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 »
By Tom Pedulla— A man’s 50-year love affair with the Hudson River is detailed in a new exhibit at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. “Lens on the Hudson: Photographs by Joseph Squillante” will run until Oct. 19. Visitors are sure to appreciate the natural be... More »
SERENITY NOW! See the light through the trees By Krista Madsen By miracles (gumption), I traded in my little land upstate for a bigger parcel—for the same price, all of one closing date apart after many months of benumbing bureaucracy and knuckle-biting stagna... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to reject two controversial gas pipeline projects. With passage of the resolution, Hastings becomes the second municipality to formally oppose Project Maple and the... More »
By Jeff Wilson— The educated audience came to the Irvington Library to inquire about the health of Mother Nature’s beautiful but abused child: the Hudson River. That was the focus of a February 5 forum by Tracy Brown, president of the not-for-profit organizati... More »
The Greater Irvington Land Trust (GILT) is launching its 2025 Community Grant Program this week. The Community Grant Program provides financial support for local, community-based projects that support the preservation and protection of open space and promote e... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It is not often that an applicant seeking approval on a project will ask a municipal board not to take a vote, especially when it appears that vote will be an affirmative one. Well, that’s exactly what took place Monday night at the Tarrytown... More »
By Susan Treiman— The best way to address climate change is to affiliate with, rather than isolate, from other people. So said Douglas Rushkoff, a prolific writer, thinker, and “presentist” (rather than futurist), ranked among the 10 most influential intellect... More »
DARK ART OF SELECTION: Don’t avoid the Void By Krista Madsen KOTATSU Inauguration Day (Jan 20) squats on my mental calendar as a dark mark, a taunting chasm increasing with greater proximity. Into this black hole, anything may fall. Our sanity, our democracy, ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It took nearly two years to finalize, but the Greenburgh Nature Center has signed a new 25-year contract with the Town of Greenburgh. The non-profit educational organization, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year, was seek... More »
MOON-PULLED: Going tidal & other lunacies By Krista Madsen– Humans are constituted of about 60% percent water. The gravitational force of the moon pulls at bodies of earthly water and gives them consistent bulges called tides. So I’ve often wondered in the nig... More »
By Barrett Seaman– On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, dozens of environmental activists from Irvington and surrounding villages gathered at the O’Hara Nature Center on the edge of the Irvington Woods to acknowledge and applaud their so-called “Open Space Heroes”–... More »
RAT SUMMIT: Musophobics stand by By Krista Madsen– I guess since we’re winning the war on drugs (fentanyl and other opioid overdose deaths are down so significantly and suddenly, scientists are scratching their heads) now it’s time to attend to the rats. Heari... More »
By Barrett Seaman– They’re back: the New York State Department of Transportation team, with the engineering and consulting firm WSP, are in the rivertowns to share with the public the progress they have made over the last year in reconceptualizing the Route 9 ... More »
WEIRD TALES: The semantics when fair is foul and foul fair By Krista Madsen– Hard Truth: A US Presidential candidate can state no less than 162 misstatements, exaggerations and pure lies in a 64-minute press conference (that’s upwards of two per minute) and st... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Greenburgh Nature Center is close to signing a new 25-year contract with the Town of Greenburgh, but it’s been a challenge to reach this point. The non-profit educational organization, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next y... More »
This story is from the Rivertowns Current. To read it in its entirety, go to: https://rivertownscurrent.substack.com/p/greenburgh-brownfield-cleared-for by Kris DiLorenzo– The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that thr... More »
