Under the watchful eye of Margaret Horan, local merchants and artisans set up a circle of tents on the lawn at Horan’s Landing to sell their wares and raise money for the Beekman Avenue food pantry that has registered 580 families in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollo... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Music Hall received a big financial boost to its school residencies’ program this week. On Thursday, state Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky (D/District 92) delivered a $25,000 check to Music Hall Executive Director Bjorn Olsson fo... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown School District Superintendent Dr. Raymond Sanchez has been selected as Superintendent of the Year for 2025 by the New York State Council of School Superintendents (The Council/NYSCOSS). Sanchez, serving his second school year in Ta... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins secured a $50,000 state grant to provide the Shames Jewish Community Center (JCC) on the Hudson with a new bus for their “Almost Home” after school program. The new vehicle has been in use s... More »
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The Hudson Independent is planning to convene a focus group of registered Tarrytown voters who could meet at a mutually convenient date and time in late September or early October. Our purpose in convening this group is to enhance our understanding of the issu... More »
By Rick Pezzullo Hung jointly by fire engines from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, a large American flag flew prominently and proudly over Patriots Park Sunday morning during the 23rd annual remembrance ceremony of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Offici... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Houlihan Lawrence Commercial, a division of Houlihan Lawrence, announced Monday the sale of a commercial property in Tarrytown for $1.9 million. The 6,768-square-foot Federal style office building at 100 White Plains Road was purchased by a l... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A weeklong fundraiser has been launched to help a third-grade student in the Tarrytown School District recently diagnosed with a rare condition that has currently left her paralyzed in a children’s hospital. Teachers have teamed up with the n... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow hopes the hiring of Anthony Giuliano as head coach will help turn around its long-suffering football program. Giuliano is overseeing a varsity program for the first time. He is instilling a family atmosphere and a can-do attitude ... More »
The New York State Department of Transportation has approved of the temporary shoring/bracing work that was performed on the H-Bridge, and authorized the Village to re-open the bridge to all traffic yesterday, ahead of the start of the new school year. The H... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Ask Mondaire Jones and he’ll tell you that Mike Lawler is a MAGA Republican who “never stood up to Donald Trump a day in his life,” someone who would gut the Affordable Care Act, defund Head Start, cut back on veterans’ benefits, Social Secu... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins presented a $350,000 check to the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns Monday to support capital improvements to outdoor classrooms at Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School at the Second Annual B... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Board of Trustees is not receptive to a proposal to build an inn near the Tarrytown Marina—at least not yet. During its Aug. 19 meeting, the board opted not to formally reject a petition to amend the Local Zoning Law to permit a... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The New York State Thruway Authority and the contractors who built the Mario Cuomo Bridge are at odds again. On Aug. 22, the Thruway Authority filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court against Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) seeking at least $6 mi... More »
By Jeff Wilson– New Beginnings Nursery School (NBNS), a faith-based school long affiliated with the Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns, closed its doors in early August after serving the community for 28 years. That announcement came in an emotional po... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— In an effort to economically revitalize the Tarrytown Marina and ensure longevity for the Tarrytown Boat & Yacht Club, the owners of the marina are seeking permission from the village to pursue the development of an inn on the property. The T... More »
To have the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge stanchions lit up in your colors, you have to earn it. That’s what ITAV (It Takes A Village)10591 has done over its first ten years of serving senior citizens in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, providing them with transportation,... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Six Sleepy Hollow High School students finished in the Top 100 at the 2024 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting earlier this month in Boston, Massachusetts. At that same event, held from July 6-10 at The Westin Bosto... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Due to a failed inspection of a portion of the Tarrytown H-Bridge, an emergency repair is underway, closing the northeast ramp until further notice. The span over the bridge at the Metro-North Train Station must be reduced to only westbound t... More »
