All posts published in October 2025
By Barrett Seaman– When 2026 rolls around, there will be new mayors in five of the six rivertown villages covered by The Hudson Independent. Three of the current incumbents—Niki Armacost in Hastings, Nancy Kaboolian in Ardsley and Vincent Rossillo in Dobbs Fe... More »
This past week, the Horsemen Against Destructive Decisions (HADD) celebrated Red Ribbon Week—the nation’s longest-running drug-use prevention campaign. To kick off the campaign, HADD members served up festive “mocktails” at last weekend’s Varsity Football game... More »
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Families of all backgrounds are on the precipice of losing access to their SNAP benefits amid the current government shutdown, with no immediate relief in sight. Even when the shutdown concludes, new and permanent eligibility requir... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A growing number of residents in Hastings-on-Hudson are fuming over a planned cannabis dispensary on Main St.—across the street from a youth community center and next door to a dance studio. The Highline received its cannabis license from New... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow football fans cannot wait to see what’s next after the Horsemen ended a playoff drought that had endured since 2016 with an exclamation point. Sleepy Hollow will take a glistening 7-1 record into Saturday night’s 6 p.m. home game ... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– As students settle into the school year and their teachers are hard at work, administrators in some of the rivertowns districts are busy supervising major upgrades of the facilities where the teaching and learning take place. In Hastings,... More »
The following ruling by the county’s Fair Campaign Practices Committee elicited a response from the Unite Sleepy Hollow campaign that can be read further down the page. FINDING IN THE COMPLAINT OF MARJORIE HSU AGAINST THE UNITE SLEEPY HOLLOW SLATE, CANDIDATES ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It was the end of an era on the Tarrytown Planning Board Monday night. Joan Raiselis attended her last meeting on the board after 20 years, including the last four as chairwoman. Last month, Raiselis informed the Board of Trustees she would b... More »
By Barrett Seaman— More than a thousand scary creatures, interspersed by 128 phantasmagorical floats, rumbled their way from Patriots Park down Broadway and Main Street in Tarrytown’s 23rd annual Halloween Parade on Saturday. Lining the route were an estimated... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Officials in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow and the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns are combining forces to try to make local roadways safer for motorists and pedestrians. Approximately 50 interested parties attended a recent public meeting at the... More »
Out of this year’s annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Walk last Sunday emerged a first-of-its-kind bra drive, the creation of a team from Phelps Hospital Northwell. Starting with hundreds of gently used and new specialized bras, collected both at ... More »
Every day the shutdown continues, Hudson Valley families find themselves on edge — worried about keeping food on the table and health insurance for their loved ones. Instead of demonstrating leadership and bipartisanship, Congressman Mike Lawler has chosen to ... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker— Still/Moving, an exhibition spanning two venues, presents a thirty-year retrospective of the Chinese artist Shen Wei. He first trained as an opera singer and studied painting and Chinese calligraphy before co-founding a modern... More »
Dear Editor: The Hudson Independent’s 10/22 article about the Sleepy Hollow election (https://thehudsonindependent.com/in-sleepy-hollow-its-the-show-me-the-money-election/) mistakenly says both parties have the same visions for revitalizing downtown. Alas, tha... More »
Dear Editor: “Thousands Rally in Westchester for No Kings” would be a clear, accurate headline for what transpired on Saturday, rather than the dismissive one you ran: “No Kings Rallies Limited To Westchester’s Larger Communities.” Beyond the two impromptou ev... More »
By W.B. King– A Scottish-born wandering minstrel who first made his mark Down Under, Colin Hay rose to fame in the early 1980s with the Grammy Award winning band he co-founded: Men at Work. Fresh off the heels of a tour with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, H... More »
By Xavier Zahnle– On Monday night, progressive activist David Hogg headlined a town hall discussion, sponsored by the CD17 Community Coalition at Christ Episcopal Church in Tarrytown. The event was entitled Future First and promoted opportunities for younger p... More »
