the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force on October 16 arrested...
View ArticleTarrytown Wins Cell Tower Battle
Following demonstrations of deep community and government resistance to the construction of a monopole cell tower south of the Tarrytown Metro North station, the railroad agreed to take it down and...
View ArticleTrick-or-Treat Candy for Downtown Tarrytown Residents
Donations have been collected and are being used to help supply candy to the residents of the downtown area who receive a disproportionate number of Halloween tick-or-treaters each year. The candy has...
View ArticleDavid Janes: Creating Community Through East/West Relationships
Our Neighbors by Linda Viertel – In 1999, when David Janes was recruited by the non-profit, International Partnership for Service Learning in New York City, he and his wife, Patty (Vice President,...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow High Student Proud to Salute Veterans
Unsung Heros by Tom Pedulla – Cameron Allan, a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School, is a young man of action. When he attended a Memorial Day ceremony at Patriots Park four years ago and a taped...
View ArticleState, Federal $300 K Grants Announced for Shames JCC Security
by Neal Rentz – The Shames Jewish Community Center (JCC) on the Hudson in Tarrytown has undergone a major renovation and is becoming increasingly popular with a substantially growing membership now at...
View ArticleTwo Men Indicted for Mail Theft in Tarrytown
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced that Sean Dash, 21, and Jade Williams, 19, both of the Bronx, were arraigned October 4 on a 32-count indictment in connection...
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