By Barrett Seaman— Beekman Avenue was already swarming with shoppers participating in the annual holiday Stroll when the parade of a dozen fire trucks ushered in the heroes of the season, the Sleepy Hollow High School varsity football team. The boys had just c... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The New York State Court of Appeals ruling on November 20 that the Town of Newburgh could not challenge the constitutionality of the state’s three-year-old voting rights law was good news for a group of minority voters 45 miles down the Huds... More »
By Tom Pedulla– One win away. Sleepy Hollow is that close to playing for the ultimate football prize, the Class B state championship, after dispatching Saugerties 46-26 on Nov. 22 at Middletown High School in Middletown, N.Y. With Saugerties intent on stoppin... More »
By Tom Pedulla– After almost five decades of exasperating setbacks, Sleepy Hollow’s long-suffering football program is back on top. The Horsemen captured their first Section 1 crown since 1978 when they rode a second-half surge to upend Westlake 27-14 in the C... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Phelps Hospital was one of 15 Northwell Health medical facilities that received a top rating for patient safety. Phelps was given an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for fall 2025 for its commitment to protecting patients fro... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow is one victory away from what was unthinkable for so long. After a decade of fumbles and foibles, the Horsemen are one victory away from the Section 1 Class B title after ousting defending champion Ardsley 42-26 Friday night in a ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Officials in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow and the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns are combining forces to try to make local roadways safer for motorists and pedestrians. Approximately 50 interested parties attended a recent public meeting at the... More »
Out of this year’s annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Walk last Sunday emerged a first-of-its-kind bra drive, the creation of a team from Phelps Hospital Northwell. Starting with hundreds of gently used and new specialized bras, collected both at ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– On most of the stated goals of the candidates competing in November’s Sleepy Hollow mayoral and trustee election, the two contending parties—Unite Sleepy Hollow (USH) and TAG (Transparent Accountable Government)—have many of the same goals. ... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow senior Brayden Richardson has long been viewed as an exceptional talent. Now, after injuries wiped out his last two seasons, he is finally proving it for the resurgent Horsemen. Richardson has often been close to unstoppable as Sl... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Anybody with concerns about the legality of Quality High, the new cannabis dispensary in Sleepy Hollow, need look no further than the New York State license plastered on the front window—and the shop’s location, right across Beekman Avenue f... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow coach Anthony Giuliano spoke throughout the preseason about the need to go punch for punch with the team’s most challenging opponents. The Horsemen did that for the opening half against Bronxville, but their inability to sustain t... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Looking back over his 17 years working for Sleepy Hollow, Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio recalls a simpler time when the fall hayride was “something out of the high school,” when Historic Hudson Valley put on a modest “Legends” progra... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Northwell’s Phelps Hospital has appointed Keyur B. Thakar, MD, MPH, as medical director of hematology and medical oncology. A board-certified and fellowship-trained cancer specialist with a decade of clinical experience, Dr. Thakar was also n... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The swimmers, 113 in number by the time they hit the water, were not yet in sight as Marty McGinnity gazed out from Kingsland Point Park at a remarkably placid river under an azure blue sky, recalling last year’s aborted Lighthouse Swim. “We... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— She is an Olympic gold medalist and one of the top players in the National Women’s Soccer League, and now Samantha Coffey, who grew up in Sleepy Hollow, is a hall of famer. It was recently announced that Coffey, a graduate of The Masters Scho... More »
By Jeff Wilson– On August 27, thanks to a chance encounter, the Historical Society of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown acquired a trove of antique sterling silver pieces that once belonged to Ambrose Kingsland, the nineteenth-century oil tycoon, New York City mayor... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A legal eagle in Sleepy Hollow has been named to the Westchester Land Trust (WLT) Advisory Board. Kylan Johnson, an estate planning attorney and owner of Hudson Valley Estate Planning, will bring both legal expertise and a personal connection... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Ever since he won his second term representing New York’s 17th Congressional District, Republican Mike Lawler has entertained the idea of challenging New York Governor Kathy Hochul, whom he described as recently as Wednesday morning as “the ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Photos by Tim Grajek No doubt the balmy, nearly cloudless summer day on July 19 helped, but more likely it was the prospect of food, drink, music—and mermaids—that drew what was estimated to be over 10,000 people of all ages to Sleepy Hollow... More »
