By Rick Pezzullo— Local residents will have the opportunity to vote on school budgets for the 2022-2023 calendar and Board of Education candidates on Tuesday, May 17. Polls in the four area school districts will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dobbs Ferry The Do... More »
Irvington High School senior Brooke Dunefsky has been named a 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist. She is one of 620 students to advance to the final round of the competition. “Brooke is one of the most accomplished and well-deserving students that I h... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Francis Tolan has been appointed assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Irvington School District. He was officially appointed by the Board of Education on April 26 and will begin his new role on May 31. “Throughout a comprehen... More »
By Tom Pedulla— When Lucas Turano completed his interview, he took off on the run. When Liam Lyons was done, he did the same. These are two seniors in a hurry to achieve success, which explains why they played lead roles in leaving an indelible mark at Irvingt... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Ten months after passing a comprehensive, but controversial zoning plan for the 50-acre stretch of property along the village’s North Broadway corridor, Irvington’s Board of Trustees heard the first presentation of an affordable housing proj... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Irvington School District will be holding two parent feedback sessions next week in their search for a new high school principal. The first session will be held Monday, April 18 from 7 to 8 p.m. and the second session will take place Wedn... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Every few decades, it seems, alarm bells go off in Irvington about a threat, real or rumored, that Columbia University is going to sell, develop or otherwise disfigure the bucolic 68-acre plot of land that houses the university’s Nevis Labor... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Mayor Brian Smith called the Board of Trustees meeting on April 4 “an historic night” in Irvington, as he prepared to swear in Police Officer Jessica Huth as a Sergeant in the village’s police force—the first female to obtain that rank. Huth... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington High School will have two seniors at the head of the Class of 2022 as Joshua Chang and Alexander Lee were named Co-Valedictorians. Chang, an intern at The Hudson Independent who will pursue computer science at a yet to be determined... More »
By Barrett Seaman— A diverse group of some 20 people, said to represent 175,000 largely undocumented workers, are en route on foot from New York City to Albany, where they plan to call on Governor Hochul and the state legislature to replenish the so-called Exc... More »
Irvington High School seniors Chloe Banino, Eadin Block, Joshua Chang, Aliya Huprikar, Katherine LeBuhn and Samantha Levin have been named finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship competition. The six Bulldogs are among the top 15,000 high school stude... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Two Larrys will be on the Democratic line of the November 8th ballot in Irvington—one a veteran, one a newcomer. Three-term incumbent Larry Lonky will run to retain his seat. A former chair of the village’s Recreation and Parks Advisory Comm... More »
Fittingly in the midst of Black History Month, Harold Doley, former owner of Irvington’s Villa Lewaro and U.S. representative to the African Development Bank, headquartered in Abijan, Ivory Coast, was honored with the privilege of ringing the closing bell at t... More »
By Tom Pedulla– The opportunity to play girls’ basketball under legendary coach Gina Maher at Irvington can be both a burden and a blessing. Expectations are always high and the pressure to meet them is intense. Every team wants to make the deep postseason run... More »
By Barrett Seaman– It isn’t often that a local police chief starts his job with as detailed a set of marching orders as Irvington’s Chief Francis (Frank) Pignatelli was handed a year ago this week. Sworn in on February 18th 2021 to succeed retiring Chief Micha... More »
Eighth-graders Tess Brady and Luke Calabrese of Irvington Middle School were among just 154 round-four finalists in The New York Times’ 2021-2022 Personal Narrative Contest. The annual contest asked students aged 11-19 to submit “short, powerful stories about ... More »
A 77-year-old Irvington resident refused to fall for a classic scam aimed at stealing $9,800 from her in exchange for her grandson’s bail on Friday. Contacted by phone by a female identifying herself as her grandson’s attorney, she was advised that if she hand... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A second-grade student at John Cardinal O’Connor School (JCOS) in Irvington is taking her school’s motto to heart during Catholic Schools Week. Catholic Schools Week takes place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 in schools throughout the Archdiocese of ... More »
Less than three weeks after learning that she was one of 300 high school students nationwide to be named in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ Science Talent Search, Irvington High School Senior Brooke Ann Dunefsky was informed that she had reached the next level in t... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Tradition matters. There is no stronger testament to that than the success Irvington is enjoying following its first state Class C cross-country championship in the fall, the latest accomplishment following recent resounding triumphs in the win... More »
