Pop-Up Sites Proliferate as the Supply Stream Opens Up By Barrett Seaman— Working with the Rite Aid chain of pharmacies, the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow announced today that they will hold a one-day “pop-up” vaccination site at the Sleepy Hollow Mi... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Tarrytown’s efforts to impose a new zoning protocol on the area surrounding the Metro North train station, known as the Station Area Overlay, continue to slog their way through public hearings that have been marked by broad opposition. Dozen... More »
By Robert Kimmel – – Tarrytown’s Police Department has reported a significant drop in total arrests during 2020, attributed mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic. While arrest numbers for the past four years in the village have shown small declines each subsequent y... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown United and the Tarrytown Democratic Committee recently endorsed a slate of candidates for this November’s village election. At the top of the ticket is Trustee Karen Brown, who is running for mayor. Current Mayor Tom Butler is not s... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Where once Chevrolet, Pontiac and Olds minivans rolled off the assembly line at the old GM plant, a jewel of a park will lie between the Hudson and the condominium complex known as Edge-on-Hudson. It will be part of the link that bridges Kin... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Every other day or so, the governor announces the opening of another “pop-up” vaccination site, where a medical team shows up, sets up shop and invites the neighbors in for a shot. Residents of the village or neighborhood can just drop by an... More »
By Tom Pedulla— The Hudson Independent examines the prospects of local schools for the varsity basketball season. Due to the pandemic, Hackley School in Tarrytown and The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry will not field basketball teams this winter. GIRLS DOBBS FE... More »
By James Carsey– Tarrytown Trustees took another step this week toward fulfilling Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order to examine policing in the community by holding a second Police Reform and Reinvention Public hearing. Tuesday’s forum was the second and ... More »
Doris Toltz Friedman, a resident of Tarrytown and former village justice, died suddenly February 3. She was 88. Born on December 16, 1932 to Frances z’l and Harry Toltz z’l in Chelsea, Massachusetts, she grew up surrounded by an extended family in a city she l... More »
The Village has upgraded our snow emergency to a full state of emergency, given the ongoing conditions of the storm, and the emergency declarations by County and State. The emergency will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday unless extended or amended. The up... More »
By James Carsey– Tarrytown continues to work towards fulfillment of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order requiring police jurisdictions in the state to review their policies and relationship with the community. The latest step came on Tuesday, January 26, w... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive initial results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating REGEN-COV™, an antibody cocktail used as a passive vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in people at high r... More »
By Barrett Seaman– With a draft version of the Police Reform & Reinvention plan available to the public on the village web site for about two weeks, the Tarrytown Board of Trustees has scheduled two “Town Hall” hearings intended to elicit public opinion of the... More »
By James Carsey— On any given day we make small talk with strangers. It’s usually inconsequential and helps us pass time, fill voids of silence, and show politeness in social situations. On rare occasions, the conversation alters the future. That’s what happen... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Twelve days after a rash of racist stickers was discovered plastered on street signs throughout Sleepy Hollow and parts of Tarrytown, the office of the new County District Attorney, Mimi Rocah, released photographs of three persons suspected... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Rivertowns Clergy Association, which represents people of faith in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, has issued a lengthy statement following the discovery of hateful stickers in the villages. Stickers promoting a neo-Nazi organization, which ... More »
At 10:18 a.m. Wednesday, Tarrytown police were notified by a resident that a woman had jumped into the Hudson River from the RiverWalk adjacent to the Hudson Harbor townhouse complex. Police, Ambulance and Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the scene... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Residents of Tarrytown are getting their first look at the findings and recommendations of the Police Reform and Reinvention Committee. The group was formed last summer in response to a mandate by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that every co... More »
By Robert Kimmel– The Mayors of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow are united in their forceful condemnation of the racism reflected in dozens of stickers located and subsequently removed from poles and signs within the two villages. Squads of volunteering... More »
By Linda Viertel—- It’s been an extraordinary journey for Tarrytown resident, Kisook Suh, one that brought her from her birthplace, Seoul, Korea to our Hudson River village; a professional journey from the fashion industry to textile conservation, working with... More »
