Irvington High School Junior Science research student Maxwell Ma won a grand prize award at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, which won him an all-expense paid trip to Dallas for the International Science and Engineering Fair. There, Maxwell won th... More »
By Barrett Seaman— It was unseasonably chilly to be camping out in the woods but a lot more comfortable than it would have been the night before. Predicted thunderstorms and occasionally torrential rains drove the leaders of Irvington’s Girl Scouts to put off ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Bulldogs have long been the mascot of the Village of Irvington school district, signifying strength and courage, particularly among its sports teams. A new art installation pays tribute to the beloved symbol in the form of the Bulldog Walking... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The 2023-24 budgets recently adopted by local villages reflect a conservative approach to financial planning as revenues remain below pre-COVID19 pandemic levels. Tarrytown’s $38.3 million budget includes an overall spending increase of 7.8%... More »
It was the last time after 55 years that Donald Butt would end a Sunday service at Irvington’s Church of St. Barnabas by playing the postlude, and he wasn’t going to go quietly into retirement. The piece he chose, the Carillon de Westminster by French composer... More »
Irvington-based Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) announced a new partnership to offer the Sunnyside Federal Grant Program for Teachers, to assist them in teaching about the Holocaust and related topic... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington Police notified residents Thursday about a swatting incident that occurred near the lower area of Main St. Swatting is described as a dangerous prank where an individual falsely reports a critical incident, such as a hostage situati... More »
By Barrett Seaman— She arrived on the back of a giant flatbed truck with its own forklift, necessary to lower her dense weight to the pavement and then lift her onto a newly installed base atop a brick wall between Village Hall and the Main Street School. She’... More »
The following obituary was produced by the Hardest Funeral Home in Annapolis MD, where Andy Lyons lived out his final years. Along the way, however, he left many admirers and an indelible mark on Irvington. Andrew Christopher Lyons, of Annapolis, MD, passed aw... More »
Join us this summer for one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed masterpieces, the remarkable Pericles, Prince of Tyre. A tale of epic, and ancient, proportions weaves the consequences of a man’s quest for love with a daughter’s fight for self determination. Thre... More »
The Irvington Union Free School District Board of Education has appointed Emerson Segara as the new director of technology. “I am proud to welcome Mr. Segara to the Irvington school community,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison said. “I am cert... More »
The Irvington School District has a team of fifth graders who qualified to represent our Region in the Statewide First in Math Tournament. Through a grant from the New York State Education Department (NYSED), Main Street School students have been working with ... More »
On Earth Day, the Environmental Club at Irvington High School participated in a project to help increase the biodiversity of the High School and Middle School campus. The idea stemmed from a desire of the district’s Wellness/Sustainability Committee to mow les... More »
The seventh grade journeyed to the great city of Philadelphia in April, where they extended their learning within their recent historical fiction and informational text units in ELA classes, and their study of colonial America, the American Revolution and the ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Out in the Irvington Woods on a sunny afternoon, some two dozen men and women in jeans and t-shirts are getting a two-day jump on Earth Day, hacking away at patches of a prickly, invasive shrub called Japanese Barberry. Most are employees of... More »
By Barrett Seaman– For aspiring physicians, mid-March of their last year in medical school is right up there on the anxiety-producing scale with early April for college-bound high school seniors. In their world, it is “Match Day,” when teaching hospitals acros... More »
Irvington High School has announced seniors Ryan Liu and Olivia Yin as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. “Ryan and Olivia have both been able to accomplish incredible things at Irvington,” Principal Jon Hirsch said. “These honors are testament to t... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The sudden implosion last week of California’s Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) sent shudders through the national and international banking systems. A rapid response by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Treasury Department d... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Irvington Democrats held their nominating convention on Zoom March 9th, endorsing candidates for mayor and two trustee positions. With no opposition in sight, the election of Jonathan Siegel as mayor as well as Arlene Burgos and Mitchell Bar... More »
