By Barrett Seaman Now, Irvington and Tarrytown residents can manage even their garbage and recycling on their home computers or cell phones. The respective village DPW departments, working in conjunction with Sustainable Westchester, an environmental collabora... More »
By Barrett Seaman Surrounded by some 40 elected officials and school superintendents, County Executive George Latimer rolled out a package of tax adjustments designed to give some relief to property owners on the one hand while adding a point to the county’s... More »
by Barrett Seaman – Consistent with its Updated Comprehensive Plan, which was approved last year, the Village of Irvington is poised to rezone a stretch of North Broadway, from Strawberry Lane northward to Sunnyside Lane on the Tarrytown border. For years, th... More »
by Rick Pezzullo – The Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, commonly known as the Green Light bill, which restores the right to obtain a license, regardless of immigration status, was approved by New York lawmakers last month. The law existed prior to 200... More »
by Katherine Cain – Last month, the Irvington Board of Trustees approved the budget for updating Matthiessen Park, with construction likely to start next spring. The biggest changes to the park will be modernizing the playground to include three age-appropria... More »
by Barrett Seaman – Dobbs Ferry’s Don Marra knows a thing or two about how to run a village. He was the mayor of Dobbs for most of the 1990s and served on various village boards and committees. He was the Deputy Village Administrator and then Village Administ... More »
by Rick Pezzullo – A public hearing on the Village of Sleepy Hollow’s long-awaited Comprehensive Plan and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program was held May 28 at Village Hall. About 50 residents crammed into the meeting room to address the Board of Trustee... More »
Louis Vetrone, Deputy Commissioner of the county’s Department of Environmental Facilities, tells Indy Talks viewers why Westchester has one of the highest recycling rates in the country, what’s new in the science and business of recycling and what’s next. Th... More »
by Rick Pezzullo – Residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 21 to vote on budgets for the 2019-2020 school year, candidates for Boards of Education and a bond referendum in the Tarrytown, Irvington and Dobbs Ferry school districts. More than 70 percent ... More »
by Barrett Seaman – With quibbles and concerns coming from every angle during the February and March public hearings, Irvington’s efforts to permit the use of homes for short-term rentals (think Airbnb) seemed destined for a long, drawn-out legislative grind ... More »
Democracy’s standing as this nation’s system of government was the subject of a captivating examination during a “Community Conversation” presented recently by The Hudson Independent and the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Before a packed room at the Library, ... More »
by Robert Kimmel – County and local officials are holding off on any firm decisions in regard to partially opting out of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s legislation for marijuana legalization if it is passed by the state legislature. The proposed legislation may allo... More »
