Irvington Officer Cited Again for Valor
By Barrett Seaman For the second time in a matter of months, Irvington police officer Arcangelo Liberatore was given an award for his April 2018 intervention in a Pleasantville park, where, with his...
View ArticleIt’s Kids’ Time at the Tarrytown Music Hall
by Susan Tolchin – The Tarrytown Music Hall has decided to give children of various ages a way to create their own theatre productions. From In School Residencies to In Theatre workshops, the Music...
View ArticleRussia/Ukraine Policy Expert Enters Race for Lowey’s Seat
By Barrett Seaman It’s unusual when a primary candidate in a congressional district well outside the Washington beltway gets a chance to announce her entry into a crowded field on a national news show....
View ArticleIrvington Trustees Announce Public Hearing on Opening Matthiessen Park to...
By Barrett Seaman Irvington Mayor Brian Smith announced that the Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing December 11 on the issue of whether to open the riverside Matthiessen Park, currently open...
View ArticleWestchester Launches Anti-Vaping Campaign
by Robert Kimmel Widespread concerns about health hazards associated with vaping have led Westchester County to partner with several community groups to start a Vaping Prevention and Awareness...
View ArticleTarrytown Discloses Cost of Parking Space
The price tag for Tarrytown’s purchase of more than half of the parking lot space adjacent to Citibank’s still vacant building at 1 North Broadway was $475,000, village officials have disclosed. The...
View ArticleAnti-Vaping Campaign Launched in Westchester County
by Robert Kimmel – Widespread concerns about health hazards associated with vaping have led Westchester County to partner with several community groups to start a Vaping Prevention and Awareness...
View ArticleFeiner Continues Criticism of USPS Mail Delivery Following Local Test
by Robert Kimmel – A localized test of the U.S. Postal Service Mail delivery in Greenburgh has not changed Town Supervisor Paul Feiner’s opinion about the service. “I continue to believe that there...
View ArticleSpecial Visit
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan celebrated the 5:30 Saturday Mass, November 23, at the Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills. His presence at the Church was the culmination of the Church’s yearlong...
View ArticleAnd They’re Off! The Field to Fill Lowey’s Seat Is In Flux
by Barrett Seaman – It’s been less than two months since longtime 17th District Congresswoman Nita Lowey, 82, announced her intention to retire at the end of the current term, yet the race to succeed...
View ArticleFriends of the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park Helps Enhance A Valuable Community...
by Linda Viertel – With its magnificent views of the Hudson River, the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park draws walkers, concert goers, picnickers, dog walkers, soccer players, runners, kids who enjoy the...
View ArticleStone Barns Center Selects Yarmuth as New Executive Director
Lauren Yarmuth, a leading design thinker with expertise in sustainability and food systems, has joined Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture as the nonprofit organization’s new executive...
View ArticleTarrytown Housing Task Force Takes a Comprehensive View
by Alexander Roberts – With a number of projects on the drawing board or in the approvals process, Tarrytown has established a committee to use a comprehensive approach to housing development and...
View ArticleTwo Dobbs Ferry Families, Each with Four Generations of Firefighters
by Barrett Seaman – John Cullen’s father was the first in his family to join Dobbs Ferry’s Ogden Engine Company and the first to join at age 18. That was in 1921, not long after the first motorized...
View ArticleCommunity Holiday Donation Wish List
1) The Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown welcomes food and monetary donations so they may continue to serve local families each month who are food insecure. To find out more,...
View ArticleHudson Lab School Offers Project-Based Learning in a Private School Setting
by Katherine Cain – In the fall of 2017, a new private school called the Hudson Lab School opened its doors in Hastings-on-Hudson. Founded by Cate Han and her husband Stacey Seltzer, the school began...
View ArticleCuban Cuisine Finds a Familial Home on Tarrytown’s Main Street
by W. B. King – While walking the streets of Cuba in 2015, Bebe Gonzalez was so inspired by the food and culture of his ancestral homeland that he had an epiphany. “I always wanted to open a...
View ArticleTarrytown Native Reflects on Off-Broadway Play and Childhood
by Elaine Marrazano – Actor, playwright and Tarrytown native Keith Hamilton Cobb brought his award-winning new play about Shakespeare and race in America to the off-Broadway stage this summer after...
View ArticleNew County Shared Use Portal Now Operational
By Barrett Seaman At a meeting held December 16th at the Greenburgh Public Library, representatives of all 31 municipalities and school districts present (out of 45 all told) endorsed continuation of...
View ArticleAward-Winning ‘Roll Red Roll’ to Screen at Irvington Theater January 10...
-by Shana Liebman On January 10, the Irvington Theater will screen the film, Roll Red Roll, a true-crime thriller about the famous 2012 Steubenville High School sexual assault case. Since premiering at...
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