Video: TZ Bridge Demolition – East Anchor Section
At Last, The Bridge Came Falling Down By Barrett Seaman It could have been the Fourth of July—except that it was bathed in sunlight on a frigid mid-January day. Cars pulled off roads near vantage...
View ArticleSee Andrea Stewart-Cousins interviewed on Indy Talks
Indy Talks, the Hudson Independent’s monthly cable TV interview show, this month features Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the new majority leader of the New York State Senate and arguably one of the three most...
View ArticlePleasantville’s Village Bookstore Under New Management
by Linda Viertel – Inveterate booksellers, Roy Solomon and Yvonne vanCort, owners of Pleasantville’s iconic Village Bookstore, have handed the reins to Jennifer Kohn who took over on December 8. After...
View ArticleIrvington Girls Basketball Coach Maher Notches 700th Career Win
by Tom Pedulla – Gina Maher recently reached an extraordinary milestone when she earned her 700th victory at Irvington, an unprecedented total for a New York State Athletic Association girls...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Juniper and Bread & Brine Have Merged to Create a Seafood...
Food for Thought by Linda Viertel – For those of us who have missed Chef Alex Sze’s inventive cooking at Juniper in Hastings (both locations), customers can now experience his culinary skills at the...
View ArticleT-Town Arrest of Drug Dealer, Caught in the Act
On Wednesday, January 16, Tarrytown Police, working with officers from the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, caught a drug dealer in the act of selling heroin on the streets of the village. David...
View ArticleBookkeeper Gets Jail Time for Robbing Her Tarrytown Employer
Theresa Casey, 59, formerly an accountant in the payroll department of the Allan Block insurance agency in Tarrytown, was sentenced two-to-six years in state prison for embezzling nearly a quarter of a...
View ArticleDobbs Kids Doc Offers Free Care for Furloughed Fed Families
Like most Americans, Dr. Nitin Gupta, the Dobbs Ferry pediatrician whose Direct Primary Care, or “concierge” practice, was first publicized in The Hudson Independent, was deeply touched by the stories...
View ArticleIn Our Libraries – February Calendar
Adult Events at the Irvington Public Library The following events will be held at the Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor St. Info: call 591-7840, e-mail irvref@wlsmail.org or visit...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening – February Calendar
Friday 1-17 Canfin Gallery Exhibit: New Works, an exhibit of the art of Cecil Touchon, is being held through Feb. 17 at the Canfin Gallery, 39 Main St. Tarrytown. Info: 332 4554 or...
View ArticleEdge on Hudson starts to strut its stuff with virtual reality house tours
At the end of a maze of construction fences on an otherwise barren field sits a one-story sales office where visitors can take a virtual reality tour of a condominium that doesn’t exist yet. But Toll...
View ArticleMarketing of Affordable Apartments in Tarrytown to Begin
by Alexander Roberts – It has been nearly 13 years since the developer of Hudson Harbor in Tarrytown committed to building 12 affordable apartments on Wildey Street, but it appears marketing of the...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Man Indicted in Death of Son
by Rick Pezzullo – A Dobbs Ferry man has been indicted on manslaughter and other charges in connection with the death last year of his eight-week-old son. Kevin Holloway, 41, was indicted by a...
View ArticleRemembering Morey Storck: 1932-2019
Morey Storck, Vice President of The Hudson Independent’s parent company, Hudson Valley News Corporation, a member of this newspaper’s Editorial Board, and a regular contributor of arts and...
View ArticleComing Soon: The Final Act of the Disappearing Tappan Zee
by Barrett Seaman – Sorry boys and girls: no more fireworks. The Ides of January blast that rattled windows and drew cheering crowds to the banks of the Hudson as it brought down the 6,500-ton eastern...
View ArticleRockefeller Estate Makes Land Donation
by Rick Pezzullo – Governor Andrew Cuomo announced, last month, a 346-acre donation to Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pocantico Hills by David Rockefeller’s estate. The acquisition brings the...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Mayor Addresses Issues in Village
by Barrett Seaman – Excerpts from an interview with Dobbs Ferry Mayor Robert McLoughlin. The full interview will be aired throughout February on Indy Talks, The Hudson Independent’s monthly cable...
View ArticleFinding Degrees of Separation in the Sale of Irvington’s Villa Lewaro
by Barrett Seaman – At first blush, the transfer of ownership of Irvington’s Villa Lewaro last year from Ambassador Harold Doley and his wife Helena to a foundation run by cosmetics entrepreneur...
View ArticleHeard Around the Watercooler
by Maria Ann Roglieri – Students Named Regeneron Semifinalists Irvington High School students Jacob Dunefsky and Annie Horowitz are among 300 high school seniors named Scholars in the prestigious...
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