| by Rick Pezzullo | Two of the five seats on the Irvington Board of Education are up for grabs in the May 19 election. With board Vice President Maria Kashkin opting not to seek reelection, Robyn Kerner, a former board president and vice president, is the l... More »
| by Barrett Seaman | Irvington Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris DePaoli was driving past the Irvington Metro North train station with his two young daughters around 6:30pm Wednesday when he caught sight of a man physically assaulting a younger woman ne... More »
| by Barrett Seaman | When the Irvington Historic District Committee (IHDC) held public information sessions two years ago in an effort to resurrect a 10-year-old plan to designate much of the village’s business district as “historic,” many local owners voic... More »
| by Barrett Seaman | They met in a secluded field that, for obvious reasons, cannot be named. It was just past dawn, and after some preliminary roughhousing, some stick and squirrel chasing and…well, tending to personal matters, they left their minders shive... More »
| by Janie Rosman | Uncertainty about state aid has left the Irvington School District with a lot of unanswered questions, according to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison. The absence of state aid and unknown savings associated with the refi... More »
| by Janie Rosman | For the past four years, Irvington Education Foundation (IEF) board member Rob Firpo-Cappiello has been one of the foundation’s biggest boosters – in the community and beyond. IEF was formed in 1997 by several parents after a school pla... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | One of the battle cries of the Irvington High School girls’ basketball team is “play hard and good things will happen.” Another is “hold the rope,” which reinforces the need for every player to contribute for the team to be successful. T... More »
| by Gregory Allen | Irvington Town Hall Theater Manager I can’t believe I’ve been at the Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) for almost a year already. What an incredible time it has been working with so many people who share a common goal of bringing artist... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | An Irvington resident pled guilty in federal court on February 20 to participating in a $30 million scheme to defraud his employer and insurance regulators in connection with the bogus purchase of an Oklahoma insurance company. Allen Rei... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | Along with maintaining quality educational standards, preserving a small amount of tax relief for homeowners is one of the primary motivators of local school district authorities preparing their budgets for the coming year. As part of th... More »
| by Krista Madsen | Dharma teacher Robert Chender was talking about the neuroscience behind meditation, among other heady topics, at a recent Sunday morning gathering at Irvington’s Westchester Buddhist Center (WBC), when a flock of geese outside the grand ri... More »
