The TaSH Receives National, Regional and State Recognition
The TaSH, otherwise known as The Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, was named the Number Two farmers market in New York State this week, coming in behind only the North Tonawanda City Market (north of Buffalo), which... More »
New Phelps Facility Takes Care of the Caregivers
By Jeff Wilson– Phelps Memorial Hospital’s Riverview Cafe was all abuzz September 18 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the new Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Caregivers Center, a dedicated space to give family caregivers... More »
Latest COVID Vaccine Now Arriving at Area Pharmacies
By Barrett Seaman– The long-awaited—updated–COVID-19 vaccine that targets the variant currently in circulation is making its way into pharmacies across the region this week. Approved by the FDA this past summer, it is recomme... More »
Community News
MoreThe TaSH Receives National, Regional and State Recognition
The TaSH, otherwise known as The Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, was named the Number Two farmers market in New York State this week, coming in behind only the North Tonawanda City Market (north of Buffalo), which was named the top farmers market i... More »
Government & Politics
MoreWarning To Voters: Real Election Workers Don’t Make House Calls
By Barrett Seaman– They show up on your doorstep, asking about your voter registration status. If you have recently moved (which, chances are, they already know), they will ask if you are still registered to vote in your previous location. According to the pro... More »
School News
MoreMasters Senior Chosen for National Debate Team
By Aurora Horn– Talk about multitalented! Alexa Murphy, Sleepy Hollow resident and current senior at The Masters School, in addition to being Youth Poet Laureate of Westchester County, has also been named to the USA Debate Team in World Debate. Of the 12 high ... More »
Arts & Entertainment
MoreBee’s Knees
BEE’S KNEES: At the joint between etymology and entomology By Krista Madsen– In the interest of being open to what the universe offers, credits go to my daughter who gave me this week’s topic: write about the “bee’s knees” she suggested, as we giggled on a roa... More »
Environmental News
MoreIrvington EV Owners Look to Grow Their Numbers–And Cut Their Carbon Output
By Barrett Seaman– Gathered around a table at Irvington’s Chutney Massala restaurant Wednesday evening were two Tesla Model Xes, an all-electric Nissan Leaf, a hybrid Leaf and a Volvo plug-in hybrid. –That is to say, the owners of these various models of elect... More »
Health News
MoreNew Phelps Facility Takes Care of the Caregivers
By Jeff Wilson– Phelps Memorial Hospital’s Riverview Cafe was all abuzz September 18 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the new Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Caregivers Center, a dedicated space to give family caregivers a place to go for a timeout from w... More »
Rivertowns Sports
MoreSecond-Year Coach Striving to Bring Stability to Hackley
By Tom Pedulla— No matter the level, successful football programs have stability. That is exactly what second-year coach Joe McDermott is intent on bringing to Hackley. The senior class has been forced to adjust to four coaches in as many years. It finally has... More »
Lifestyles
MoreBee’s Knees
BEE’S KNEES: At the joint between etymology and entomology By Krista Madsen– In the interest of being open to what the universe offers, credits go to my daughter who gave me this week’s topic: write about the “bee’s knees” she suggested, as we giggled on a roa... More »
Bulletin Board
MoreRIVERTOWNS RESIDENTS UNITE TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Second annual Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights fundraiser to raise money to help those living in or traveling to New York state receive reproductive care. Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights, a group of about 30 local women from half a dozen rivertowns in Wes... More »
Letters to the Editor
MoreTell Aetna to Tell Sonya, “Sorry, Our Fault. Never Again.”
In 1950, when she was a toddler, Sonya Abelaf Munroe’s immigrant parents moved to Sleepy Hollow. She and her husband raised their three children here, across the street from their extended family — her parents, sister, and brother. In May this year, Aetna... More »
Obituaries
MoreFrank X. Gilligan Jr.
Life long resident and one of Irvington Historical Society’s Legacies has passed away on August 19th 2023. Frank X Gilligan II lived in Irvington for 85 years and was born in the Dobbs Ferry Hospital on May 13th 1938 and is the son of Frank X Gilligan (1885-19... More »
Historic Rivertowns
MoreA Historic Train Station Badly in Need of Tender Loving Care
By Barrett Seaman– A local group called Friends of the Ardsley-on-Hudson Train Station is urging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to delay or amend transfer of ownership of the stationhouse to John Michael DeGennaro, a Yonkers-based developer wh... More »