By Rick Pezzullo— Brian Fried, Assistant Superintendent for Business of the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Gregory E. Carlson Outstanding SBO of the Year Award. Named for past President Gregory E. Carlson of the Asso... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Daniel Anderson, a junior at Sleepy Hollow High School, has been chosen by Congressman Mike Lawler as the winner of an art competition for New York’s 17th District. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school vi... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A Catholic school that has served the Tarrytown community for 75 years will be closing next month. The Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York announced Wednesday Transfiguration School was one of two schools th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Redevelopment of the affordable rental complex Franklin Courts in Tarrytown is projected to take at least three years. Wilder Balter Partners (WBP) Development LLC is seeking site plan approval from the village Planning Board to demolish the ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The possibility of a dog park being built in Neperan Park in Tarrytown is not sitting well with neighbors. During two recent Board of Trustees meetings, several residents have expressed their opposition to the village considering using a gran... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Saturday, April 27 was in many ways a perfect storm of rivertowns activity—particularly in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. It was the first weekend in which the sunlight-to-temperature ratio was sufficient to draw people out of hibernation. It ... More »
By W.B. King– Crisscrossing the nation over the last 30-plus years performing her unique brand of soulful-Americana-bluesy-pop, Joan Osbourne came to believe that people are not as divided as the media often reports: musical expression, she concluded, remains ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— When residents head to the polls May 21 to vote on the annual school budgets, they will also get to choose the individuals who volunteer their time and make critical decisions for students and the school districts at-large. In the six area sc... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a False Claim complaint against Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, claiming that the $13 billion company fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursements for Eylea, a drug used to treat wet... More »
On Saturday, we begin our twelfth season as advocates and volunteer landscape management assistants for Tarrytown’s RiverWalk Park. A cool, cloudy early spring day is forecast for our first workday, perfect for clearing trash, weeding and pruning shrubs. Our P... More »
By Robert Kimmel— A blend of fun, entertainment and excitement await the crowds of youngsters and adults expected to attend the 17th annual combined Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns’ Duck Derby and the Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day. The much-anticipated dual eve... More »
With the theme “Plastic or Planet”, Earth Month 10591 Releases April Event Lineup The Environmental Councils of the Villages of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown have joined forces for an Earth Month event series that urges residents to rethink buying anything made ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— For many of the tenants living in the 108 apartments at Asbury Terrace in Tarrytown, 1 River Place has been their home for most of their lives. David Cova, 51, a school counselor at Blythedale Children’s Hospital, has called Asbury Terrace ho... More »
By Alan Sculley– Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, the husband and wife duo that record and tour as Shovels & Rope, finished touring behind their 2018 album “By Blood” and came to New Orleans in early 2020 while their home in South Carolina was going through ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Legendary comedian Kathy Griffin will be performing her no holds barred show at the Tarrytown Music Hall on Friday, March 22. Griffin, 63, who is returning to the stage for the first time in more than six years with her standup tour My Life O... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Police officers summoned to a scene can’t always predict whether the situation will call for them to be combatants, psychologists or emergency medical technicians. One of the most unnerving scenarios involves someone with uncontrolled bleedi... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— One World recently launched its Global Connections Program at Washington Irving Intermediate School in the Tarrytown School District with nine classrooms joining the program. The program connects students to their peers in Ecuador in an effor... More »
Yes, it’s true that everyone has at least a little Irish in them on St. Patrick’s Day. But the annual parade in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow—one of the biggest in Westchester—is a multicultural extravaganza, with the rivertowns’ varied ethnic populations well-... More »
We’d like to share a bit of good news—certainly for us, but we think for our followers throughout the rivertowns: The Hudson Independent has been awarded a $20,000 grant by the Arnold E. and Olga C. Feldman Fund, which supports Tarrytown initiatives. This gran... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The developer of a multi-family rental project proposed at 29 South Depot Plaza in Tarrytown has agreed to market more of the units as so-called affordable housing. Joe Cotter, President & CEO of National Resources, told the Tarrytown Plannin... More »
