Sleepy Hollow High School Students Research Essay Subjects for Hall of Fame...
by Robert Kimmel Tenth grade students from Sleepy Hollow High School have been making numerous visits to the Warner Library and to the archives of the Historical Society Serving Sleepy Hollow and...
View ArticleSooner Than Expected, Irvington Passes a Short-Term Rental Law
by Barrett Seaman – With quibbles and concerns coming from every angle during the February and March public hearings, Irvington’s efforts to permit the use of homes for short-term rentals (think...
View ArticleBasics Program in Tarrytown Schools for Young Children to be Discussed
by Kim Gaudin de Gonzalez – Many children locally and nationally are entering kindergarten without the academic, social and emotional skills needed for school success. Recent research data shows that...
View ArticleDuck Derby & Healthy Kids Day Set for 12th Consecutive Year
by Robert Kimmel – Win Yankees’ Tickets at Duck Derby Entertainment, children’s rides, food, and health information, along with two big ducks and 2,000 competing little duckies, are all part of the...
View ArticleA College Prep Program for First-Generation Hispanic Students Lands Them in...
by Barrett Seaman – Little more than a year ago, Erika Bravo, then a junior at Sleepy Hollow High School, showed few if any of the attributes of a top candidate for a nationally competitive college....
View ArticleKids’ Club Making A Difference for Youth for Last 10 Years
Unsung Heros by Tom Pedulla – As Kids’ Club of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow nears its 10th anniversary in June, its impact on local girls and boys who are striving for better lives is profound. The...
View ArticleAcker Farmhouse in Tarrytown Receives ‘Historic Property’ Designation
by Barbara Moroch – Residents of the rivertowns share the area with legends of the past — people and places that have broadened the understanding of life along the Hudson. Historic properties dot the...
View ArticleSave The Date (May 18) for the First-Ever Sleepy Hollow LitFest
by Linda Viertel – More than 100 authors, events and vendors in eight venues will join together for a one-day, family-friendly festival in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. LitFest is a multi-venue book...
View ArticleCulinary Author Michael Twitty at Philipsburg Manor Pinkster Celebration
by Linda Viertel – Michael Twitty’s bestselling book, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in The Old South, is the winner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Church Solicits Funds for Sanctuary Apartment
by Barrett Seaman – Last September, threatened with deportation back to Ecuador, an undocumented family living in Westchester took up refuge at Dobbs Ferry’s South Presbyterian Church. Long active on...
View ArticleLocal School Budgets, Board Candidates on Ballot May 21
by Rick Pezzullo – Residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 21 to vote on budgets for the 2019-2020 school year, candidates for Boards of Education and a bond referendum in the Tarrytown,...
View ArticleVillage of Irvington Mulls Changes at Matthiessen Park
by Katherine Cain – With a changing demographic that includes more young families with children and dogs, the Village of Irvington is taking a fresh look at the configuration of its signature...
View ArticleReasons for Dead Fish Known but Duck Deaths Remain a Mystery
by Elaine Marranzano – The discovery of five dead ducks and dozens of dead fish floating on the water’s surface have the public speculating that something may be amiss at the Tarrytown Lakes. Nicole...
View ArticleWestchester’s Recycling Tsar Talks Trash
Louis Vetrone, Deputy Commissioner of the county’s Department of Environmental Facilities, tells Indy Talks viewers why Westchester has one of the highest recycling rates in the country, what’s new in...
View ArticleBorn on the GMC Bridge – Falcons!
Born: Three yet-to-be-named baby Peregrine Falcons (called “eyases”) in an aerie high atop the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge, 419 feet above the Hudson River. The neonatal apartment is courtesy of the...
View ArticleDown Comes the Western Span—Ever-So Slowly This Time
by Barrett Seaman – Since the spectacular controlled explosion in mid-January that brought down the eastern span of the old Tappan Zee Bridge, the pace of remaining demolition has been all but...
View ArticleIrvington Theater to Present “The World Before Your Feet” May 23, Followed by...
For over six years, and for reasons he can’t explain, Matt Green, 38, has been walking every block of every street in New York City – a journey of over 8,000 miles. Filmmaker Jeremy Workman and...
View ArticleDeadline for Applications to Eileen Fisher Summer Institutes is Sunday, May...
The Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute (EFLI), a summer program for girls in grades 9 through 11, is accepting applications over the weekend. “EFLI has been running successful youth programs ever since...
View ArticleLocal School Budgets, Irvington Bond Referendum Approved
by Rick Pezzullo – Budgets for the 2019-2020 school year in the Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Pocantico Hill school districts and a bond referendum in Irvington were approved easily Tuesday....
View ArticleIrvington Icon Barbara Denyer to Receive Clocktower Players’ Bravo Award on...
Barbara Denyer, artist, activist, and Irvington resident for 58 years, will be honored with a 2019 Bravo Award at Clocktower Players’ “Springtacular Gala” on Friday, May 31 at Ardsley Country Club....
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