By Elizabeth Tucker– A new rule proposed to Congress by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers would drastically curtail the area previously subject to protection as wetlands. The Clean Water Act of 1972 makes it illegal to fill in wetlands or discharge pollu... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A multi-municipal study has been completed to develop a plan for curbside collection of food scraps in the rivertown communities. The effort was made possible through an Intermunicipal Agreement among seven Westchester County villages: Ardsle... More »
By Dean Gallea, Energy and Conservation Chair, Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council (TEAC) Sustainable Westchester has informed us that the Westchester Power renewable energy program [CCA] will be discontinued at the end of this year. This decision result... More »
On Sunday, October 19th, the Greater Irvington Land Trust (GILT) celebrated the recipients of their 2025 Community Grant awards, issued last April to a variety of groups across the Rivertowns. In April, six grants, which in aggregate totaled $9,015.26, repre... More »
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 company decommissioning the nuclear power plants at Indian Point is not planning to restart the facility any time soon. During a meeting last week of the New York State Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board in Cortlandt, Patrick O’... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– A Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) observed in the Hudson River in recent days has been expanding. Satellite images show it currently extends from Kingston to south of Croton Point on the Hudson’s eastern shore and to a point opposite Tarrytown ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Children and staff at Abbott House in Irvington were buzzing this summer about an innovative educational program that enabled them to get up close with bees. The flower-to-hive initiative was made possible through a partnership between Abbott... More »
Saturday August 30th, 12:00 noon at the Visitor’s Center Courtyard We are so excited to host our second Monarch Butterfly Release of the season! Thank you to everybody who came out on Wednesday for the first release; we were stunned by the turnout and enthusia... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A legal eagle in Sleepy Hollow has been named to the Westchester Land Trust (WLT) Advisory Board. Kylan Johnson, an estate planning attorney and owner of Hudson Valley Estate Planning, will bring both legal expertise and a personal connection... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Photos by Tim Grajek No doubt the balmy, nearly cloudless summer day on July 19 helped, but more likely it was the prospect of food, drink, music—and mermaids—that drew what was estimated to be over 10,000 people of all ages to Sleepy Hollow... 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 Elizabeth Tucker– In the late spring, a “Serengeti-scale” migration takes place under the quiet surface of the Hudson. Vast numbers of fish leave the unprotected waters of the Atlantic Ocean, seeking the sheltered shallows of the river and its tributaries. ... More »
By Jeff Wilson– In a novel effort to explain its Climate Adaptation and Resilience program to local children, Irvington’s Green Policy Task Force, under the leadership of the village’s Sustainability Director, Charlotte Binns, turned disaster preparedness into... 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– Most commuters from the rivertowns to New York City are familiar with Citi Bike, the municipal bike sharing service that provides an easy, inexpensive and energy-saving alternative to taxicabs, buses, subways—or just plain hoofing it around ... More »
By Sue Treiman– A pair of proposed laws that would make New York the state with the most comprehensive plastic recycling requirements in America got a Rivertowns boost last week from roughly 50 local activists. Representing Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson and ... More »
