It’s back! Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) will kick off its 2016-2017 season on Saturday, September 17th at 7:30 pm with the return of the ITHT Tune-Up Chorus. After a hugely successful premiere last year, the Friends of the Theater has expanded the Tune-U... More »
by Barrett Seaman When it was launched last September, Irvington’s ambitious traffic-calming campaign was marked by a barrage of signs featuring the village’s bearded, somnolent mascot, Rip Van Winkle, urging drivers to Slow Down; police handed out pamphlets o... More »
by Krista Madsen Amidst the densely displayed art show on the gallery walls of Tarrytown’s Warner Library for the month of July was a summery rendition of Sunnyside, purple wisteria draping its façade. Over the main reception desk at the library entrance was a... More »
by Linda Viertel Picnics are one of summer’s great delights. Enjoying free summer evening jazz concerts at Pierson Park or Lyndhurst and spreading a blanket on the ground, or climbing onto picnic table benches and “dining out” surrounded by the beauty of our H... More »
A blind on the outskirts of Zero, and the ghosts are linin’ up to shake my hand. Last October, two-time Emmy Award nominee Robert Firpo-Cappiello performed his darkly comic monologue, Beggars Rain, at the Irvington Town Hall Theater’s Stage Door Reading Serie... More »
by Linda Viertel How many times have any of us been through painful personal struggles or developed harmful patterns and felt that therapy might help but were too fearful to take next steps to find a therapist? It’s challenging to find the right person to talk... More »
by Linda Viertel Summer has finally arrived; patios are being swept off, gardens replanted and seasonal furniture is making appearances throughout our river towns. Sidewalk dining on our Main Streets has become ubiquitous – a touch of Manhattan’s culinary atmo... More »
On June 2, the Irvington Democratic Committee endorsed three candidates for the 2016 election this fall: two for the Board of Trustees, and one for Village Justice. In a unanimous vote, the committee selected incumbent Mark Gilliland, 61, who is up for reelect... More »
by Elizabeth Nutig For one family in Irvington, the excitement at graduation was doubled, as fraternal twins Sweta and Swati Narayan were at the head of the Class of 2016 as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Sweta, who will be studying biology at t... More »
June 2, 2016 – Irvington, New York. Members of the Village’s Democratic Committee gathered tonight at the Irvington Public Library to officially endorse three candidates for the 2016 election this fall: two candidates for the Board of Trustees, and one candid... More »
by Barrett Seaman Silicon Valley of the 1970s produced renowned Olympians like Mark Spitz. It was also home to Susan Rutkowitz, who started swimming competitively at age eight but quit when she was just 13. For 35 years, during which she came of age, married, ... More »
by Maria Ann Roglieri Local churches serve as meaningful houses of worship to many residents. They also serve as a wonderful resource to everyone in the community in that they bring people together for fun and charity. Every spring and fall there are signs for... More »
Irvington High School’s boys’ varsity track and field team was crowned league champions on May 10 after they edged out Westlake High School by 3.5 points in one of the closest league championship meets in years. The team was led by Hubert Yang, who won the 200... More »
by Henry Hargitai For Irvington’s varsity lacrosse team and Sleepy Hollow’s junior varsity baseball team, the school year’s close is bittersweet, as it marks the end of two unprecedentedly successful spring sports seasons. Though the Bulldogs (Irvington) and t... More »
by Robert Kimmel Customers within Irvington and Tarrytown will receive electric power bills beginning this month that reflect their villages’ entry into Westchester Power’s program to boost the production of renewable, clean energy. Of the 112,000 customers el... More »
Last year, RiverArts debuted a new multi-village event: The RiverArts Music Tour. The unprecedented, all-day event was enthusiastically received by both the wide diversity of Rivertowns musicians and the listening public– encompassing more than 150 musicians, ... More »
The Village of Irvington has launched the web-based “Irvington – Hudson River Tiffany Trail” (www.tiffanytrail.com). This electronic guide leads visitors to sites open to the public, from the Bronx to Briarcliff Manor, displaying works of Louis Comfort Tiffany... More »
by Barrett Seaman Little more than a month after the Brightview Corporation walked out of Irvington Village Hall, having abandoned a 22-month effort to win approval for a senior living facility on eight acres of North Broadway in Irvington, the property’s owne... More »
By Rick Pezzullo Irvington, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown officials have joined forces with four neighboring villages in a coordinated effort to promote traffic and pedestrian safety. The “Slow Down, Rivertowns” initiative was officially launched during a press ... More »
by Barrett Seaman The first week in June was promising to be an anxious one for thousands of Greenburgh and Ossining homeowners who had appealed reassessments promulgated by Tyler Technologies last March. The week was sure to vex another 400 in Greenburgh who ... More »
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