Annual Healthy Kids Day/Duck Derby

Published 2w ago

Local Student Hall of Fame Essay Contest Winners Selected

Published 2w ago

by Robert Kimmel – A musician and a merchant are the subjects of the two winning essays in the Hall of Fame Essay contest in which Sleepy Hollow High School students compete. The annual contest is part of the curriculum for students at the 10th grade level. S... More »

Celebrate Graduation Time By Dining Out in the Rivertowns

Published 2w ago

Food for Thought by Linda Viertel – What better way to bring family and friends together in honor of your recent graduate than with a celebratory meal at one of our appealing and hospitable local restaurants? Luckily for rivertowns’ residents, there is a plet... More »

Irvington Icon Barbara Denyer Honored for Decades of Service

Published 3w ago

Barbara Denyer — artist, activist, and Irvington resident for 58 years — was honored on May 31 at Clocktower Players’ spring fundraiser gala with a 2019 Bravo Award. For over half a century, Denyer’s creative vision, energy, and dedication to the arts have sig... More »

Save The Date (May 18) for the First-Ever Sleepy Hollow LitFest

Published 2m ago

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 »

Lee Mintzer Painting Exhibit at ONA in Tarrytown

Published 2m ago

by Linda Viertel – Lee Mintzer turned 95 on January 12, 2019, and until recently has been painting for over 50 years. In the 1970’s she studied with Akeba Emmanual and George Koro, developing skills in painting sculpture and welding. Now, fourteen of her oil ... More »

Chabad of the Rivertowns: Meeting Jews Where They Are

Published 2m ago

by Alexander Roberts – Jay and Elina Lindauer were skeptical. Secular Jews whose son had “hopped around” several Hebrew School programs, the Dobbs Ferry couple never thought he would enjoy an Orthodox synagogue. But Julian, now 11, has looked forward to Sunda... More »

With The Headless Horseman On Hand, Sleepy Hollow Kicks off a Bicentennial Celebration of Washington Irving

Published 2m ago

In sharp contrast to the centuries-old image of poor Ichabod Crane straining to find his way through the darkness to safety and escape from the headless horseman in pursuit, the Old Dutch Church and its surrounding gravestones were awash in April sunlight as c... More »

TEAC Planning for Earth Day 2019

Published 4m ago

by Dean Gallea and Rachel Tieger – Tarrytown’s Earth Day 2019 celebration will be Saturday, April 27th. Save The Date! The Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council (TEAC) is planning a wide variety of activities for Village residents, all geared to keeping Ta... More »

A Legendary Celebration – The Bicentennial of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Published 4m ago

By Char Weigel – Two hundred years ago, Washington Irving published The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The title may be unfamiliar, but the book changed everything for Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. Amidst its essays and short stories is America’s first ... More »

Reverend Gareth C. Evans Installed As Rector Of St. Barnabas

Published 4m ago

On Sunday, February 24th, the Reverend Gareth C. Evans was installed as the 14th Rector of Irvington’s Church of St. Barnabas, founded in 1857. The institution ceremony was conducted by the Right Reverend Allen K. Shin, Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Dioces... More »

Local Valentine’s Specials

Published 5m ago

Tarry Tavern will be offering a special three-course prix fixe dinner – $55 per person. The menu will feature duos such as braised short ribs with a beef fillet, and Hudson Valley duck prepared two ways – roasted breast and confit of duck. The entire restauran... More »

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