By Rick Pezzullo— A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) that was vehemently opposed by local fire officials was recently approved by the Tarrytown Planning Board. The Planning Board’s Sept. 25 blessing of the project at 120 White Plains Road followed the Vill... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Board of Trustees received a thunderous standing ovation Monday from a packed Village Hall after unanimously adopting a Good Cause Eviction Law. Tarrytown became only the third municipality in Westchester County to adopt the leg... 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— The Tarrytown Planning Board continued its review this week of a proposed rental housing project at 303 South Broadway. During the continuation of a public hearing on Aug. 25, the Planning Board officially declared itself the lead agency for ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Imagine Hackley’s frustration last season after winning every regular-season game and looking as good in the playoffs to reach the championship game against high-powered Poly Prep, only to have all of that success abruptly end. When the Hornets... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Maureen Barbelet, a lifelong resident of Tarrytown who served in many leadership positions in the village, died Aug. 17. She was 80. Born in Mount Vernon on Nov. 1, 1944, she was the eldest of five children of Raymond and Eleanor (Frawley) Mc... More »
By Toni Bynoe-Wall and Donald H. Whitely– The Kyle-Shelton Family celebrated its Annual Family Reunion during this year’s 4th of July weekend. The reunion tradition began in 1977 at the now closed Sheraton Eagle Bay Inn, located in Ossining, NY. It was estima... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Agents from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) visited Tarrytown Friday for the third time since May. According to village officials, as was the case with two previous targeted actions, the Tarrytown Police Department was... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A new 270-foot-long pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the New York State Thruway near the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown has been completed. The $13.9 million, two-year, multimodal project began in spring 2023 to modernize the corridor... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Board of Trustees unanimously voted last week to amend the village’s Zoning Code to permit Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The 6-0 vote (Trustee Becky McGovern was absent) on July 21 paves the way for Catalyze Tarrytown t... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The oldest theater in Westchester that has been entertaining people for 140 years is requesting help from those it has brought joy and happiness. The Tarrytown Music Hall is applying for a very competitive grant as it plans to prepare for a $... 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 Rick Pezzullo— Neighbors of a proposed rental housing project at 303 South Broadway in Tarrytown raised a variety of concerns to the village’s Planning Board at a recent public hearing. Am Trust Realty, which has owned the 7.5-acre site since 1997, is seeki... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Local fire officials are continuing to throw cold water on a proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at 120 White Plains Road in Tarrytown. During several public hearings in June, Tarrytown Fire Chiefs Raymond Tuohy and Patrick Derivan ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— When it comes to the bare necessities about being aware of your surroundings, residents in Tarrytown are being urged to be on the lookout for a black bear that has been seen in the area recently. Village officials reported that in recent even... More »
The Sleepy Hollow High School Class of 2025 received its diplomas last week on the football field. The following is a complete list of graduates: Last First Middle Suffix Abreu Hernandez Angel Gabriel Aguas Jheero Aguilera Jake Christian Heleno Aizeki-Nevins A... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Ninety-four students in the Hackley School Class of 2025 received their diplomas June 7 during a commencement ceremony in Tarrytown attended by faculty, family and friends. The following is a complete list of the Class of 2025: Lily Adams I... More »
The Historical Society Inc. Serving Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown celebrated its 58th Annual Strawberry Festival Sunday on the lawn of the 1848 Jacob Odell House in Tarrytown. The Historical Society, with help from local Girl Scouts, served traditional homemade st... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A public hearing will be held Monday, June 2 by the Tarrytown Board of Trustees to consider a local law to amend the Zoning Code to add a section to regulate Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The hearing, spearheaded by a proposal from C... More »
By Barrett Seaman— At its May 28 meeting, the Greenburgh Town Board voted to appoint Lia Rodriguez of Tarrytown as a Town Judge, replacing the retiring Judge Bonnie L. Orden. She joins Judges Delores Scott Brathwaite and Judge Erin McGoey on the Greenburgh ben... More »
