By Barrett Seaman— Given the steady rise over recent weeks in the number of active cases in each village—particularly Sleepy Hollow—the announcement by Governor Cuomo on Thursday that both communities, along with New Rochelle, Yonkers, Ossining and Peekskill, ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo – The Village of Tarrytown is seeking input from residents as it works to comply with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order regarding police reform. The village has launched its first ever police “Community Survey” that will help guide offic... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Westchester County Executive George Latimer joined representatives of Sunrise Solar Solutions and Tarrytown Self Storage for a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday of a solar array at 63 Cortlandt Street in Tarrytown. The solar system, which consi... More »
As part of its campaign to promote a superhighway for birds and bees in their quest to build a better world, Westchester Pollinators has this to say about Tarrytown’s role in the campaign: Did you know that Tarrytown is considered one of the prettiest towns in... More »
NEWS OF THE MONTH FROM THE TARRYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 2020 WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT _____________________ This month, the birds are passing through – and staying in – Tarrytown: a new community solar project is cutting the ribbon, D... More »
By Barrett Seaman— After a summer of often emotional demonstrations—beginning with a Black Lives Matter rally directly competing with a pro-police “Back the Blue” rally in Patriots Park and culminating with a provocative pro-police/pro-Trump parade of trucks a... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Three employees in the Tarrytown School District tested positive this week for COVID-19, forcing the cancellation of in-person instruction at Morse Elementary School and the Sleepy Hollow Middle School/High School campus. Students are partici... More »
By Robert Kimmel – Running a virtual meeting, a widely used procedure now because of the pandemic, may have opened the way for the Village of Tarrytown to recruit residents more successfully to serve on its various committees, boards and councils. That is the... More »
NEWS OF THE MONTH FROM THE TARRYTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Facebook Instagram Website OCTOBER 2020 WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT _____________________ This month, there’s great news for Tarrytown: a new community solar project is on-line. Dean explains w... More »
By Robert Kimmel– A stream of tributes for the departing Mayor and congratulations for his successor dominated the Tarrytown Board of Trustees meeting Monday evening. The accolades flowed for Drew Fixell who resigned the mayoralty six days before, following h... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Change is in the air at this hour, as the Tarrytown Board of Trustees met Monday night under new leadership, bid farewell to outgoing mayor Drew Fixell and witnessed the swearing in of the new mayor, Tom Butler, the new deputy mayor, Rebecca... More »
By Barrett Seaman— With the memory of last weekend’s Back the Blue parade of flag-festooned trucks and military vehicles fresh in their minds, a group of Sleepy Hollow High School(SHHS) students organized a counter rally, Hudson Valley Stands Up, eight days la... More »
By Barrett Seaman– After 15 years in office and with 14 months before the next local election, Drew Fixell is stepping down as Mayor of Tarrytown. Only a handful of friends, family and colleagues knew as recently as a week before he submitted an official lette... More »
By Steve Gosset They came to Tarrytown in American flag-draped trucks, motorcycles, military-style vehicles—even on horseback—to show support for police they see as denigrated and dismissed in the current surge in calls for racial justice. Bob Sanders, a New... More »
By Barrett Seaman Days ahead of an announced “Back the Blue” rally, promoted as a “Flag Convoy” of military-style vehicles parading along Tarrytown’s waterfront and up Main Street, the winds of discontent have begun to blow through the village. More than 600 c... More »
By Annabelle Allen– The RSHM Life Center (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary), a community center focused on education and social services located in Sleepy Hollow, celebrated its 25th anniversary in June. With the belief that Learning Is For Everyone (LIFE... More »
By Annabelle Allen-- Tarrytown’s Patriots Park became just one of many hotbeds of American disunion Friday evening. A police barricade split the park down the middle for a Back the Blue Rally on the north end of the park, counter-protested by a Black Lives Mat... More »
By Robert Kimmel – Tarrytown is acting speedily to meet the conditions of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent Executive Order pressing all municipalities in the state to engage their communities in a review of their Public Safety Operations. The Governor’s action w... More »
Two Sleepy Hollow Science Research students participated in a global project to solve real world problems during the COVID-19 crisis. Sophomores, Ryan Lyppens,16, and Henry Poret, 15, worked with students from the Philippines, UK and Vietnam on the New York Ac... More »
Samuel Felix Perlman, Valedictorian Madeline V. Zuckerman, Salutatorian Andrew Steven Abrons Emily Afriyie Lauren Marie Ahern Roya Foroughi Arjomand Christopher Bentley Arnold III Gabriel Diego Baez Jaewoo Bang Isabella Teresa Barrett David Ben-Ezra Joseph A... More »
