Local Heroes: Greenburgh’s Jared Rosenberg
By Robert Kimmel He doesn’t hold political office, but Jared Rosenberg has made his voice heard clearly in the pursuit of more federal financial aid for states and municipalities managing the impact of...
View ArticleACTIVE COVID CASES IN FOUR RIVERTOWN VILLAGES DOWN—BY A LOT
Just nine days ago, there were 113 active cases of COVID-19 distributed across the four rivertown villages of Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. In the report circulated by the...
View ArticleAdam Schleifer’s Gun Reform Plan is Our Only Hope
To the Editor: I am a member of the Lockdown Generation. We are the generation of students who practiced pulling the blinds and hiding under desks as frequently as we “stopped, dropped, and rolled.” We...
View ArticleThursday, May 21: League of Women Voters Hosts 17th District Primary...
Moderated by League of Women Voters’ member John Hessel of New Rochelle, the eight Democratic candidates running to succeed Nita Lowey for United States Congress in the 17th District...
View ArticleMID-HUDSON TENTATIVELY CLEARED TO START REOPENING NEXT WEEK
In his daily briefing Friday, Governor Cuomo allowed that, if their metrics on hospital deaths and recruiting tracers continues on their current path, the seven counties, including Westchester, that...
View ArticleCommunity Mourns Bob Levine, Honored in Virtual Memorial Service Saturday,...
by Jenifer Ross Life is chance, but there are no accidents. No one welcomes being laid off; but most of the time, these challenging moments help us to discover new paths, and sometimes even new...
View ArticleTogether on One Zoom Screen, Congressional Candidates Make Their Cases
By Barrett Seaman More than 500 viewers tuned in to Thursday night’s League of Women Voters Zoom-based forum for the eight Democratic candidates for the 17th District Congressional seat currently held...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Westchester Opens Tuesday, May 26
Determined by the state’s metrics to be in line to have the requisite number of contact tracers and having finally gotten below the required maximum number of hospital deaths, the Mid-Hudson Region,...
View ArticleTHIS IS IT: PHASE ONE OF REOPENING. HERE ARE THE RULES
By Barrett Seaman The Mid-Hudson Region, including Westchester, finally met the metric standards to qualify under New York State rules to begin the first phase of reopening the economy. The indicators...
View ArticleSheltering In Place, Irvington Theater Checks In with Past Diversity Series...
In October of 2018, the Irvington Theater (IT) Commission launched its groundbreaking Diversity Series. Comprising three free events each season, the series shares diverse voices and stories with...
View ArticleLocal Heroes: Abbott House’s William Harris
By Barrett Seaman For eight hours a day, five days a week, in normal circumstances, William Harris is what he calls “hands on” with eight young people who are either physically or developmentally...
View ArticleScarpino v. Rocah: The Battle for the DA’s Seat
By Barrett Seaman There’s another Democratic primary going on in Westchester besides the musical chairs game being played to succeed Nita Lowey in Congress. Also to be decided is who will be the...
View ArticleThe Case for ‘Doing Nothing’
by Annabelle Allen In 1654, the philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Pascal believed human beings chose aimless...
View ArticleRivertown School Budgets to be Voted on By Absentee Ballot Only
By Rick Pezzullo Due to an executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, all school budget and Board of Elections votes will be held by absentee ballot only. Each...
View ArticlePro-Choice Group Out to Take Down Carlucci
By Barrett Seaman Just as one candidate, Rye’s Catherine Parker, drops out of the race for District 17’s congressional seat, there is a new entry in the contest—and one that candidate David Carlucci is...
View ArticleDRIVE-IN MOVIE NIGHT IN TARRYTOWN!
Regular theaters are closed for social distancing reasons. There’s only so much Netflix and Hulu bingeing you can do at home. So how about a throwback to simpler days of yore? The Tarrytown Rec...
View ArticleHOORAY, HOORAY! OUTDOOR DINING STARTS…MAYBE SOONER THAN ANYONE HAD PLANNED...
Village governments have been strategizing how to let their local merchants and restaurants make at least some money as they move at an excruciatingly slow pace towards normal business. In Tarrytown,...
View ArticleCounty Exec Interviews Dobbs Ferry Restaurateur Dave Di Bari
Dave DiBari, who launched The Cookery a decade ago and the upscale pizza place, The Parlor more recently, was a guest Thursday of County Executive George Latimer. To hear his account of the impact of...
View ArticleIrvington Theater ‘Solo Series’ Presents Internationally Renowned Mime...
Hailed by critics as the most accomplished and renowned mime of his generation, Bill Bowers currently performs and teaches the art of physical storytelling throughout the world. His methods and...
View ArticleLatimer Endorses Buchwald
County Executive George Latimer became the highest-ranking elected official in Congressional District 17 to endorse a candidate in the primary to succeed Nita Lowey. He has chosen Assemblyman David...
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