River’s Edge to Present In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) February 29
River’s Edge Theatre Company will present In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) at Irvington Theater on Saturday, February 29 at 7:30 p.m. The Tony award-nominated play, written by Sarah Ruhl and...
View ArticleBeloved Dobbs Ferry Children’s Librarian Dies
Cheryl B. Matthews, a longtime children’s librarian in the Dobbs Ferry Library, died January 23 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. She was 69. She was born May 9, 1950, in Niagara Falls,...
View ArticleTeen Benefit for Australia Slated February 8 in Dobbs Ferry
Local teens are hosting a fundraiser for fire-relief in Australia on Saturday, February 8, at 7 p.m. at South Presbyterian Church, 343 Broadway, in Dobbs Ferry. Proceeds will help the Cobargo Wildlife...
View ArticleIndy Talks with SH Mayor Ken Wray – Ep.17, Jan 2020
Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray chats with Barrett Seaman of The Hudson Independent about issues affecting his Village. The post Indy Talks with SH Mayor Ken Wray – Ep.17, Jan 2020 appeared first on The...
View ArticleObituaries – January 2020
Gerald Inzar, 47 Gerald L. Inzar, known as “Gee The Barber,” died January 27. He was 47. Beloved husband of Karina and cherished father of Gerald the III, Mr. Inzar was a Sleepy Hollow High School...
View ArticleDistrict Mothers Urge Tarrytown Schools to Switch to Electric School Buses
Two volunteers for the group Mothers Out Front used the public comment portion of the February 13 Tarrytown School Board meeting to urge the Board to commit to a plan that would phase out...
View ArticleValet Parking Now A Prospect For Dobbs Ferry’s Restaurants
By Barrett Seaman It’s not news that there is a shortage of parking in the rivertowns. But it is news when a local restaurateur, owner of Dobbs Ferry’s The Rare Bit, comes up with a plan to help reduce...
View ArticleIrvington Overcomes Adversity to Claim First Track Crown in 31 Years
by Tom Pedulla Irvington had overcome injuries to key performers Max Forte and Junnan Shimizu to easily outdistance runner-up Pawling and secure its first Section 1 Class C boys indoor track...
View ArticleAward-Winning Documentary about Steve Bannon to Screen March 6 in Irvington,...
by Shana Liebman What happens when a liberal female director embeds with Steve Bannon? On March 6, the Irvington Theater will screen the award-winning film, The Brink, a fascinating and complicated...
View ArticleKitchen worker pleads guilty to 2018 murder in Irvington restaurant
Rosa Ramirez, charged with the April 2018 stabbing death of Bonifacio Rodriguez, prep chef at Irvington’s River City Grille, pled guilty in State Supreme Court in White Plains to second-degree murder....
View ArticleSchool News – Irvington – Hackley – Masters
Irvington Middle School Students a Step Ahead Thanks to the generosity of the Irvington Middle School community, members of the Spanish Club donated more than 1,119 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls, a...
View ArticleMakers Central: A Rising Tide Approach to Business
by Annabelle Allen – Makers Central is an incubator for small maker businesses. Founded in June 2019 and located at 84 Central Avenue in Tarrytown, the creative warehouse is home to five individual...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Puppeteer Provides an Enchantment Within Studio
by Tara Brandman – Rivertowns residents may often wander the streets of the villages wondering what worlds exist within the doorways and windows of the many artists’ ateliers. One such studio which the...
View ArticleSecurity Camera Registration Gains Slowly in Tarrytown
by Robert Kimmel – Access to video from home security cameras as a method to help police solve crimes is rising across the country, and Tarrytown is among the municipalities using that process. It led...
View ArticleArea Physicians Ease Fears of Residents Contracting Coronavirus
by Tom Pedulla – Even as Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced on February 18 that 26 people were being voluntarily quarantined after they returned from travel to areas impacted by the...
View ArticlePathway Through Tarrytown’s Wilson Park Draws Neighbors’ Ire
by Barrett Seaman – Suburban parks tend to have walking paths, benches—perhaps a gazebo. Not so Wilson Park, an 11-acre expanse of natural greenery sitting atop the hill overlooking Tarrytown and the...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow and Tarrytown Join Forces on Census 2020
by Char Weigel – The first mailing of Census 2020 may not reach households until mid-March, but the villages of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown are already at work to ensure a successful and complete...
View ArticleProtests Prompt Irvington Board to Delay Rezoning Vote
by Barrett Seaman – On a night when the Irvington Board of Trustees was poised to enact major zoning changes for the village’s North Broadway Corridor (see The Hudson Independent, February 2020...
View ArticleCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update
The New York State Department of Health has set up a hotline at (888) 364-3065 where Department of Health experts are available to answer questions regarding COVID-19. Information can also be found by...
View ArticleIrvington Girls End Season with Class B Final Loss to Putnam Valley
By Tom Pedulla Members of the girls’ basketball team in Irvington, accustomed to shedding tears of joy in the postseason, blinked back tears of sadness after bowing to Putnam Valley, 52-49, in the...
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