Bookmark?Remove? The 145th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Visits Lyndhurst Published 17h ago By Steve Sears— The Westminster Kennel Club has selected one of the most beautiful locations in America to hold its prestigious 145th Dog Show event: outdoors at the 67-acre Lyndhurst mansion and property, located on the banks of the scenic Hudson River in Tar... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Rotary’s Duck Derby, Y’s Healthy Kids Day Set for Patriots Park Published 5d ago By Robert Kimmel – – Spectators and fun-seekers will be welcomed at Patriot’s Park for the 14th annual Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns’ Duck Derby and Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day on Sunday, June 27. Following the loosening of pandemic restrictions for outdoo... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Lacrosse Fundraiser in Dobbs Ferry to Benefit Boy with Rare Disease Published 4w ago By Rick Pezzullo— A lacrosse game fundraiser to benefit an 11-year-old Dobbs Ferry boy who suffers from a rare and terminal disease will be held Friday afternoon at the Upper Field at Springhurst Elementary School in Dobbs Ferry. The game between the Dobbs Fer... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Rotary’s Duck Derby Racers Readied for Adoptions Published 2m ago By Robert Kimmel – The little ducks are back, ready for adoption! It was in April 2008 that the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns conducted its first Duck Derby, an event that has now become a community tradition. This year’s 14th annual Derby is scheduled for Sun... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Tarrytown to Hold Arbor Day Ceremony Friday, April 30 Published 1m ago By Linda Viertel— The Village of Tarrytown plans to celebrate its 39th year as a Tree City USA on Friday, April 30 at 1 p.m. at the McKeel Avenue parking lot with a hybrid person/Zoom event (see below for details). A popular Chinese proverb states: “The best ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? They’re Back! Students Return To Rivertowns Public Schools Published 2m ago By Brianna Staudt– Second grader Emersyn Phelps could hardly wait for April 7. After nearly seven months, that was the day she would finally meet her new friend — a classmate at W. L. Morse School in Sleepy Hollow whom she had only known through a computer scr... More »
Bookmark?Remove? After 13 years, Tarrytown’s A NU Toy Store To Close Published 2m ago By Brianna Staudt– It immediately catches the eye of any child walking down Main Street in Tarrytown: a Ferris wheel, as tall as a grownup, built out of K’NEX spinning in a window. Soon, the iconic hook for A NU Toy Store will be gone, sent home to the winner ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Pandemic Takes Financial Toll on Religious Institutions Published 2m ago By Tom Pedulla— Buckets of all shapes and sizes can be found at the rear of Transfiguration Church in Tarrytown, serving as a rather wet reminder of the toll the pandemic has taken on many local religious institutions. The buckets are being used to catch the d... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Westchester Tennis Ladder Brings Love of the Game to New Heights Published 2m ago By Shana Liebman– Game Set Match! The Westchester Tennis Ladder, which launched last summer with approximately 60 members, is gearing up for its second season. The brainchild of two self-proclaimed tennis nuts, Michael Moshan and David Zuckerman, the ladder pr... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Dobbs Ferry Woman Honored for Efforts During Pandemic Published 3m ago By Rick Pezzullo— A Dobbs Ferry resident was among seven women recognized this week by State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Senator Shelley Mayer for demonstrating exceptional leadership and commitment to serving their communities during th... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Learning Together Provides Free Innovative After School Programs Published 3m ago By Shana Liebman– While it’s been a bleak year, there is at least one good thing that came out of the pandemic lockdown: Irvington’s new gem, Learning Together. Created by the same parents who founded Reading Together, a free book service for children, this ne... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Rotary’s Duck Derby, YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day Planned for June Published 3m ago by Robert Kimmel— For the 14th consecutive year, the Rotary Club of the Tarrytown’s’ will be conducting its Rubber Duck Derby and, as it has traditionally, it will be sharing Patriots Park with the Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, to offer an action-packed, and... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Family YMCA at Tarrytown Leaving Main Street Location Published 3m ago By Robert Kimmel- – After an occupancy of more than 100 years, the Family YMCA at Tarrytown is ending activities at 62 Main Street this month after selling the building. “The numerous building challenges prompted our Board of Directors to authorize a capital n... More »
Bookmark?Remove? A New Young Pastor Comes To Irvington Presbyterian Church Published 3m ago By Barrett Seaman– A lanky, 6’4” and 33 years old, Blaine Crawford looks more likely to be at home on a basketball court than in the pulpit of a church. But a pulpit is where the Reverend Crawford will be as of Palm Sunday, March 28th—or whenever Irvington Pre... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Westchester Honors COVID Dead At One Year Anniversary Published 3m ago One year from the day the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Westchester County, clergy, poets, politicians and musicians gathered in the rotunda of the Michaelian Office Building in White Plains to honor the more than 2,100 Westchester residents that have... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Sleepy Hollow’s Stretch of the RiverWalk to Feature Park Published 4m ago By Barrett Seaman— Where once Chevrolet, Pontiac and Olds minivans rolled off the assembly line at the old GM plant, a jewel of a park will lie between the Hudson and the condominium complex known as Edge-on-Hudson. It will be part of the link that bridges Kin... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Mom’s Organic Market Opening Feb. 19 in Dobbs Ferry Published 4m ago by Anne Jaffe Holmes– Mom’s Organic Market opens for business on Friday, February 19 on Stanley Avenue in Dobbs Ferry, just off the Saw Mill River Parkway. It’s their first store in New York, and Mom’s is an extraordinary business with a mission: “To protect a... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Linda Ronstadt Tribute Film to Raise Funds for Parkinson’s Research Published 4m ago by Brad Ogden— Common Ground Concerts and Irvington Theater are once again collaborating to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s Disease research with a special on-demand streaming February 26-28th of The Music of Linda Ronstadt. With ten Grammys, two doz... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Rivertowns Clergy Association Issues Statement on Hateful Stickers in Community Published 5m ago By Rick Pezzullo— The Rivertowns Clergy Association, which represents people of faith in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, has issued a lengthy statement following the discovery of hateful stickers in the villages. Stickers promoting a neo-Nazi organization, which ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Westchester Power’s Green Energy Continues Expansion in Villages Published 6m ago By Robert Kimmel – An overwhelming majority of residents and small businesses in the rivertowns of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Irvington and Dobbs Ferry are continuing to select renewable, clean energy as a source of their electric power. The four villages are a... More »