By Rick Pezzullo— A Hastings-on-Hudson man was sentenced Thursday to one year in jail in connection with a 2019 hit-and-run accident that left a 91-year-old Dobbs Ferry man dead. Johnny David Machado, 28, pled guilty in November to Leaving the Scene of an Acci... More »
by Anne Jaffe Holmes– Mom’s Organic Market opens for business on Friday, February 19 on Stanley Avenue in Dobbs Ferry, just off the Saw Mill River Parkway. It’s their first store in New York, and Mom’s is an extraordinary business with a mission: “To protect a... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Michelle Adams, a partner in two of the rivertowns’ better known restaurants, Harpers in Dobbs Ferry and Saint George Bistro in Hastings, is taking over as president of the four-year-old Rivertowns Chamber of Commerce. She succeeds Nick Camp... More »
By Tom Pedulla— The Hudson Independent examines the prospects of local schools for the varsity basketball season. Due to the pandemic, Hackley School in Tarrytown and The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry will not field basketball teams this winter. GIRLS DOBBS FE... More »
Anthony L. Vano, Jr., a lifelong Dobbs Ferry resident, died February 9. He was 90. Also known as “Topper,” Mr. Vano proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion Post 1048. He had a career as an electric... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A beloved security guard at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry died earlier this week after battling COVID-19 for more than a month. Panton Adams, who worked in the Security Department since February 2013, died February 1. He had been hospital... More »
Barbara Golio, a longtime resident of Dobbs Ferry, died February 2. She was 81. She was born April 5, 1939 in Yonkers, to Salvatore and Ruth (nee Clayton) Bentivenga. It is rumored that in her youth, she ran with the Yonkers MC and loved to ride Harley Davidso... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Masters School community and family friends have come to the aid of a beloved school security guard who has been hospitalized since the day after Christmas with COVID-19. A GoFundMe campaign launched by friend Dana Goin earlier this week ... More »
By Laurie Leavy— A new agreement between Mercy College and Westchester Community College (WCC) is enhancing the higher education pathway for area students. The two higher education institutions have signed a new Dual Admissions Pathway Agreement (DAPA) that en... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— MaryJane Shimsky, Majority Leader on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, has announced she will be running for a sixth term in November. A legislator since February 2011, Shimsky represents the county’s 12th Legislative District, whi... More »
Cecelia Ferrari, a longtime resident of Dobbs Ferry, died December 23. She was 87. She was born in Valhalla to Vincent and Frances Colantuono. She had a passion for music, especially Elvis Presley. She enjoyed baseball and was an avid NY Mets fan. She was also... More »
Jean Gagliardi, a lifelong resident of Dobbs Ferry, died December 24. She was 94. She was born in Dobbs Ferry to Charles and Louise Gagliardi. She attended and graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School. She worked as an Office Manager for Household Finance Corpor... More »
By Linda Viertel – Mavis Cain, Dobbs Ferry resident and President of the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct (FOCA) since 2000, was inducted into Westchester’s Senior Hall of Fame on Friday, December 4, when Dobbs Ferry Mayor Vincent Rossillo also declared Dece... More »
by W.B. King – Opening a specialty craft beer and gourmet coffee bar has long been a dream for J.B. and Chris Gomez. When the brothers started their journey a couple of years ago, they knew there would be hurdles, but they couldn’t have forecasted a pandemic. ... More »
By Robert Kimmel— Annual Christmas tree lighting moments will become a virtual festivity in the rivertown villages this holiday season. Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Irvington and Dobbs Ferry are following the precautionary measures set by New York State because o... More »
By Rick Pezzullo- A Hastings-on-Hudson man has pled guilty in a 2019 hit-and-run crash that killed an elderly man in Dobbs Ferry. Johnny Machado, 28, appeared in State Supreme Court Tuesday before Justice Barry Warhit and pled guilty to leaving the scene of ... More »
By Robert Kimmel– Dobbs Ferry property owners have begun receiving bills on a village service never before separately taxed: its sewer system. The Village Board of Trustees last March adopted the tax charge in conjunction with what it labeled the Se... More »
It just so happens that Emma Listokin, a senior at The Masters School, turned 18 on November 3rd, which just happens to be Election Day. Thus eligible in a nick of time, she went down to Dobbs Ferry High School right after school let out Tuesday, walked right ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo Ten former residents of The Children’s Village residential treatment center in Dobbs Ferry have taken legal action, accusing staff, administrators and older residents at the home for troubled boys of sexual and physical abuse over a 25-year p... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Dobbs Ferry High School and Dows Lane Elementary School in the Irvington School District were among 18 schools in New York recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performanc... More »
