by Nancy Stedman Each April, our area is awash with over 200,000 daffodils, some yellow, some white, some pink—and all gorgeous. You see them when you walk by the visitor’s center at the Rockefeller State Preserve, drive on Neperan Road, hike near the O’Hara N... More »
Kids’ Club of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow held a diaper drive and breakfast on March 15. At “Nappies for Neighbors”, more than 40 friends dropped by to learn more about Kids’ Club, and to support our effort to collect diapers for families from literacy and le... More »
Irvington At its April 4 meeting the Irvington Village Board was scheduled to hold a public hearing on its tentative budget for 2016-17—a budget that totals just under $17 million and represents a 1.68% increase in expenditures over the year past. The all-impo... More »
Emily Thayer, a senior at SH High School, is headed to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix in May after placing first for her scientific research project at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair held at the high school. Thaye... More »
by Heather Colley A few months ago, the students of Sleepy Hollow High School organized a petition and spoke to the Board of Education about the implementation of a Student Resource Officer (SRO) in the high school, a police officer that serves as a link betwe... More »
Sleepy Hollow High School students along with professional and semi-professional performers will be taking part in “Spring Harmony,” Saturday, April 30, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., at Hudson Harbor Lodge, Tarrytown. The classical music event will benefit the Sleepy Hollo... More »
by Robert Kimmel “I believe we ended up in a very good position, “ is the way Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray described the outcome of a vote taken by the Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency which approved a payment in lieu of taxes, (PILOT) requested by... More »
by Thomas Staudter Chris Borsari, the newly hired superintendent of the Tarrytown Union Free School District, does not assume his duties officially until July 1, but at the end of March, he was making his presence known already in the schools. Currently the Pr... More »
by Robert Kimmel Property owners in Sleepy Hollow are facing variable school tax payments for the current and subsequent tax year because of a miscalculation by the Town of Mount Pleasant when it assessed Edge-On-Hudson, the planned riverside development in th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo The slate endorsed by the Village of Tarrytown Democratic Committee and Tarrytown United swept all three seats in the village election held Tuesday. According to unofficial results from the Westchester Board of Elections, incumbent trustees Ro... More »
The Board of Education of the Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns has announced that Mr. Christopher Borsari is the finalist candidate for the Superintendent’s position. Mr. Borsari is currently the Principal of Byram Hills High School, a position he ... More »
by Maria Ann Roglieri Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new K-Solar program is designed to enable New York State’s public and private school districts to go green, and to reduce their energy bills through the use of renewable solar energy. The money the schools are able to ... More »
by Rick Pezzullo Unlike neighboring Tarrytown, voters in Sleepy Hollow will only have one slate of candidates to choose from in the general election on March 15. The Unite Sleepy Hollow ticket will feature Rachelle Gebler, Sam Gonzalez and Sandra Spiro. They w... More »
by Robert Kimmel Metro-North railroad siding on two acres within the East Parcel of the former GM site has become a financial catalyst for the Sleepy Hollow Local Development Corporation (SHLDC) to start preparing the 29-acre site for community projects. Terms... More »
Parking and traffic are persistent concerns in the Rivertowns. From Tarrytown’s efforts to acquire public parking in a lot behind a business row on North Broadway to its moves to reacquire public parking behind the now closed Citibank, to Irvington’s proposed ... More »
by Heather Colley Interviewing Gail Persad, who is both the chorus teacher and the fall drama director at Sleepy Hollow High School, was a little difficult because of the euphony of singing coming from every corner of the chorus room. As she instructed student... More »
By Krista Madsen On a January day that hit 50 degrees outside (there were even signs of crocus leaves pushing through the library lawn), a group of six talked inside about simpler, colder times. Five women and one man who grew up in different neighborhoods acr... More »
by W.B. King New York Times bestselling author of Wonder, R.J. Palacio, noted that “If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary — the world really would be a better ... More »
by Robert Kimmel Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow are among 10 Westchester communities that will receive a total of $4.3 million in federal grants previously blocked because of a dispute between County Executive Rob Astorino’s administration and the U.S. Department... More »
by Rick Pezzullo A 16-year-old Sleepy Hollow male was killed Monday afternoon after he was hit by a New York City-bound Metro-North train at the Philipse Manor station. Owen Kelly, who resided in the Sleepy Hollow Manor neighborhood, was pronounced dead at th... More »
