Indy Talks With Laura Rossi – Ep.18, Feb. 2020
Laura Rossi, Executive Director of the Westchester Community Foundation, explains the Foundation’s role as donor aggregator, distributor and supporter of the county’s non-profits and the people they...
View ArticleRegeneron in Trials with Potential COVID-19 Treatment
By Barrett Seaman Tarrytown-based Regeneron Corporation announced on Monday that it has launched a clinical program to evaluate the effectiveness of Kevzara® (sarilumab) as a treatment for severe...
View ArticleVillages Join In With Their Own Declarations of Emergency
By Barrett Seaman In short order, the mayors of Tarrytown and Irvington declared states of emergency as the weekend ended. Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell declared his village’s emergency as of 8:00am...
View ArticleNurses (and Doctors) Urgently Needed in Westchester County
The office of Westchester County Excecutive, George Latimer, has released the following urgent statement: CALLING ALL NURSES! WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEEDS YOU (White Plains, NY) – As we all face new...
View ArticleWestchester School Districts Providing Childcare For Healthcare Workers and...
According to a press release sent out by Westchester County Supervisor, George Latimer, on Thursday, March 19, school districts in Westchester, in conjunction with New York State and Westchester County...
View ArticleNew York Workers Ordered to Stay Home
At a press conference on Friday morning, March 20, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that all workers in non-essential businesses throughout the state are required to stay home in an effort to...
View ArticleTarrytown Proposes Changes in Station Area Zoning Rules
by Robert Kimmel – Tarrytown’s Board of Trustees has proposed changes in the Village’s Station Area Overlay (SAO) District plan following a series of public hearings during which residents voiced...
View ArticleNew York State’s PAUSE order: Who Can Stay Open?
Here are the guidelines for which business entities can and cannot remain open: This guidance is issued by the New York State Department of Economic Development d/b/a Empire State Development and...
View ArticleFood for Thought in Hard Times: Food and Beverage Options Available in Our Area
By Linda Viertel The coronavirus has immeasurably altered our lives, and we are all suffering in various ways too numerous to articulate. But we all need to eat, and as healthily as possible, in...
View ArticleNot-for-Profits, Organizations Continuing to Serve Needy During Crisis
Non-profits, particularly those providing food delivery to low-income and elderly residents, need funding now more than ever. Here are ones in the rivertowns and elsewhere in Westchester that support...
View ArticleMaking The Best of Things @ Home!
People and Businesses Offer Creative Ways to Fill Our Days By Barbara Moroch First, the bad news: Coronavirus pandemic (COVID–19) is upon us and has virtually upended the way we live, work, and...
View ArticleWe’re All In It Now
No aspect of our lives in the rivertowns is untouched by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s How It Got To Us: By Barrett Seaman In the beginning, it was somebody else’s problem—thousands of miles away in...
View ArticleHave We Gone About This the Right Way?
By Barrett Seaman There are those who see the COVID-19 pandemic in the darkest of terms. The eminent physicist who also worked for decades in epidemiology, Dr. Richard L. Garwin, now 92 and living in...
View ArticleCoronavirus Shutdowns Bring Unintended Climate Benefits and A Lesson
The climate crisis seems inevitable and it makes our own actions seem minuscule and can disable people from acting. But the stringent lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus have brought...
View ArticleHelp is always a phone call away — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255 Substance Abuse/Mental Health Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-4673 Domestic Violence Hotline: 800−799−7233 Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to...
View ArticleCan This Medication Stop Coronavirus? Politics Complicate the Job
Two drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, have leapt into the headlines, and some early, very limited research from France and China suggests that they may be helpful in preventing coronavirus...
View ArticleA Theater Manager’s Recommendations for TV and Online Escapes
by Gregory Allen As the theater manager of the Irvington Theater, part of my job is to fill the calendar with a variety of outstanding live events for patrons to attend. All of that came to a halt two...
View ArticleTarrytown Proposes Changes in Station Area Zoning Rules
by Robert Kimmel – Tarrytown’s Board of Trustees has proposed changes in the Village’s Station Area Overlay (SAO) District plan following a series of public hearings during which residents voiced...
View ArticleIrvington Historical Society Requests Personal Stories During the COVID-19...
The Irvington Historical Society (IHS) asks for your help in chronicling the extraordinary circumstances we are living through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are launching a new project that...
View ArticleCorona-hucksters: Caveat Emptor in the Age of COVID-19
By Barrett Seaman If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a spam folder full of offers to protect you from the novel coronavirus. Special ointments that will kill off the virus, special solutions to...
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