by Rick Pezzullo The Village of Tarrytown has launched a pilot sanitation collection program in carefully selected neighborhoods in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce workman compensation claims. Starting on December 3, 455 homes will have household ga... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | For the second consecutive year, Westchester’s proposed $216 million capital budget lists a $5 million expenditure for a project labeled the Community Housing Infrastructure Investment Program (CHIIP). CHIIP emerged as the result of a long... More »
by Barrett Seaman “So what do you hear?” asked Leila, still panting from a chase around a field that, under ground rules for speaking to The Hudson Independent, cannot be named. It had been almost seven months since Irvington’s dogs had heard much about the ca... More »
|by Stefan Lonce and M.H. Fryburg| (Guest Commentary) We think that the new Tappan Zee Bridge should be named the FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT BRIDGE, to honor the Hudson Valley natives who were the two most important and influential 20th century Americans. ... More »
|by Barrett Seaman| For several years, almost without break, officials in Irvington have been wrestling with applications to build large projects that do not neatly fit into the character of a village that prides itself on its small scale and rural atmosphere.... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | Created about a year ago, the Sleepy Hollow Local Development Corporation is looking at a number of potential projects in the village, but its most immediate task deals with the land it acquired from GM at the automaker’s former riverfron... More »
| by Barrett Seaman | Six months ago as he neared the end of his first term, Irvington Mayor Brian C. Smith asked himself, “Do I have the same kind of enthusiasm (for the job) I did when I ran the first time?” Despite some unforeseen thorny issues and frustrat... More »
| by Elaine Marranzano | Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow have each retained new village attorneys with specialization in real estate development, municipal law and land use. Tarrytown’s new attorney is Steve Silverberg of Silverberg Zalantis in Tarrytown, replac... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | The Irvington Democratic Committee endorsed Trustee Connie Kehoe and village Housing Committee Chairperson Janice Silverberg for two available seats on the Board of Trustees this fall. Kehoe, who doubles as deputy mayor, is running for... More »
| by Elaine Marranzano | Long-time village attorney Janet A. Gandolfo was replaced by the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees in a unanimous vote during its annual reorganization in April. During the recent campaign, Mayor Ken Wray, who defeated Trustee Karin Wo... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | Two of the five seats on the Irvington Board of Education are up for grabs in the May 19 election. With board Vice President Maria Kashkin opting not to seek reelection, Robyn Kerner, a former board president and vice president, is the l... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray was reelected to a fourth term last month with a convincing win over Trustee Karin Wompa. The three trustee candidates on Wray’s Unite Sleepy Hollow ticket also won handily, giving the mayor a 5-2 edge on the... More »
| by Barrett Seaman | When the Irvington Historic District Committee (IHDC) held public information sessions two years ago in an effort to resurrect a 10-year-old plan to designate much of the village’s business district as “historic,” many local owners voic... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell wasn’t sure what to expect in his bid for a sixth term. Despite helping keep the village on solid financial footing and running against an opponent who he unseated 10 years ago, Fixell admitted he had a few bu... More »
| by Robert Kimmel | Tentative budgets prepared by the financial officers and administrators of Irvington, and Tarrytown, will fall within the state’s tax freeze requirements, making it likely that many homeowners will receive small tax rebate checks lat... More »
| by Rick Pezzullo | There are always two sides to every story, and the issue of leadership in the hotly contested race for mayor in the Village of Sleepy Hollow is certainly no exception. Incumbent Ken Wray, who is seeking a fourth term as mayor in the Marc... 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 Rick Pezzullo | Two incumbents are among the six candidates vying for three available seats on the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees on March 18. Running on the newly formed Unite Sleepy Hollow line with Mayor Ken Wray is Trustee Glenn Rosenbloom, who is ... 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 »
