By Rick Pezzullo— The Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees took a major step last week to try to turn three village-owned lots into affordable housing. At its April 22 meeting, trustees voted to enter into a partnership with Kearney Realty & Development Group to cr... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The Village of Dobbs Ferry got some “very exciting news” this week from New York Forward, the state‘s dispenser of community grants: $4.5 million earmarked for municipal improvements designed to “invigorate and enliven downtowns” throughout ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Abigail Dann, Ella Moon and Alexa Vicchio, the three senior starters for Dobbs Ferry, remained in the County Center locker room a few minutes after their teammates left. They were not quite ready to accept the end of their high school basketbal... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Amidst the mostly Gothic architecture of Dobbs Ferry’s Masters School is the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, a state-of-the-art Modernist edifice completed in 2023 that houses the school’s new program of the same name. This jewel of a b... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— About 100 family, friends, and local officials braved the frigid temperatures earlier this month to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new, cutting-edge specialty veterinary facility in Dobbs Ferry. Mobius Veterinary Services, founded by ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A 2020 Dobbs Ferry High School graduate has been nominated for the Television Academy Foundation’s 44th College Television Awards. Erika Totoro, who majored in animation at the Savannah College of Art and Design, which she graduated from last... More »
By Tom Pedulla— The Dobbs Ferry basketball team typically begins practice at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Assistant coaches open the gym an hour before that for anyone wishing to put up additional shots. That is still not early enough for Anthony Ficarrotta. He often t... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Two local high school seniors were among 300 nationwide named as scholars in the annual Regeneron Science Talent Search. The Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars were selected from nearly 2,500 entrants from 795 high schools across 48 sta... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Hundreds of adults and youngsters braved frigid temperatures in the mid-20s Sunday morning to participate in the 12th Annual Dobbs Ferry Holiday Hustle 5K & Kids Reindeer Fun Run 1K. Almost 760 runners and walkers were in the holiday spirit, ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Elizabeth Theiler Martin, a local landscape designer and active environmentalist, died Nov. 19. She was 85. She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, the only child of Lillian Graham and Max Theiler, a medical researcher who won the Nobel Prize for ... More »
By Stephen O’Leary and Tom Pedulla— Dobbs Ferry needed to play nearly mistake-free football if it was to deny undefeated Valhalla in the Section 1 Class C championship game. The Eagles did not come close to doing that. They committed five turnovers and Coach J... More »
By Christina Ha– The Dobbs Ferry community came together on Saturday, November 2, to kick Sanfilippo Syndrome to the moon! The 5th Annual Moonball Kickball Tournament and Family Fun Day was held at Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park to support 15-year old Jacob Moon,... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday for Mirabella Cocina Latina, an eatery in Dobbs Ferry located next to LOOK Dine-In Cinemas at Rivertowns Square. The restaurant that features Latin American cuisine and cocktails opened in July but ... More »
The Hudson River Patriots Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) proudly presented a United States Flag to Reverend Mary Grambsch, Priest in Charge, of Zion Episcopal Church this past Saturday. This meaningful gesture underscores the DAR’s ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A former employee of Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years mandatory probation after being convicted of engaging in sexual intercourse with a teenage resident in 2021 on the campus. Rebecca Jean-Baptiste, 28, of ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— On a night of roiling emotions as Dobbs Ferry celebrated the life of Sam Kearns and marked Homecoming, the Eagles rose to the occasion by defeating Tuckahoe, 21-7, on Oct. 10 at Gould Park. Dobbs Ferry players wore pink socks and their helmets ... More »
By Jeff Wilson– It was a transformation worth waiting for. Dobbs Ferry’s Gould Park was the scene of a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 16 celebrating the park’s grand reopening – with upgrades – after structural work had forced its closure for... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Expectations are always high at Dobbs Ferry, given its years of success in football. Some players might view that as a burdensome pressure. As far as senior offensive lineman Michael Rodriguez is concerned, bring it on. “I like it a lot. You sh... More »
by Lilly Sayenga– Dobbs Ferry has been given a spooky mythos in Headhunters, a new novel by Luis Paredes. The novel, Paredes’s sophomore effort after his 2023 debut Out On A Limb, owes its setting to the author’s two-decade-long residency in the town. In an in... More »
