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This Story Has Been Updated Westchester County Executive George Latimer has declared a State of Emergency for Westchester County as the region faces a significant, and potentially life-threatening weather event. Dangerous rainfall is currently impacting the ar... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Rita Rexhaj, owner of Marak Salon on Ashford Ave. in Dobbs Ferry, lost her mom and sister to cancer within three weeks in 2014. During that time, she met Kathy Quinn, Executive Director of Support Connection, a nonprofit organization that off... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— As Village of Sleepy Hollow Mayor Martin Rutyna said, “Few places on the planet celebrate Halloween like Sleepy Hollow.” Of course, the most spooktacular season is also celebrated beyond Sleepy Hollow’s haunted border, proving ample opportun... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Motorists traveling over the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge will have to pay more next year. On Sept. 18, the New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors approved a toll adjustment on the thruway following a 10-month process that includ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Applications are currently being accepted for 100 affordable rental apartments on the former property of the Family YMCA of Tarrytown at 62 Main St. Wilder Balter Partners, Inc. has constructed a total of 109 units of affordable housing targe... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow fire departments held a solemn memorial ceremony at Patriots Park Sunday morning to mark the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Elected officials from Tar... More »
TRAVEL ADVISORY: SOUTHBOUND THRUWAY (I-87/I-287) IN ROCKLAND COUNTY HAS REOPENED FOLLOWING EMERGENCY BRIDGE REPAIRS All Southbound Lanes South of Exit 12 Are Fully Open, Including the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge All Lanes Reopened Shortly After 4 p.m. Follo... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Driving From Rockland To Westchester this weekend? Can’t Get There From Here. The southbound lanes of the New York State Thruway will be closed, starting Friday night, from Exit 12 in West Nyack. That means the southbound lanes of Mario M. C... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— More than $66,000 has been donated to help cover the funeral costs for a former Irvington woman who was killed Aug. 18 while sitting in her parked car outside her home in Cincinnati, Ohio. A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged the next d... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— With the arrival of a new president and the addition of a sixth school of learning, Mercy College announced Tuesday it was making another major move by changing its name to Mercy University. “Today is monumental in Mercy’s history,” said Joe... More »
By Rick Pezzullo—- The successful barter exchange company owned by Tarrytown Mayor Karen Brown and her husband Kevin for the last 16 years in Elmsford has been acquired by a New Jersey-based firm. The deal between Hudson Barter Exchange (HBX), a division of H... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It wasn’t the $1.5 billion jackpot, but one lucky winner in the area is taking home a good chunk of change from the New York Lottery. On August 9, a second-prize ticket from the Lottery’s LOTTO drawing, worth $430,010, was sold at Tappan Zee ... More »
By Tom Pedulla- Unbelievable. How else to describe the magical ride enjoyed by Irvington’s Amanda Berry, Claire Friedlander, Kaitlyn Krieger, Keira Nyarady, and Sophia Rosenblatt? They were part of the Bulldogs’ first Class B New York State girls’ soccer cham... More »
By Rick Pezzullo—- Approximately 100 local residents attended an outdoor public hearing July 22 on the future of Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow. Kingsland Point Park is an 18-acre park located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River at the mouth of th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A Sleepy Hollow man has been indicted for the 1997 beating and strangulation death of his ex-wife. Yonkers Police, working closely with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Bureau, arrested Rafael Ramos, 54, June 14 at ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Irvington Police notified residents Thursday about a swatting incident that occurred near the lower area of Main St. Swatting is described as a dangerous prank where an individual falsely reports a critical incident, such as a hostage situati... More »
On Thursday, April 6 around 3:15 p.m., MTA Locomotive Engineer William Kennedy was operating a southbound Hudson Line train north of Tarrytown station when he noticed a toddler on the northbound track. Kennedy promptly sent out an emergency radio communicatio... More »
by Rick Pezzullo— Voters in the Village of Dobbs Ferry overwhelmingly rejected allowing adult-use retail cannabis dispensaries in a special referendum Tuesday. By a convincing margin of 1,453 (67%) to 720 (33%), residents who flocked to the polls sent a clear ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— In the midst of Sleepy Hollow’s physical transformation, much of which he oversaw, Mayor Ken Wray lost his bid to serve an eighth term as the village’s mayor, losing to political neophyte, marketing executive and five-year village resident M... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Rock music blared. Strobe lights played havoc with op-art stripes on the walls, distracting the officers’ eyes from the task at hand, which was a man on the ground with a life-threatening arterial wound. Amidst this all-out sensory impairmen... More »
