State Community Development Resources Awards Include the Rivertowns
By Barrett Seaman Tis the season. Governor Cuomo has announced the awarding of more than $761 million in economic development aid to communities all across the state—and just in time for Christmas....
View ArticleToll Increases Announced for Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
By Rick Pezzullo The New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors approved a proposal Thursday to begin the toll adjustment process on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, starting in 2021. Beginning...
View ArticleTarrytown Burglary Suspect Caught on Camera
Tarrytown Police are searching for a man suspected of attempted burglary at a Wildey Street home Tuesday afternoon. The suspect was flushed by the homeowner, who pursued him down Wildey towards...
View ArticleFirst 2020 Baby (at least at Phelps)
At 2:14am on the first day of the new decade, Sandra Gomez of Sleepy Hollow gave birth to a baby girl, Samantha. She weighed in at eight pounds, four ounces and was 21 inches long at birth. She joins...
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 ArticleAlleged Tarrytown Serial Burglar Apprehended
They got him. The suspect in five Tarrytown burglaries that took place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve was tracked down and arrested in Yonkers by Tarrytown Police, with the help of the Greenburgh...
View ArticleTony-Award Winning Icon Kelli O’Hara To Perform at Irvington Theater January 16
by Paula Romanow Etzel – Noah Cornman is bringing it all back home. The 1992 Irvington High School graduate, who joyfully remembers “growing up on the stage of the Irvington Town Hall Theater,”...
View ArticleInterfaith Service Urges Solidarity in Fight Against Anti-Semitism
by Steve Gosset A rabbi would ordinarily be ecstatic to have more than 300 people inside his sanctuary on a Sunday afternoon. But the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown greeted this...
View ArticleJazz and Soul Night at the Jazz Forum to Benefit Community Voices Heard
by Lisa Genn – For the second year in a row, on Thursday, January 30 from 7 to 10 p.m., Tarrytown’s Jazz Forum will be opening its doors for a special event—a fundraising jazz and soul concert to...
View ArticleHeadsUp Rivertowns Aims to Better Inform Community
by Clara Firpo-Cappiello – HeadsUp Rivertowns is a committee that aims to inform local parents and kids about safe ways to utilize technology in our ever-changing world. Dobbs Ferry, Irvington,...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Girls’ Hoops Coach Eager to Rebuild Program
by Tom Pedulla – To many candidates, the opportunity to coach the Sleepy Hollow varsity girls’ basketball team may not have seemed appealing. The program has lacked stability due to a number of...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Girls Basketball Coach Balances Sports and Motherhood
by Tom Pedulla – Most coaches strive to create a family atmosphere. Stephanie Mills takes that to another level as she balances motherhood with her role as girls’ basketball coach at Dobbs Ferry. She...
View ArticleHeard Around the W@tercooler
by Maria Ann Roglieri Rey Insurance Earns Green Business Certification Rey Insurance in Sleepy Hollow recently received its official green business certification from the Green Business Partnership....
View ArticleAnnual Winter Blues Benefit Concert To Rock the Music Hall This Saturday,...
The Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Boosters will bring the 7th Annual Winter Blues benefit concert back to the Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday, January 11 from 7 p.m. until midnight. This year’s...
View ArticleAnnual Winter Blues Benefit Concert To Rock the Music Hall January 11
The Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Boosters will bring the 7th Annual Winter Blues benefit concert back to the Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday, January 11 from 7 p.m. until midnight. This year’s...
View ArticleMain Street Atelier – A Cool New School in Tarrytown
by Elaine Marranzano – An atelier is a workshop for artists that is basically a studio. Now two Tarrytown residents have opened their own atelier and are welcoming students who want to learn the fine...
View ArticleTwo Tarrytown Women Search for a Non-Addictive Painkiller
by Barrett Seaman – A New Jersey laboratory, better known for its work in behavioral research, was recently awarded a $49.9 million grant by a component of the National Institutes of Health to find a...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Board Considers Zoning Changes to Spur Development
by Elaine Marranzano – The Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees has proposed a novel zoning tactic that gives it power to make zoning changes on village-owned property in the inner village. Zoning...
View ArticleIrvington Debates Opening Matthiessen Park to the General Public
by Barrett Seaman – For more than 70 years, Irvington’s signature waterfront recreation area, Matthiessen Park, has been restricted to village residents (and their guests). Even homeowners in East...
View ArticleRotary Club of the Tarrytowns’ Offers Assistance to Many
by Robert Kimmel – “Service Above Self” stands as the core objective of the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns, and its accomplishments over recent years as well as throughout its 98-year history...
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