![By Rick Pezzullo– A 19-year-old Dobbs Ferry resident is one of only 10 men who qualified to compete in one of the nation’s top chess tournaments, the U.S. Junior Championships, in St. Louis, which runs until July 26. Nicolas Checa, a student at Yale University, is looking to outduel his opponents to win a piece of the more than $20,000 prize money, plus a $6,000 scholarship. Checa, who has won several scholastic titles in New York and nationally, was named […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-HI-July-Nicolas-Checa-DF-Chess-Guy.jpg)
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![By Barrett Seaman— Ned Sullivan, President of the influential environmental group Scenic Hudson, made a special trip to Tarrytown Monday night. He and two Scenic Hudson colleagues were there to encourage the village’s trustees to pass legislation making Tarrytown the lead applicant for an $868,750 grant that will fund an environmental review and preliminary design of a stretch of RiverWalk from where it currently ends at parking lot G near the south end of Green Street and Losee Park. Currently, […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/riverwalk-simulation-1-1400x912.jpg)
![By Rick Pezzullo– Regeneron is planning to invest approximately $1.8 billion over six years to expand its research, preclinical manufacturing and support facilities at the company’s Tarrytown campus and create 1,000 new full-time, high-skill jobs over the next five years. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Regeneron considered several other sites in the tri-state area before deciding to stay in the Mid-Hudson region. The state’s Empire State Development offered the biotechnology company up to $100 million in Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits if […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-HI-July-Regeneron.jpg)
![Timothy M.Facciola of Philipse Manor, Sleepy Hollow, won a Pulitzer Prize on Friday, June 11, for Public Service journalism coverage of the Coronavirus by the New York Times. He will share the award with members of many departments at the paper. Facciola was part of the New York Times multi-department, in-depth and data-heavy coverage of the pandemic, which killed millions worldwide. The Pulitzer board called The Times’s coverage “courageous, prescient and sweeping.” Facciola’s work on Times articles on nursing homes, […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Tim-Facciola-1-1400x912.jpg)
![By Barrett Seaman— Those who pay attention to the dashboards and daily reports from Governor Cuomo have seen it creeping up. After more than a month of seemingly irreversible declines in the statewide COVID infection rates—to the point where less than half a percent of those tested were coming up positive, the trend reversed, if every so slightly. On the last day of June, 0.43% of those tested statewide proved positive and the seven-day average was 0.40%. Two weeks later, […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-infection-rate-Westchester.png)
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Dobbs Ferry High Class of 2021 Receives Diplomas
The 120th commencement ceremony for Dobbs Ferry High School was held last month at the Dobbs Ferry waterfront. The following is a list of the Class of 2021 graduates: Antoine K. Abraham Olivia Agostino Darian Ahmadizadeh Cale... More »
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July 2021 TEAC News
JULY 2021 WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT _____________________ This month, say goodbye to single-use plastics. Plant up Tarrytown with sunflowers and other pollinators – they’re great for the bees. Add some birds to your life-list,... More »
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Sleepy Hollow Named Safest Small ‘City’ in the U.S.
By Rick Pezzullo– The Village of Sleepy Hollow was recently named one of the safest places to live in the United States. AdvisorSmith, which dubs itself as a leading information resource for small business owners, studied cri... More »
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