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 »
By Robert Kimmel– Growing disapproval of the racist message inscribed on T-shirts left at the homes of several Black and Asian-American families in Dobbs Ferry last week led to an anti-racist waterfront rally attended by several hundred local residents. Suppor... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Built in 1833 atop the knob of a hill that overlooks the village of Dobbs Ferry, Zion Episcopal Church was once known as the “Mother of Churches” in the lower Hudson Valley. It was instrumental in the founding of Christ Episcopal Church in T... More »
Remembered most for his play-by-play broadcast of Dobbs Ferry High School “Eagles” football games in the village’s Gould Park, Scotty Shevlin passed away on Thursday, July 9, following a stroke. He had been in poor health for several years. Under the stricture... More »
Jonas Eric Abady Sinan A. Aksu Dara Jolie Anhouse Maya Aninagyei Asante Lawrence Azzariti Zachary Thomas Barnet Alexandria Batson Julia Bavaro Sofia Sloane Benson Riley Jaye Block Anna Y. Bluhdorn Alexa M. Boglitz Timothy Borowiec Madison Burton Eiler Byberi J... More »
By Alexander Roberts-- With commerce in Tarrytown reeling from the pandemic, village officials tried an experiment this weekend. By closing Main Street to traffic from Broadway to Washington Street, and then from Washington Street to Baylis court at Goldberg’... More »
Non-profits, particularly those providing food delivery to low-income and elderly residents, need funding now more than ever. Here are ones in the rivertowns and elsewhere in Westchester that support those in need: The Westchester Community Foundation, which a... More »
by Karen Sims – Victoria, age five, was the first child to draw in a memory book dedicated to Cheryl B. Matthews. With a yellow marker, she drew a likeness, a smiling face with cheerful glasses. Meanwhile, her mother recounted memories of listening to Matthew... More »
By Barrett Seaman It’s not news that there is a shortage of parking in the rivertowns. But it is news when a local restaurateur, owner of Dobbs Ferry’s The Rare Bit, comes up with a plan to help reduce congestion AND help local businesses, including his own. A... More »
Cheryl B. Matthews, a longtime children’s librarian in the Dobbs Ferry Library, died January 23 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. She was 69. Matthews was born May 9, 1950, in Niagara Falls, New York, to Duane and Rheta Murdoch Matthews. She grew... More »
The Pallas Kundalini Yoga & Meditation owner and lead teacher Shakti Sita Kaur was joined by the Rivertown’s Chamber of Commerce and Dobbs Ferry Mayor Vincent Rossillo at the grand opening of its studio’s storefront on 77 Main Street in Dobbs Ferry on January ... More »
by Disan Davis – In addition to news that the public swimming pool at Dobbs Ferry’s Gould Park will re-open this summer, local families were pleased to learn last month that a matching grant awarded through Westchester County will, when added to funds set asi... More »
By Barrett Seaman A New York State Supreme Court Judge has ruled that the homeowners’ association of The Landing complex of 104 attached houses on the banks of the Hudson in Dobbs Ferry must open the gates to a contiguous beach to the public. The only access t... More »
Food for Thought by Linda Viertel – Sweet and Savory As of January 2020, Mix on Main in Dobbs Ferry will be known as Sweet and Savory (visit: www.sweetandsavory.cafe). And, with the restaurant’s new name, owner/chefs Samantha and Steve Lopez will be serving b... More »
by Barrett Seaman – John Cullen’s father was the first in his family to join Dobbs Ferry’s Ogden Engine Company and the first to join at age 18. That was in 1921, not long after the first motorized fire truck replaced the old horse-drawn wagons. That put a pr... More »
by Linda Viertel – With its magnificent views of the Hudson River, the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park draws walkers, concert goers, picnickers, dog walkers, soccer players, runners, kids who enjoy the newly refurbished playground, and many others. But, in thes... More »
