New York’s Presidential Primary is Back On
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres has ordered New York State to reinstate its June 23rd presidential primary. Her ruling was in response to a lawsuit brought by former Democratic candidates Bernie...
View ArticleCOUNTY CALLS FOR CONTACT TRACERS
Contact Tracers, Team Supervisors and Community Support Specialists Needed in the New York State COVID-19 Contact Tracing Initiative Would you like to become a part of the COVID-19 Contact Tracing...
View ArticleLITTLE, LOCAL SUNNYSIDE COMES TO THE RESCUE
By Steve Gosset When some rivertowns businesses wracked by the coronavirus pandemic applied to their regular banks for loans from the new federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP), they found a cold...
View ArticleIrvington Resident Back on Ballot in Democratic Assembly Primary
By Rick Pezzullo It looks as though longtime State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti will be forced to take part in a Democratic primary against an Irvington resident after all. On May 7, the Appellate Division...
View ArticleWESTCHESTER’S REGION INCHES CLOSER TO RE-OPENING
By Barrett Seaman As a fourth region of the state qualified to begin re-opening as of this weekend, Westchester County’s metrics continued to move close to meeting the seven criteria laid out by the...
View ArticleIrvington Theater ‘Solo Series’ Presents Miyuki Furtado of Divining Rod Band
This week, the Irvington Theater Commission presented Miyuki Furtado of Divining Rod on the Irvington Theater stage as part of its innovative, new Solo Series. The performance was filmed onstage...
View ArticleWANTED: COVID-19 DETECTIVES
By Barrett Seaman The seventh of the seven criteria Governor Andrew Cuomo is requiring of each of the state’s ten regions before they can begin to re-open calls for them to have 30 contact tracers for...
View ArticleAND THEN THERE WERE FIVE
As of midnight Thursday night, fully half of New York State’s ten designated “regions” will be qualified to begin Phase One of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s metric-driven reopening plan. That is when the...
View ArticleRivertown Active Cases Fall Dramatically
Ten days ago, there were 183 active cases of COVID-19 spread through the four rivertown villages. At mid-month, that aggregate figure had fallen to 102, with Irvington reporting only two active cases....
View ArticleRevolutionary Westchester: John Odell, General Washington’s Westchester...
By Erik Weiselberg, Ph.D. Principal Historian, Revolutionary Westchester 250 and Village Historian, Irvington, New York Previously we shared the wartime experiences of a captain and a private in the...
View ArticleKILLER BEES: THE NEXT NIGHTMARE?
While the nation’s attention is naturally focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one local official is looking ahead toward the next potential public health catastrophe, abiding by the old Boy...
View ArticleElective Surgeries now permitted in Westchester Hospitals
The pace of the reopening process quickened again on Saturday as the governor announced that doctors and hospitals in 49 counties are free to recommence elective surgeries and ambulatory care...
View ArticleCUOMO TO NEW YORKERS: ‘THERE’S A TESTING SITE NEAR YOU, SO USE IT!’’
For a while, there weren’t nearly enough testing sites for COVID-19—either in the country, or in New York State. So Governor Cuomo went to Washington and cut a deal with the White House: he’d take...
View ArticleOH CANDIDATES, WHERE ART THOU?
By Barrett Seaman Little by little, out of the darkness of the COVID-19 lockdown come glimpses of the eight Democratic candidates for the 17th District Congressional seat, what they stand for and, to a...
View ArticleTEETERING ON THE EDGE OF OPENING
The seven-county Mid-Hudson, of which Westchester accounts for 42% of the total population, is now in a minority of the state’s ten designated regions trying to break out of the state’s COVID-19...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters to Hold Virtual Forum for Westchester County District...
The League of Women Voters of Westchester County Education Foundation announced Tuesday that it will sponsor a virtual Candidates Forum for candidates in the Democratic Party Primary Election for...
View ArticleLetter: Lawmakers Should Not Profit On Big Pharma
Dear Editor: To most people, it seems wrong that public officials stand to massively profit from decisions that the government makes. But sadly, our government is rife with conflicts of interest,...
View ArticleLocal Board of Education Contests Take Shape
by Rick Pezzullo Only two of the four local school districts will have competitive Board of Education races for the delayed trustees’ elections this spring. This year the elections and the budget vote...
View ArticleTHE 2020 CENSUS: HOW THE COUNT IS GOING IN THE RIVERTOWNS
By Linda Viertel The Rivertowns’ Complete Count Committees—all volunteers—are working hard to make sure everyone counts in the 2020 Census. And it matters- big time. For every individual counted in...
View ArticleCast Your Vote for the Best Wear-a-Mask Ad
Looking for ways to increase use of protective face masks, Governor Cuomo appointed his daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo to oversee a contest to see who could create the most persuasive 30-second spot...
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