EngageAsia Special Event Reminder, This Friday July 17
Friday, July 17 @ 6:30 PM EDT Filmmaker Regge Life and the Cast of Cocktail Party Join EngageAsia for a live interactive roundtable with acclaimed filmmaker Reggie Life and the Cast of Cocktail Party...
View ArticleTaSH Farmer’s Market Weekly Newsletter
This weekend officially marks three (!!!) months of the TaSH season — an amazing fact if you consider we’ve also run three different market formats in that window of time. One of the most challenging...
View ArticlePart-time After School Program Counselors Wanted!
Part-time after school program counselors wanted! Weekdays/school days, regular hours 2:30pm-6pm. Help supervise school aged children grades K-6th Help with homework, distribute snacks, play board...
View ArticleLight Needed at Franklin and Broadway
I am writing to you as a student and a concerned citizen of Tarrytown. I feel strongly there should be a light at the corner of Broadway and East Franklin Street in front of Washington Irving. If there...
View ArticleREGENERON RECEIVES $450M CONTRACT FOR COVID-19 VACCINE
BY RICK PEZZULLO— Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a $450 million contract to manufacture and supply a vaccine for COVID-19 that is currently in clinical trials. “Regeneron’s...
View ArticleScarpino Concedes DA Race to Rocah
By Barrett Seaman— Incumbent Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino has called challenger Mimi Rocah and congratulated her on what he now concedes to be her victory in the June 23rd Democratic...
View ArticleLight Needed at Franklin and Broadway
To the Editor: I am writing to you as a student and a concerned citizen of Tarrytown. I feel strongly there should be a light at the corner of Broadway and East Franklin Street in front of Washington...
View ArticleRally for Change 7/18
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View ArticleJazz Forum Summer Concerts Cancelled
Dear Friends of Jazz Forum Arts, We are terribly sad to announce that, due to the potential risk of spreading COVID-19 at outdoor gatherings, we will not present our free outdoor concerts this summer....
View ArticleHeroes: Sister Susan Gardella and the LIFE Center
By Annabelle Allen– The RSHM Life Center (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary), a community center focused on education and social services located in Sleepy Hollow, celebrated its 25th anniversary...
View ArticleMothers Out Front: A New Grassroots Organization in the Rivertowns
By Linda Viertel– Mothers Out Front is a national organization with a powerful mission (as stated on its website): “We are mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers coming together to make climate...
View ArticleIrvington Schools Launch Search for Equity and Inclusion
By Annie Rubinson— The growing momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement has spread to the rivertowns, prompting community members of all ages and backgrounds to share their experiences with racism...
View ArticleUse Empty Corporate Parking Lots for Drive-ins and Religious Services
Most people I know are experiencing COVID-19 pandemic fatigue. We feel locked in, there is not enough variety in our lives and we don’t know when the pandemic will be over. And, we miss going to the...
View ArticleAndrea Kott to Read from her Book
I’m reading at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center! Join me online this Saturday Dear Friends, I hope you and yours are safe and well. And, I hope you’ll join me this Saturday evening, July 25 at 7 pm at...
View ArticleCOVID Holding Steady in Westchester
By Barrett Seaman— It’s been two weeks since Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region went into Phase IV, in which limited indoor dining, hair and nail salons and professional sports are permitted to...
View ArticleThe List of States That Must Quarantine Grows Again
By Barrett Seaman Tucked into a corner of the continent, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are quickly becoming an island of safety surrounded by a roiling sea of COVID contamination that is...
View ArticleWhy I’m voting for Biden—And Why You Should Too
A week ago, I went to grab lunch with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We caught up about life, college, and of course, the pandemic. But after we got through those topics, our conversation shifted...
View ArticleTaSH Weekly Newsletter: Happy National Grilling Day!
Today is a National Grilling Day but in our books that’s worthy of a weeklong celebration (or honestly all summer). We’re reaching peak summer produce at the TaSH and we encourage you to stroll through...
View ArticleEngageAsia 7/30 Resilience Webinar and 8/5 Film Makers Event
EngageAsia Resilience Webinar SeriesThursday, July 30 – 6:30-7:30 PM EDT A Discussion with Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Allison Gilbert on Grief and Resilience. REGISTER HERE On the occasion...
View ArticleWestchester Speaks Out, Demanding the County Defunds the Police & Invest in...
Community gathers virtually for a forum on the urgent need to shift away from over-reliance on militarized, racist policing and towards investment in community needs and services Activists, advocates,...
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