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Food for Thought – Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Time with an Ethnic Twist by Linda Viertel –  Every family and chef possesses favorite Thanksgiving recipes and traditions handed down from generation to generation. Special bowls, platters and serving pieces appear, dinners may start at 2 in the ... More »

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Tarrytown Y in Talks to Sell Main Street Building to Developer

by Barrett Seaman –  Having operated out of its current building on West Main Street for more than a century, the Tarrytown YMCA announced earlier this year that it was putting the 41,537 sq. ft. space on the market and looking for a new home.  Last month, it ... More »

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Pollinator Pathways 101

by James Carsey, TEAC –  Whether you are a seasoned gardener with a yard full of head-turning peonies or you are a rookie that just learned the difference between annuals and perennials, chances are you’ve heard the term pollinator pathway this gardening seaso... More »

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Tarrytown to Double Its Free Electric Vehicle Chargers

by Alexander Roberts –  Twelve years ago when they were installed at the train station on the west side of the tracks, Tarrytown’s three electric vehicle chargers were state-of-the-art. Heavily subsidized by the New York State Energy Research and Development A... More »

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Where We Worship – The Union Church of Pocantico Hills

by Barrett Seaman –  A visitor to this bucolic, pin-neat hamlet would find it hard to believe that the official population of Pocantico Hills is as many as 23,000. In the village center, there are no commercial establishments but instead clusters of charming h... More »

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Point/Counterpoint – Matthiessen Park

  Make Irvington Parks Friendly to All by Thom Thacker and Lisa Genn –  We are Irvington residents who are proud to live in a welcoming and friendly community and believe it is time for the policies governing our parks to reflect these fundamental Village valu... More »

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Tulip Poplar

For more than two cen­turies, the gi­ant Tulip Poplar pro­vided shade for vis­i­tors to Tar­ry­town’s Pa­triot Park. It was there that in 1780, colo­nial mili­ti­a­men cap­tured British Ma­jor John An­dre, find­ing on him pa­pers that re­vealed the treach­ery ... More »

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Inquiring Photographer: ‘What are You Most Thankful For?’

Inquiring Photographer by Alexa Brandenberg Maria Eberhardt Tarrytown “The opportunities I have – to go to a private school and all the other things my parents enable me to do.”   Kim Waddell Tarrytown “Living in this beautiful town.”   Jorge Ayavaca and Ethan... More »

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The Swan’s House Opens in Tarrytown

by Barbara Moroch “Home is where your story begins,” author Annie Danielson once said, and that’s something Arthur Gandy and Sara Swan have taken to heart. She made a career out of studying fine art and fashion design. He made a career in carpentry. Together, ... More »

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Local Doulas Working to Keep Women Safe During Childbirth

by Katherine Cain –  Amidst a still rising maternal mortality rate that has more than doubled from 1991 to 2014, there is a growing need to tackle the issue and keep mothers healthy and safe during childbirth and the months that follow. Various initiatives hav... More »

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Women Take Action at Irvington Theater October 18

by James Miranda –  The Irvington Theater (IT) Commission will host its first 2019-20 Diversity Series event on Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. The event, “Women Take Action: An Evening About Women Activists, Advocates and Women’s Causes,” will feature a panel... More »

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Congresswoman Lowey Will Not Seek Reelection in 2020

By Rick Pezzullo Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY17/Westchester and Rockland) announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection next year. Lowey, 82, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, is currently serving her 16th term. “After 31 years in t... More »

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Dr. Gregg Semenza, Sleepy Hollow High Grad, Wins Nobel Prize

Dr. Gregg L. Semenza, a 1974 graduate of Sleepy Hollow High School, was one of three researchers awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work on how cells sense and adapt to changing levels of oxygen around them. He credits h... More »

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A New Hal­loween Ghost Story: Mostly True as Far as You Know

by Elaine Mar­ran­zano –   It was a weird Hal­loween. For one thing it was snow­ing. The “white Hal­loween” of 2011 blew in on a Nor’easter which dumped 12 inches of snow on Westch­ester. Trees that still had their leaves caught the snow and snapped un­der the... More »

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Tarrytown Purchases Parking Spaces at Former Citibank Lot

by Robert Kimmel –  Recent negotiations with Citibank have resolved Tarrytown’s quest to purchase, for metered public use, approximately half of the parking lot space adjacent to the bank’s long-vacant building at 1 South Broadway. Last December, a leasing arr... More »

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