![By Rick Pezzullo— Several hundred adults and youngsters braved snow, slush and slippery surfaces Sunday morning to participate in the 13th Annual Dobbs Ferry Holiday Hustle 5K & Kids Reindeer Fun Run 1K. The overnight snowstorm that blanked the area provided a winter wonderland backdrop for the fun-filled event, which benefits the Dobbs Ferry Youth Services Council (YSC) and the Dobbs Ferry Police Benevolent Association (PBA). The Misfits from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was the theme of this year’s hustle. Bundled up participants, for the most part, […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-HI-Dec-Holiday-Hustle.jpg)
Sleepy Hollow Celebrates Its Horsemen
By Barrett Seaman— Beekman Avenue was already swarming with shoppers participating in the annual holiday Stroll when the parade of a dozen fire trucks ushered in the heroes of the season, the Sleepy Hollow High School varsity... More »
Make Your Mark[et]NY: Irvington’s New Maker Pop-Up
By Shana Liebman– A new maker-market pop-up in Irvington could provide the solution to this season’s wishlist. Make Your Mark[et]NY, which occupies the former electronics/balloon store on Irvington’s Main Street through Decem... More »
Fiamma Cioffi Leads Powerful Ardsley-Dobbs Ferry Swimmers
By Tom Pedulla– The future looks to be incredibly bright for the combined Ardsley-Dobbs Ferry girls’ swimming team. Led by Ardsley junior Fiamma Cioffi, the 400-yard freestyle relay team dramatically slashed its time and adva... More »
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Make Your Mark[et]NY: Irvington’s New Maker Pop-Up
By Shana Liebman– A new maker-market pop-up in Irvington could provide the solution to this season’s wishlist. Make Your Mark[et]NY, which occupies the former electronics/balloon store on Irvington’s Main Street through December 24, features items from 79 loca... More »
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Snow Doesn’t Deter Annual Dobbs Ferry Holiday Hustle
By Rick Pezzullo— Several hundred adults and youngsters braved snow, slush and slippery surfaces Sunday morning to participate in the 13th Annual Dobbs Ferry Holiday Hustle 5K & Kids Reindeer Fun Run 1K. The overnight snowstorm that blanked the area p... More »
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New Effort Surfaces to Restore Tappan Zee Bridge Name
By Rick Pezzullo— Another effort is underway to try to bring back the Tappan Zee Bridge name. A new petition calling on the New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul was launched on www.change.org a few weeks ago by Joel Berry and has attracted 8,629 si... More »
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Ardsley High Seniors Enter Regeneron Science Talent Search
By Rick Pezzullo— A large group of seniors at Ardsley High School has entered the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school science competition. Seventeen students have officially submitted their independent res... More »
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60 Years On—Felix Cavaliere Will be Groovin’ With The Rascals At The Music Hall Holiday Show
By W.B. King– At the outset of junior high school, Felix Cavaliere covertly fielded a question whispered from a fellow classmate: “Do you like rock and roll?” For the previous eight years, on the insistence of his mother, he was trained as a classical pianist.... More »
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Proposed Revision of Clean Water Act Seen As A Threat to Drinking Water
By Elizabeth Tucker– A new rule proposed to Congress by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers would drastically curtail the area previously subject to protection as wetlands. The Clean Water Act of 1972 makes it illegal to fill in wetlands or discharge pollu... More »
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Phelps Hospital Recognized for Century of Membership in AHA
By Rick Pezzullo— Northwell’s Phelps Hospital was honored this week for 100 years of participation and leadership in the American Hospital Association (AHA), the nation’s leading advocate for hospitals. Michael Draine, regional executive for the AHA, presented... More »
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Sleepy Hollow Celebrates Its Horsemen
By Barrett Seaman— Beekman Avenue was already swarming with shoppers participating in the annual holiday Stroll when the parade of a dozen fire trucks ushered in the heroes of the season, the Sleepy Hollow High School varsity football team. The boys had just c... More »
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Make Your Mark[et]NY: Irvington’s New Maker Pop-Up
By Shana Liebman– A new maker-market pop-up in Irvington could provide the solution to this season’s wishlist. Make Your Mark[et]NY, which occupies the former electronics/balloon store on Irvington’s Main Street through December 24, features items from 79 loca... More »
Letters & Commentary
MoreStop The Political Games
Letter to the Editor: I recently read Rep. Lawler’s Oct. 30 newsletter, and I am appalled. He needs to stop his political games and lies and be truthful about why the Democrats are not willing to agree to what he refers to as a “clean continuing resolution.” ... More »
Historic Rivertowns
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A Trove of Kingsland Treasure Returns To Sleepy Hollow
By Jeff Wilson– On August 27, thanks to a chance encounter, the Historical Society of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown acquired a trove of antique sterling silver pieces that once belonged to Ambrose Kingsland, the nineteenth-century oil tycoon, New York City mayor... More »
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In Search Of Snow Angels
NEIGHBORS – THE GREENBURGH SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM IS IN SEARCH OF VOLUNTEERS AND VENDORS – both folks who want to earn a little money all over town or those willing to volunteer for their seniors/disabled neighbors on their own street if it snows this weekend and... More »
