By Barrett Seaman– A day after Congressional candidate Allison Fine withdrew her support for a pledge to divest any and all holdings in pharmaceutical stocks prior to taking office, a second candidate, Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, has told The Hudson Independen... More »
Sympathizers, many of them young but more racially mixed than some previous Rivertowns demonstrations, filled in the large intersection at the top of Beekman Avenue to join the chorus of Americans in condemning the murder of George Floyd and other crimes again... More »
A crowd of several hundred Tarrytown residents flocked to Patriots Park midday Tuesday to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the Trump administration. All age group were represented, but the participation of high school and college students... More »
By Barrett Seaman It somehow seems appropriate that the donor of $200,000 to be used to support Tarrytown families that can no longer pay their rent should insist on being anonymous. The money is real, however, and starting June 8th it will be available on a f... More »
By Linda Viertel Two and a half months into the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us are still sheltering at home, some of us are cooking meals three times a day for ourselves and family, others are ordering out and taking advantage of curbside delivery- a big help to... More »
By Barrett Seaman— On second thought, Congressional candidate Allison Fine of Sleepy Hollow has decided she no longer wants to be a part of the group of other candidates who agreed last Thursday, via a story in the Journal News, to pledge to divest themselves ... More »
By Barrett Seaman – Going into the final three weeks before the June 23rd primary, the race for the District 17 congressional seat is getting a little edgy. In one of the Zoom debates, which have been remarkably civil overall, Mondaire Jones took a shot at Dav... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Having first announced her decision to retract her endorsement of the pledge to divest of all pharmaceutical stocks if elected, calling it a “cheap shot” that effectively amounted to an ambush of rival candidate Adam Schleifer, Allison Fine ... More »
County Executive George Latimer speaks out on the death of George Floyd and subsequent unrest around the country and establishes a Westchester County working group to recommend best practices in the county. View his speech here: https://www.facebook.com/westch... More »
by Jenifer Ross Life is chance, but there are no accidents. No one welcomes being laid off; but most of the time, these challenging moments help us to discover new paths, and sometimes even new strengths within ourselves that we didn’t know were there – or per... More »
By Barrett Seaman Just as one candidate, Rye’s Catherine Parker, drops out of the race for District 17’s congressional seat, there is a new entry in the contest—and one that candidate David Carlucci is not going to like. The Westchester Coalition for Legal Abo... More »
by Annabelle Allen In 1654, the philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Pascal believed human beings chose aimless distraction to run from the problems of our emotions. So instead ... More »
By Barrett Seaman There’s another Democratic primary going on in Westchester besides the musical chairs game being played to succeed Nita Lowey in Congress. Also to be decided is who will be the county’s District Attorney for the next four years. The choice is... More »
By Barrett Seaman More than 500 viewers tuned in to Thursday night’s League of Women Voters Zoom-based forum for the eight Democratic candidates for the 17th District Congressional seat currently held by Nita Lowey. Though it was marred marginally by some tech... More »
By Robert Kimmel He doesn’t hold political office, but Jared Rosenberg has made his voice heard clearly in the pursuit of more federal financial aid for states and municipalities managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosenberg, a Greenburgh police offi... More »
While the nation’s attention is naturally focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one local official is looking ahead toward the next potential public health catastrophe, abiding by the old Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared.” Or perhaps better said: Bee Prepare... More »
When some rivertowns businesses wracked by the coronavirus pandemic applied to their banks for loans from the federal Payroll Protection Program, they found a cold shoulder rather than a helping hand. Despite some having longtime relationships at their banks—i... More »
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This is the first of a series of brief profiles of fellow citizens of the rivertowns whose actions, while not necessarily obvious, reflect the best of human nature at a time of crisis. If you know of others who fit this description, please nominate them by wri... More »
By Barrett Seaman Ever the disciplined disciple of data, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at his Monday press briefing that three regions of the state appear to have met the seven metric criteria he established and can thus commence a partial re-opening of thei... More »
