| by Zoe Kaplan | On April 21, students at Sleepy Hollow High School celebrated “Spread the Word to End the Word” – a campaign that focuses on removing the R-word (retarded) from everyday vocabulary. While the R-word used to be medically sound, in recent ... More »
| By Rick Pezzullo | The tax levy increase in the proposed budget for the 2015-16 school year in the Tarrytown School District falls well below the allowable state tax cap. The $72.57 million budget, which increases spending by 1.92% ($1.36 million) from thi... More »
One hundred rivertown residents will come together on Thursday, May 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., for the inaugural TEDxTarrytownWomen event, a day of networking and dialogue. The independently produced event, operated under a license from TED, was organized by c... More »
| By Rick Pezzullo | Two longtime trustees and the treasurer of the district’s Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns are running unopposed for three available seats in the May 19 Tarrytown Board of Education race. Board President Mimi Godwin, w... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | Tougher consequences are in store for car owners who get caught wrongfully using a feature included with the issuance of Tarrytown parking permits. Five years ago, the Village Board of Trustees, “…in an attempt to provide parking permit ... More »
| by Katy Kachnowski | It did not surprise many Americans when Hillary Clinton announced her run for the presidency on Sunday, April 12. However, there was one surprise in the video announcement: Sleepy Hollow High School’s very own Principal Carol Conklin-S... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | With the village doing well financially and many projects underway, Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell said he was somewhat surprised to be challenged this year, particularly by the person he unseated 10 years ago whose only attempt to return t... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | The Village of Tarrytown recently lost an appeal of a state Department of Labor ruling that it violated safety regulations in the Labor Day 2010 manhole accident that claimed the lives of a village DPW employee and a volunteer firefighte... More »
| by Janie Rosman | National RE/sources developer, Joe Cotter, continues to be busy building down by the Tarrytown riverfront. Phase One of the approximately 25-acre Hudson Harbor development (which will ultimately consist of 238 residences north of West Mai... More »
| by Elaine Marranzano | The fate of historic Brace Cottage in Tarrytown may be in the hands of a judge. Toll Brothers Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Tarrytown claiming the Planning Board’s decision to require the developer to conduct an add... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | Along with maintaining quality educational standards, preserving a small amount of tax relief for homeowners is one of the primary motivators of local school district authorities preparing their budgets for the coming year. As part of th... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | The three incumbent village trustees running unopposed for reelection in Tarrytown have been working together on a bipartisan board that hasn’t seen any personnel changes in the last eight years, an accomplishment the trio believes has s... More »
