Unsung Heroes – Community Food Pantry Volunteers Making a Difference
by Tom Pedulla – Margaret Black points to her Irish heritage in explaining her work to eliminate hunger as one of the driving forces behind the Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown....
View ArticleIrvington School Board Drops Plans for Garage Behind Dows Lane
by Barrett Seaman – Public school capital bond issues to fund projects beyond the scope of a district’s current accounts budgets come up only every decade or so. Irvington’s last one was in 2004, so...
View ArticleNevis Labs in Irvington Hosts “Science-on-Hudson”
Public Lecture Series by Barbara Moroch – Galileo Galilei. Isaac Newton. Albert Einstein. All easily recognizable names of renowned physicists who have made quantum leaps in our understanding of the...
View ArticleIndy Talks with Dobbs Ferry Mayor McLoughlin
After a year in office, Dobbs Ferry Mayor Bob McLoughlin Talks about accomplishments and challenges in his village:
View ArticleThe Measles Have Come to Westchester. Here’s How to Minimize Risk
by Camille Cunningham – Westchester County saw its first case of measles this week, after a Monroe College student from New York City visiting the college’s New Rochelle campus was found to be...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Fire Leaves 27 Homeless
The bitter chill of a March afternoon on Barnhart Avenue in Sleepy Hollow was pierced by heavy flames and thick smoke on Friday, the 8th, as a rooming house succumbed to a blaze whose cause has yet to...
View ArticleCold and Gray But Definitely Green
The snow was gone but the air was damp and raw as thousands–marchers, watchers, family members–gather along Main Street and up and down Broadway for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday.
View ArticleIrvington Girls Reach Finals of Class B Federation Cup
By Rick Pezzullo The Irvington High School girls’ basketball team is one win away from adding another championship to its impressive legacy. The Section 1 Class B champion Bulldogs easily defeated...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Half Marathon
Rivertown Runners Half-Marathon in Sleepy Hollow By Dean Gallea On this chilly, very windy Saturday, the 2019 Sleepy Hollow Half-Marathon nonetheless drew a field of hundreds to a 9:30 a. m. start on...
View ArticleRock Island Sound Hosts a Spring Concert in White Plains
On Friday, March 22, Paul Bessolo, the owner of the music school Rock Island Sound, arranged a concert in which students performed together with their teachers. Thirty-two students from both the...
View ArticleA New Novel Featuring the Rockefellers
Former Exxon Mobil executive Bob Davis has taken his knowledge of the oil business and turned it into a novel due out this month. In Gusher: A Novel of the Rockefeller Oil Empire, Davis inserts a...
View ArticleLetters – Time to Lobby for Equal Pay for Women
To the Editor: Collectively, women in New York State lose $17 billion due to the wage gap between men and women. This gap starts at the beginning of a woman’s career and multiplies over time. Right...
View ArticleLetters – Con Ed Gas Moratorium is a Momentous Opportunity
To the Editor: We believe that the Con Ed gas moratorium is an opportunity, not a crisis (Con Ed Gas Moratorium, March issue). The real estate developers cited in your article view the moratorium as a...
View ArticleObituaries – Feb + Mar 2019
Leonardo Bauerle, 80 Leonardo Christian Bauerle, a 47-year resident of Irvington, loving husband and father of two children, died February 15. He was 80. Born in Parral, Chile, he received his medical...
View ArticleBeloved Halloween Bands to Play Irvington Theater
Concert April 26 As darkness falls on Halloween night every year in Irvington, trick-or-treaters slowly give way to throngs of adults and kids en route to houses on the village’s side streets, a new...
View ArticleIrvington Theater to Present Free Event on Special Needs Self-Advocates April 12
The Irvington Town Hall (ITHT) Commission will present its final diversity series event of the 2018-2019 season, “Special Needs: Self-Advocate Stories,” on Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The event will...
View ArticleRivertown Runners Raise Big Money for Local Causes
by W.B. King Despite being a cold, windy day, roughly 860 runners participated in this year’s Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon, which took place on Saturday March 23. Organized by the Rivertown Runners, the...
View ArticleThe Gluten-Free Skinny, A Steady, Reliable and Healthy Diet Plan
by Linda Viertel – You are what you eat,” but for those suffering from celiac disease, gluten intolerance or gluten allergy, eating can become a landmine of difficulties. Whether dining at home, in...
View ArticleEarth Day Event Schedule on April 27th
Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council Earth Day Events: 8 AM – Bird Walk with Ornithologist Carole Griffiths: Tarrytown Lakes parking lot 9 AM – Prep New Community Garden: Driveway entrance at 84...
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