Dobbs Ferry Resident Nominated for Television Academy Award
By Rick Pezzullo— A 2020 Dobbs Ferry High School graduate has been nominated for the Television Academy Foundation’s 44th College Television Awards. Erika Totoro, who majored in animation at the Savannah College of Art and De... More »
County Hands A Big Check To The JCC On The Hudson
This past week, the Shames JCC on Hudson, which is located in Tarrytown but serves communities all along the lower Hudson Valley, got one of those big checks you see presented to golf tournament winners. But behind the show w... More »
Jenkins Wins Special Election for Westchester County Executive
By Rick Pezzullo— Ken Jenkins will continue as Westchester County Executive for at least the rest of the year, easily winning a special election Tuesday. Jenkins, who has led the county since his predecessor, George Latimer, ... More »
Community News
MoreCounty Hands A Big Check To The JCC On The Hudson
This past week, the Shames JCC on Hudson, which is located in Tarrytown but serves communities all along the lower Hudson Valley, got one of those big checks you see presented to golf tournament winners. But behind the show was real dough: $52,000 appropriated... More »
Top News
MoreLegislation Proposed to Extend SH’s Stewardship of Kingsland Point Park
By Rick Pezzullo— Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins introduced legislation last week to extend the Inter-Municipal Agreement (IMA) with the Village of Sleepy Hollow to continue operating and maintaining Kingsland Point Park through December 31, 2027. Th... More »
Government & Politics
MoreJenkins Wins Special Election for Westchester County Executive
By Rick Pezzullo— Ken Jenkins will continue as Westchester County Executive for at least the rest of the year, easily winning a special election Tuesday. Jenkins, who has led the county since his predecessor, George Latimer, resigned in early January to begin ... More »
School News
MorePrincipal Named New Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in Tarrytown
By Rick Pezzullo— A current principal in Tarrytown is being promoted to an administrative role in the district next school year. After an extensive search, Sharon O’Grady, principal at Washington Irving Elementary School for the past year, was chosen to fill t... More »
Arts & Entertainment
MoreArt Will Imitate Life When Chazz Palminteri Brings His Heralded One-Man Show To Music Hall
By W.B. King — Leaders of the free world, titans of industry and notorious gangsters often share a common interest—subscribing to the philosophies of Italian renaissance provocateur Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli. “Not many people know that wise guys, esp... More »
Environmental News
MoreCondition of Hudson River Focus of Irvington Forum
By Jeff Wilson— The educated audience came to the Irvington Library to inquire about the health of Mother Nature’s beautiful but abused child: the Hudson River. That was the focus of a February 5 forum by Tracy Brown, president of the not-for-profit organizati... More »
Health News
MoreOver My Dead Body
OVER MY DEAD BODY: (Or when Hell freezes over) By Krista Madsen RECRUDESCENCE When authorities spatulated Trump’s treasonous batter off the Capitol’s nooks and crannies four years ago and restored the natural order to a pouty “peaceful transfer of power” there... More »
Rivertowns Sports
MoreSH Wrestling Program Grappling to Return to Glory Days
By Tom Pedulla— A wonderful memory of an extraordinary accomplishment has given way to a wrenching turn of events for Sleepy Hollow’s wrestling program. It was only last winter that eighth-graders Dorian Hidalgo, Kelvin Jiminez and T.J. Kellas stood shoulder t... More »
Lifestyles
MoreAmerica the Odditorium
AMERICA THE ODDITORIUM: Oh beautiful for spacious skies and penis bones By Krista Madsen Desperately seeking some comic relief, I thought I’d turn a word we’ve heard (or thought we heard) from Trump in his earliest campaign era of 2015 (our salad days when we ... More »
Letters & Commentary
MoreHere’s A Valentine For Gullotta House
On Valentine’s day it’s nice to celebrate an individual and foundation that has made many residents feel very special. Matthew Gullotta, Founder and President of Gullotta House (https://gullottahouse.org/) has helped many people in our town and even more peopl... More »
Historic Rivertowns
MoreTarrytown Lighthouse Open for Free Tours
By Rick Pezzullo— For the first time since 2020, the historic Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow will be open for free public tours. Listed on the National Register of Historic Place, the Tarrytown Lighthouse was built in 1883 in response to pleas by local ... More »
Bulletin Board
MoreJacob Burns Film Center Announces Free Fellowships for Aspiring High School Filmmakers in Spring 2025
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) has announced the launch of two intensive fellowships for high school students in 10th and 11th grades as part of its Director’s Cut High School Fellowship program. These groundbreaking fellowships, offered at no cost to part... More »