By Robert Kimmel – – Tarrytown’s Police Department has reported a significant drop in total arrests during 2020, attributed mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic. While arrest numbers for the past four years in the village have shown small declines each subsequent y... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown United and the Tarrytown Democratic Committee recently endorsed a slate of candidates for this November’s village election. At the top of the ticket is Trustee Karen Brown, who is running for mayor. Current Mayor Tom Butler is not s... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington High School seniors Henry Demarest and Nicholas Papapanou have advanced as finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship program. The pair were among the top 15,000 high school students nationwide who were awarded the distinction... More »
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 »
By Barrett Seaman— The notice came just two days after New York State’s oft-extended pandemic moratorium on commercial evictions finally lapsed at the end of January. With more than $35,000 in unpaid back rent, Irvington’s popular Main Street café, The Black C... More »
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 »
By Rick Pezzullo— Several dozen brave souls took a frigid dip in the Hudson River Saturday in Sleepy Hollow for a good cause. The 2021 Headless Horseman Plunge at Kingsland Point Park raised more than $30,000 to benefit Briarcliff-based Gullotta House, which w... More »
We wanted to let the community know that Westchester County is currently undergoing a Mobility study. The goal of the study is as follows “… to better align the county’s mobility network with the needs of its residents, workers, and visitors. This study will e... More »
There is one requirement for membership: applicants must have reached the age of 100. That’s it. The latest rivertown resident to join is Mary Middleton, who reached the magic number on January 30th. On that occasion, she was joined by fellow members Armando “... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Recognizing that senior citizens, among the most vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19, were also least likely to have the computer savvy needed to secure a vaccination appointment, Greenburgh Town Supervisor has recruited a corps of what he... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A beloved security guard at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry died earlier this week after battling COVID-19 for more than a month. Panton Adams, who worked in the Security Department since February 2013, died February 1. He had been hospital... More »
Two feet of snow brings with it lots of opportunities to be creative. Take this sculpture of a ram, complete with spiraled horns on display (at least before Friday’s rain) at the bottom of Tappan Landing Road in Tarrytown. The stop sign was perhaps the equival... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Local athletic administrators, coaches and student-athletes reacted with surprise but also delight when the path was cleared for high-risk high school sports to be played despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing mounting pre... More »
The Village has upgraded our snow emergency to a full state of emergency, given the ongoing conditions of the storm, and the emergency declarations by County and State. The emergency will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday unless extended or amended. The up... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Westchester County Executive George Latimer addressed the kickoff of February as Black History Month. “Each year we designate this month to recognize, celebrate and honor the extraordinary history and accomplishments of African-American cultu... More »
By James Carsey– Tarrytown continues to work towards fulfillment of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order requiring police jurisdictions in the state to review their policies and relationship with the community. The latest step came on Tuesday, January 26, w... More »
By Barrett Seaman– This one looks like the real deal. The storm that has been rolling across the continent for days now is set to cross the banks of the Hudson sometime this evening and continue to dump snow throughout Monday into Tuesday. The original forecas... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Greenburgh Democratic district leaders Thursday night heard from the two candidates seeking the committee’s nomination for town supervisor. Thirty-year incumbent Paul Feiner, who is vying for a 16th two-year term, is facing a challenge from T... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive initial results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating REGEN-COV™, an antibody cocktail used as a passive vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in people at high r... More »
Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner is looking for high school students in the township, including those from the rivertown villages, to participate in a program to resuscitate local businesses that have suffered or even failed because of the economic slowd... More »
