![by Rick Pezzullo – Budgets for the 2019-2020 school year in the Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Pocantico Hill school districts and a bond referendum in Irvington were approved easily Tuesday. More than 70 percent of the budgets in each district are allocated for salaries and benefits. District officials all managed to stay within the state mandated tax and spending cap. Tarrytown The $78.6 million budget, which carries a 0.31% tax hike for property owners in the Town of Mount […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/school-black-board-teacher-stock.jpg)
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1![For over six years, and for reasons he can’t explain, Matt Green, 38, has been walking every block of every street in New York City – a journey of over 8,000 miles. Filmmaker Jeremy Workman and Executive Producer Jesse Eisenberg turned Green’s project into a captivating, multi-award-winning documentary, The World Before Your Feet, which will screen at the Irvington Town Hall Theater on Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 pm, followed by a Q&A with Matt Green and Jeremy Workman. Green’s […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-12.21.43-PM.png)
![by Barrett Seaman – Since the spectacular controlled explosion in mid-January that brought down the eastern span of the old Tappan Zee Bridge, the pace of remaining demolition has been all but imperceptible. The biggest news in the last three months has been the birth of three peregrine falcon chicks on the top of one of the stanchions on the new bridge. Close observers of the project should have known something big was going to happen, however, when it was […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tappan-zee-down-001.jpg)
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Born on the GMC Bridge – Falcons!
Born: Three yet-to-be-named baby Peregrine Falcons (called “eyases”) in an aerie high atop the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge, 419 feet above the Hudson River. The neonatal apartment is courtesy of the New York State Thruway Aut... More »
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Westchester’s Recycling Tsar Talks Trash
Louis Vetrone, Deputy Commissioner of the county’s Department of Environmental Facilities, tells Indy Talks viewers why Westchester has one of the highest recycling rates in the country, what’s new in the science and busines... More »
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Reasons for Dead Fish Known but Duck Deaths Remain a Mystery
by Elaine Marranzano – The discovery of five dead ducks and dozens of dead fish floating on the water’s surface have the public speculating that something may be amiss at the Tarrytown Lakes. Nicole Carles found the ducks on... More »
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Village of Irvington Mulls Changes at Matthiessen Park
by Katherine Cain – With a changing demographic that includes more young families with children and dogs, the Village of Irvington is taking a fresh look at the configuration of its signature waterfront Matthiessen Park and ... More »
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Irvington Theater to Present “The World Before Your Feet” May 23, Followed by Special Q&A with Filmmakers
For over six years, and for reasons he can’t explain, Matt Green, 38, has been walking every block of every street in New York City – a journey of over 8,000 miles. Filmmaker Jeremy Workman and Executive Producer Jesse Eisenberg turned Green’s project into a c... More »
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Sleepy Hollow High Softball Program on the Right Track to Success
by Tom Pedulla – When Sleepy Hollow High School’s varsity recently hosted a well-attended softball clinic and pizza party for girls in grades three through six, it was arguably more significant than any game-winning hit the team will produce this season. Slee... More »
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Culinary Author Michael Twitty at Philipsburg Manor Pinkster Celebration
by Linda Viertel – Michael Twitty’s bestselling book, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in The Old South, is the winner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Awards for writing and “Book of the Year.” On May 18, this note... More »
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Dobbs Ferry Church Solicits Funds for Sanctuary Apartment
by Barrett Seaman – Last September, threatened with deportation back to Ecuador, an undocumented family living in Westchester took up refuge at Dobbs Ferry’s South Presbyterian Church. Long active on behalf of progressive causes, the church’s congregation har... More »
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Westchester’s Recycling Tsar Talks Trash
Louis Vetrone, Deputy Commissioner of the county’s Department of Environmental Facilities, tells Indy Talks viewers why Westchester has one of the highest recycling rates in the country, what’s new in the science and business of recycling and what’s next. Th... More »
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Sooner Than Expected, Irvington Passes a Short-Term Rental Law
by Barrett Seaman – With quibbles and concerns coming from every angle during the February and March public hearings, Irvington’s efforts to permit the use of homes for short-term rentals (think Airbnb) seemed destined for a long, drawn-out legislative grind ... More »
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Save The Date (May 18) for the First-Ever Sleepy Hollow LitFest
by Linda Viertel – More than 100 authors, events and vendors in eight venues will join together for a one-day, family-friendly festival in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. LitFest is a multi-venue book celebration in both villages spanning locations from the Tarr... More »
