By Rick Pezzullo— The Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education has appointed Karina Villalona, a longtime Hastings resident, as the new Assistant Director for Special Education, effective July 16. Selected through a highly competitive search process, Villalona wi... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A new assistant principal will soon be roaming the halls of Sleepy Hollow High School Mary Berat was recently appointed to that position. She will be joining the district’s administrative team on July 1. “Ms. Berat’s experience, leadership, a... More »
The results are in: school budgets passed in each of the rivertown school districts. Competition for available Board of Ed seats brought out the voters in Hastings and Ardsley. Ardsley also voted to spend its $5,000,000 capital reserve on mechanical systems a... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– Budgets for the five rivertown public school districts are on the ballot this Tuesday, May 19. Village residents have an opportunity to voice their opinion in an up-or-down vote. In an effort to help voters decide, The Hudson Independent o... More »
By Cooper Ho– I have severe tree nut and shellfish allergies. I’ve dealt with them my whole life, and for the most part I know how to manage them. At a restaurant, I can talk to my server, ask how a dish is prepared, and make sure the kitchen knows about my al... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Dows Lane Elementary School in Irvington is among the best in the nation. The school has been named a 2026 National Gold Star School by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), a recognition honoring schools that demo... More »
At approximately 11:29 a.m. today, while school was in session, the Irvington Police Department received a report from school administration that a student may have been in possession of a firearm on school grounds. School administrators immediately implemente... More »
By Ginger Lidsky — After a lengthy debate that began in February, the Sleepy Hollow Village Trustees are poised to pass a resolution slowly phasing out gas-powered leafblowers. On May 5th, after two public hearings, a write-in period where they received three ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Hastings Board of Education has appointed Ms. Genieve (Gen) Holder as the next Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services (AS-PPS), effective July 1. Holder brings 20 years of experience to Hastings as a special education aide,... More »
The Irvington School District has been honored with the 2026 Best Communities for Music Education Award from NAMM (National Association for Music Merchants) Foundation. The national recognition honors the district’s outstanding support and commitment to music ... More »
Sixteenth District Congressman George Latimer welcomed the winners of the Congressional App Challenge in Washington D.C. as part of the House of Code ceremony put on for the winners of the challenge. Saihaj Singh, Griffin Chan, and Ishan Gheewala of Ardsley Hi... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Dows Lane Elementary School has been named a 2026 National Gold Star School by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The prestigious recognition honors outstanding elementary and middle-level schools where collaborative le... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The top two students of Ardsley High School’s Class of 2026 were named this week as Khushi Karthikeyan earned the Valedictorian designation and Matthew Kraytman finished as Salutatorian. A National Merit Scholarship Finalist and AP Scholar wi... More »
This story is part of a series written by students in local rivertown schools Niva Pandya– On a recent trip to St. Augustine, Florida, a small, historic town much like ours, I noticed that locals were using bright orange flags to signal that they were crossing... More »
By Jeff Wilson– The robot was sitting on blocks on a table while Irvington High School’s Bulldog Bytes, now functioning like a pit crew at a racetrack, diagnosed the problem that had caused the bot to malfunction in the previous “heat.” Mark Rothman, one of th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Class of 2026 valedictorian and salutatorian at Irvington and Sleepy Hollow high schools were recently named. In Irvington, Josh Greenbarg and Lucy Acharekar will be addressing their fellow classmates at commencement ceremonies in June. G... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education recently unanimously appointed Ms. Lina M. Carolini-Cannavò as principal of Farragut Middle School, effective July 1, 2026. Selected from a strong pool of more than 100 applicants, district officials ... More »
Two Irvington Middle School eighth graders – Addison Schutzman and Sydney Pollack – were named finalists in the 2026 Lifting Up Westchester Essay Contest. The competition, open to students in grades 7 through 12, asked participants to write a 750- to 1,000-wor... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Last seen by Indy readers in early 2024, the Sneaky Bots, a new robotics team of fourth-graders from Sleepy Hollow and Irvington, were competing in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Regional [Robotics] Championship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst... More »
Students at Irvington elementary schools recently joined millions of readers around the world in celebrating World Read Aloud Day, a global event that highlights the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. World Read Aloud Day is an international lite... More »
