Award-Winning Armonk Outdoor Art Show Returns September 21-22
The 58th Annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show (AOAS) will feature 185 juried artists from 26 states and three countries on Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22. Located at 205 Business Park Drive in...
View ArticleFred Astaire Tarrytown Celebrates 20 Years and the American Dream
by Alexander Roberts – They came to the United States with $2,000 and a dream. Dancing partners since the ages of 15 and 13 in the Ukraine, Sasha and Olga Bylim achieved worldwide recognition in 1989...
View ArticleJewish Business Network to Host Breakfast Forum in Tarrytown
by Alexander Roberts – The Jewish Business Network (JBN) will host a Business Breakfast Forum on Thursday, September 12 (7:45-9:45 a.m.) at the DoubleTree in Tarrytown and features an array of business...
View Article8th Annual JazzFest White Plains Returns September 11-15
JazzFest White Plains 2019 is a five-day celebration of jazz, culture, and community — for music lovers of all ages — from Wednesday, September 11 through Sunday, September 15. A partnership between...
View ArticleRiverArts Presents Internationally Acclaimed Dancers September 20
by James Miranda – Dancing sensations Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss’s innovative, percussive talents will be on full display at the Irvington Theater on Friday, September 20 at 8 p.m. The performance...
View ArticleRivertown Public Market: An Al Fresco Feast on the Hudson
Save the date – and save your appetite. The Rivertown Public Market is once again setting up shop – in this case, tents and tables – at the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park on Saturday, September 14 from 11...
View ArticleWhat The Legend Means to Me
by Lynn Moffat – North Tarrytown was grappling with profound change when Ken and I, the three kids, the two cats and the dog arrived from Brooklyn in August 1996. The GM assembly plant was closing. We...
View ArticlePeabody Preserve Outdoor Classroom Enhanced by Garden Shed
by Elaine Marranzano – The Tarrytown School District Peabody Preserve Outdoor Classroom (PPOC) just keeps getting better. A donated garden shed is the most recent enhancement to the 40-acre learning...
View ArticleTransfiguration School in Tarrytown Celebrates its 70th Year
by Rick Pezzullo – While many Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York have closed their doors in recent years, The Transfiguration School in Tarrytown is thriving as it celebrates its 70th...
View ArticleSix New Administrators Appointed in Irvington School District
by Rick Pezzullo – Six new administrators were appointed by the Irvington School Board of Education during the summer. Juliet L. Gevargis-Mizimakoski was named principal of Irvington High School. With...
View ArticleTeaching Degree Leads to Life Far from Home
by Robert Kimmel – Max Slonim was looking for a job abroad after graduating with a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Teachers College. He received an offer that included housing and a...
View ArticleIndy Talks – With Irvington Mayor Brian Smith – Ep. 14, Aug. 2019
Irvington Mayor Brian C. Smith talks about re-zoning the North Broadway corridor, the struggle to get parking right in the village, and his announcement that he’s running for a fifth term in November....
View ArticleIf You See Something, Say Something. Right?
by Barrett Seaman – So this guy walks into the Irvington Police Station on a Sunday afternoon carrying a plastic bag with what appears to be a cannonball inside. The guy gives his name as Adam Stein....
View ArticleWho Is James Murphy, and Who Wants to Know?
by Barrett Seaman – When the paid notice you see on page 26 of our September print issue was first submitted to The Hudson Independent, its somewhat cryptic nature drew our curiosity. So we took the...
View ArticleOff to Harvard, Tarrytown Scholar Aids Immigrant Students and Their Families
by Barrett Seaman – Even before she took her first class as a first-year student at Harvard, Amy Chalan was giving back to her hometown of Tarrytown and, in particular, to the area’s Hispanic...
View ArticleAn Irvington Couple’s Troubling Encounter with Police
by Barrett Seaman – When a midnight call from their daughter came, telling them that her car battery had died near the Irvington train station, Selwyn “Max” and Jill Bannister Maxwell were in bed...
View ArticleMail Delivery to Tarrytown Apartment Complex Suspended
by Robert Kimmel – A United States Postal Service policy that is designed to keep postal carriers from harm had harsh consequences late last month for residents of a Tarrytown residential complex....
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Receives $250,000 to Restore Devries Park
by Rick Pezzullo – Devries Park in the Village of Sleepy Hollow will undergo extensive restorations, thanks to a $250,000 grant secured by State Senator Peter Harckham (D/40th Senate District). The...
View ArticleOngoing Concern about Hudson River Sturgeons
by Char Weigel – The Hudson River Valley is renowned for its history. One could say it is swimming in it – Washington slept here, British spy Major John André was captured here. The rivertowns are...
View ArticleFall Opening Set for Bridge Ramp
by Robert Kimmel – Motorists driving south on Broadway in Tarrytown will find it easier to access the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge beginning this fall. The long-closed ramp on South Broadway to the bridge...
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