![By Barrett Seaman Westchester County has just unveiled a new internet-based service that provides easily-accessible information on where to find help when behavioral health problems arise. The Department of Community Health, working with the county IT department, has created an online map and searchable directory that will allow residents to find the nearest source of treatment for a range of issues, including crisis intervention, treatment for depression and substance abuse. Much of the information has been available in hard copy […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pexels-photo-897817.jpeg)
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1![By Barrett Seaman Now, Irvington and Tarrytown residents can manage even their garbage and recycling on their home computers or cell phones. The respective village DPW departments, working in conjunction with Sustainable Westchester, an environmental collaboration among county municipalities, are rolling out a new online sanitation and recycling app. According to Irvington’s announcement, this new tool“will allow you to create a personalized pickup schedule for your address. The tool will also allow you to create automated notifications about upcoming pickups or important […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/garbage-truck-tarrytown-street-parking-wave.jpg)
![by Barrett Seaman – All around the smooth, silent stones that lie beneath young trees in Irvington’s Scenic Hudson Park, children play, mothers push strollers, basketballs thump on the Bobby Speisman court and motorboats roar past on the nearby river. There are 103 of them for which families paid $800 apiece to honor the memory of loved ones. Each one has a simple plaque, typically with a name and a date. More often than not, visitors to the park pass […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Document-4-tree-park.jpg)
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Stone Barns’ James Ford Dead at 53
The following was posted yesterday on the web site of Pocantico Hills’ Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, one of the nation’s leading exemplars of farm-to-table gastronomy and sustainable agriculture. “All of us at ... More »
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Planned ICE Raids Discredited By Congresswoman Lowey
by Robert Kimmel Congresswoman Nita Lowey takes a dim view of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE,) nationwide raids scheduled to begin this weekend to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants. She is also offe... More »
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Indy Talks with Lee Kennedy, U.S. Flag Historian and Collector
He’s spent half a century collecting flags–American flags, from the Revolution through Ft. McHenry on to the Civil War and beyond. Hear and see what Sleepy Hollow’s Lee Kennedy knows about the “genealogy” of the Stars & Strip... More »
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Lights of Liberty Shine at Sleepy Hollow’s Kendal on Hudson
On the eve of a weekend when federal immigration enforcement officers were poised to apprehend thousands of undocumented immigrants in ten American cities, opponents of the Trump administration’s hard-line policies expressed ... More »
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Three More Years of Free Outdoor Jazz
Rivertowns aficionados of summer jazz concerts will be heartened to hear that Mark Morganelli, Executive and Artistic Director of Jazz Forum Arts in Tarrytown has signed a new contract with Montefiore Health Systems to extend their presenting sponsorship of hi... More »
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Sleepy Hollow Travel Baseball Squads Confident in Summer Season
by Tom Pedulla – They’re back. Shortstop Sean McCarthy, third baseman Alec Bjorkland, righthander Gavin Ryan and catcher Matthew Bischof are back for what may well be their final season together in forming the nucleus of Sleepy Hollow’s veteran travel team. T... More »
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Stone Barns’ James Ford Dead at 53
The following was posted yesterday on the web site of Pocantico Hills’ Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, one of the nation’s leading exemplars of farm-to-table gastronomy and sustainable agriculture. “All of us at Stone Barns Center mourn the loss o... More »
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County Launches Online Mental Health Service List and Map
By Barrett Seaman Westchester County has just unveiled a new internet-based service that provides easily-accessible information on where to find help when behavioral health problems arise. The Department of Community Health, working with the county IT departme... More »
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Irvington, Tarrytown Residents Among Westchester Villages to Get New Garbage App
By Barrett Seaman Now, Irvington and Tarrytown residents can manage even their garbage and recycling on their home computers or cell phones. The respective village DPW departments, working in conjunction with Sustainable Westchester, an environmental collabora... More »
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Still Time to Apply for Tarrytown Affordable Housing
by Alexander Roberts – There is still time to apply for 12 new affordable apartments developed at the former Tarrytown Village Hall at 21 Wildey Street. The deadline is June 17, and the winners will be chosen by lottery – names picked out of a hat – so everyo... More »
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Indy Talks with Lee Kennedy, U.S. Flag Historian and Collector
He’s spent half a century collecting flags–American flags, from the Revolution through Ft. McHenry on to the Civil War and beyond. Hear and see what Sleepy Hollow’s Lee Kennedy knows about the “genealogy” of the Stars & Stripes. More »
